The gmt.exe file belongs to the group of process files implemented by the Gator Advertising Information Network (GAIN) as adware applications, and the gmt.exe file is also known as Gator Adware. The gmt.exe file and other Gator Adware items were developed by GAIN Publishing, the gmt.exe process and other active Gator Adware applications are integrated with the capability to gather Web surfing information from the default Web browser of the infected computer when active. The gmt.exe process and other Gator Adware programs also have the capability to transmit the pieces of data gathered from an infected computer to predesignated Web servers. The gmt.exe file contains sequential command lines, program-specific instructions, application-specific module directives and modular system resource references that are used by this Gator Adware program to instruct the Windows system to allow it to initialize during startup and runtime as well as access certain pieces of data stored by the default Web browser of the computer in specific sub directories and directories of the system partition.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. gmt.exe. is used by Gator Adware, If you shut down gmt.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop gmt.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Gator Adware, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed gmt.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Gator Adware, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if gmt.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that gmt.exe, belongs to, in this case Gator Adware