Should I block it?

98%
Yes, 98% block recommendation.
Possible reasons:
Multiple malware detections
Performance resource utilization

VersionsAdditional versions

10.201.1.12915 4.17%
1.146.60.12450 4.17%
1.135.60.12323 4.17%
1.38.61.10911 16.67%
1.6.1.952 20.83%
1.6.1.931 4.17%
1.6.1.905 4.17%
1.6.1.827 4.17%
1.6.1.804 4.17%
1.6.1.796 4.17%
1.6.1.696 12.50%
1.6.1.665 4.17%
1.6.1.635 12.50%

Relationships

Parent process
Related files

quickshare.exe

Smartbar by Linkury (Signed)

Remove quickshare.exe
Version:   1.38.61.10911
MD5:   6aba032ff0327d8b64a5bed70551464a
SHA1:   3dd64cb4c5468f13d6e174e22f6b52c3240c4936
SHA256:   9ebf0367601772de06a4683f0c0a2dfb0a62c0d070b89821e058f4b4a03b74cd
Warning 3 antivirus scanners has detected malware.

What is quickshare.exe?

Smartbar (Snap.Do) is a web browser addin/toolbar with Internet Explorer, Chrome and Firefox. Snap.Do provides social integration features for Facebook and Twitter. Privacy Policy: In order to facilitate, refine, personalize and match the identification and presentation of our products results to your browsing preferences and habits, we collect information regarding your use of our Product including URL and information of websites you browse while Smartbar is installed.

About quickshare.exe (from Linkury)

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DetailsDetails

File name:quickshare.exe
Publisher:Smartbar
Product name:Smartbar
Typical file path:C:\users\user\appdata\local\smartbar\application\quickshare.exe
Original name:Smartbar.exe
File version:1.38.61.10911
Size:19.77 KB (20,248 bytes)
Build date:6/16/2013 5:55 AM
Certificate
Issued to:Linkury
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Expiration date:Saturday, December 5, 2015
Digital DNA
File packed:No
Code language:Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET
.NET CLR:Yes
.NET NGENed:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following program will install this file
Linkury Inc.
  79% remove
QuickShare, also know as Smartbar, is an auto-starting program that is typically bundled with various shareware software. It displays advertising and is designed to run when Windows boots up. In addition it integrates with the various social networks including Facebook and Twitter in order to provide sharing features (and has access to core Facebook permissions). The product has low-level adware flags by more than one top-tier anti-viru...

BehaviorsBehaviors

Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'Browser Infrastructure Helper' → C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Smartbar\Application\QuickShare.exe startup

MalwareMalware detections

Based on 40+ industry antivirus scanners, 3 of them detected the following malware.
Antivirus engineEngine versionDetection
ESET NOD32 7.8661 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Linkury.A
Trend Micro HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.F47V0620
VIPRE Antivirus 20258 Adware.Linkury (fs)

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00010330%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00003877%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00006453%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:324,950,083 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:3,822,629/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:67.98 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):64.8 MB
Private (minimum):7.63 MB
Non-paged memory:67.98 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:400.23 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):424.62 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:38.02 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):66.57 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:791,948/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:879 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:3/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:20 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:11 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:20/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:34
12
Handles:1330
600
GUI GDI count:68
103
GUI GDI peak:72
142
GUI USER count:104
49
GUI USER peak:109
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:Medium
Platform:64-bit
Command line:"C:\users\user\appdata\local\smartbar\application\quickshare.exe" startup
Owner:User
Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Home Premium 37.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate 20.83%
Windows 8 8.33%
Windows 7 Professional 8.33%
Windows Vista Home Premium 8.33%
Windows Vista Home Basic 8.33%
Windows 8 Pro 4.17%
Windows Vista Ultimate 4.17%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 25.00% of Smartbar.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Hewlett-Packard 26.32%
ASUS 21.05%
Acer 10.53%
Samsung 10.53%
Sony 10.53%
Toshiba 10.53%
Dell 10.53%
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