What is GEARDIFx.exe?

GEARDIFx.exe is part of DIFx Driver Installer and developed by GEAR Software, Inc. according to the GEARDIFx.exe version information.

GEARDIFx.exe's description is "Main DIFx Installer"

GEARDIFx.exe is digitally signed by GEAR Software Inc..

GEARDIFx.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\34BE82C4-E596-4e99-A191-52C6199EBF69\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about GEARDIFx.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on GEARDIFx.exe:

Property	Value
Product name	DIFx Driver Installer
Company name	GEAR Software, Inc.
File description	Main DIFx Installer
Internal name	GEARDIFx.exe
Original filename	GEARDIFx.exe
Legal copyright	Copyright (C) 2012 GEAR Software, Inc.
Product version	3.1.1.2
File version	1.0.0.25

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product name	DIFx Driver Installer
Company name	GEAR Software, Inc.
File description	Main DIFx Installer
Internal name	GEARDIFx.exe
Original filename	GEARDIFx.exe
Legal copyright	Copyright (C) 2012 GEAR Software, Inc.
Product version	3.1.1.2
File version	1.0.0.25

Digital signatures [?]

GEARDIFx.exe has a valid digital signature.

Property	Value
Signer name	GEAR Software Inc.
Certificate issuer name	VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA
Certificate serial number	691a24a59ecec61fd6353944aa64f107

VirusTotal report

None of the 48 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the GEARDIFx.exe file.

Folder name variants

GEARDIFx.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\ProgramData\34BE82C4-E596-4e99-A191-52C6199EBF69\. The most common variants are listed below:

C:\ProgramData\188F1432-103A-4ffb-80F1-36B633C5C9E1\
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\188F1432-103A-4ffb-80F1-36B633C5C9E1\
C:\Users\All Users\34BE82C4-E596-4e99-A191-52C6199EBF69\
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Dados de aplicativos\188F1432-103A-4ffb-80F1-36B633C5C9E1\
C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Anwendungsdaten\188F1432-103A-4ffb-80F1-36B633C5C9E1\

Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	85e85b5bc75b0d712fedb5633e1d2afb
SHA256	0d55cbb520bafa77594f34894c4906b077dd12d87e94322c68127a0415586eda

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to geardifx.exe:

geardifx.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

geardifx.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Main DIFx Installer has stopped working.

End Program - geardifx.exe. This program is not responding.

geardifx.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

geardifx.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with GEARDIFx.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with GEARDIFx.exe. 85% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 318 users.

User vote results: There were 271 votes to remove and 47 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with GEARDIFx.exe.

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Mike H writes

5 thumbs

Apparently this comes with iTunes 10.7, and is required by same.

HTH

# 11 Nov 2014, 6:17

Roger Karlsson writes

1 thumb

Thank you Mike.

# 19 Dec 2014, 6:17

Theo S writes

0 thumbs

AVG antivirus detected as infected but not removed as at 4 Apr 2015. Previous virus definitions did not pick up any as such.
For the record 818 files mostly in Microsoft\crypto\RSA\ folder were also detected as infected but not removed with the same scan. The computer seems to work fine.
Thanks for this website
Theo

# 4 Apr 2015, 21:57

Redlyfdh writes