What is gears.dll?

gears.dll is part of Google Gears 0.5.4.2 and developed by Google Inc. according to the gears.dll version information.

gears.dll's description is "These are the Gears that power the tubes! :-)"

gears.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Google\Google Gears\Internet Explorer\0.5.4.2\' folder.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on gears.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameGoogle Gears 0.5.4.2
Company nameGoogle Inc.
File descriptionThese are the Gears that power the tubes! :-)
Internal namegears.dll
Original filenamegears.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright 2006-2008 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Product version0.5.4.2
File version0.5.4.2

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

Product nameGoogle Gears 0.5.4.2
Company nameGoogle Inc.
File descriptionThese are the Gears that power the t..
Internal namegears.dll
Original filenamegears.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright 2006-2008 Google Inc. All ..
Product version0.5.4.2
File version0.5.4.2

Digital signatures [?]

gears.dll is not signed.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD514fbc0ee96eb974901de639272b789c8
SHA256162f71ab46006e98c3c1c4ee7218e36a8815fcb2dc16b73909c7ca51d290942d

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