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:   1.6.1.931
MD5:   9dc8318940403b38da23dadf3f130e89
SHA1:   b4f3245bd1441c32523bbd482e4684f0b1d5f225
SHA256:   e8c267ce2c03691749c36b11e891557b17fc7f666388cf07efe7cc150ddc7d59
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:1.6.1.931
Size:19.77 KB (20,248 bytes)
Build date:4/24/2013 12:38 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 7.8486 a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Linkury.A
Trend Micro HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.F47V0507
VIPRE Antivirus 19016 Adware.Linkury (fs)

ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00036218%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00034377%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00001842%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:153,505 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:26,302,718/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:64.42 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):60.32 MB
Private (minimum):17.87 MB
Non-paged memory:64.42 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:308.96 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):323.34 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:23.51 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):61.02 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:5,451,565/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:10.41 MB/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:2,773/sec
343/min
I/O write transfer:475 Bytes/sec
274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:1/sec
227/min
I/O other transfer:765 Bytes/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:425/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:30
12
Handles:790
600
GUI GDI count:148
103
GUI USER count:144
49

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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