• Properties:

• System Process: No
• Background Process: No
• Application Process:Yes
• Common Path:
  [ C:\ Windows ]
• Uses Network:Yes
• Uses Internet:Yes

Description:

The care2gtu.exe process is associated with the Care2 Green Thumbs-up program. The program care2gtu.exe acts as the main program file of the Care2 Green Thumbs-up application; the program care2gtu.exe launches the application Care2 Green Thumbs-up when executed.

The care2gtu.exe file is available for free. The process can be downloaded from the Care2 website. It can be installed as a toolbar, which helps the user make online shopping decisions. The care2gtu.exe process is an environmentalists tool.

The user can choose to download the care2gtu.exe program even though it is not necessary for it to be present in the system. The care2gtu.exe file launches a utility tool that can help the user. The user may decide it is a necessary or welcome function and add it to the system.

The care2gtu.exe file can run on several platforms such as Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT4 and Windows XP. Browsers supported are Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.00 or higher. AOL 5.0 and 6.0, and Microsoft Virtual Machine version 4.79.2252 and up is also required, as well as 1 MB free disk space and a live Internet connection.

Once installed, the care2gtu.exe application places a toolbar on the Internet browser. This toolbar shows the user how environment friendly a company is. The information database for the care2gtu.exe process comes from over 200 company profiles from Coop America. If the site the user visited is not eco-friendly, the care2gtu.exe process places a marker on the toolbar, such as a red or yellow icon to alert the user that the company is not compliant with environmental regulations. If the company whose site is being visited is considered friendly to the environment, a green icon will be placed.

The care2gtu.exe file also generates instant donations once the toolbar is activated. This is done because some websites offer a percentage of their sales to the Care2 Green Thumbs Up once they direct users to their site. Some websites even offer an amount just because the user is browsing in their specific sites. Donations collected in this way are then forwarded to environmental causes. Every day the user visits a site in the Green Thumbs-Up database, the organization makes a donation to save 1 quarter foot of rainforest land.

Recommendations:

This is a safe process. There is no necessity to remove this process from your system or change it in any way.