What’s GameManagerService.exe (GameManagerService)? Is it safe or a virus?

Today I was killed on Fortnite and my Game Manager was super angry with me. He said I was killed way too early, and it's completely unacceptable. Next, my Game Manager required me to fill out a TPS report. I often have to do this for my Game Manager, and I'm just sick of it. I'm thinking about telling him to "shove it"... should I, or shouldn't I?

Well, I do need this job with the prices on everything doubling every month, so I'm just not sure... You'd think playing Fortnite all day would be fun, but filling out a TPS report with every failed game feels like a waste of my life...

Just kidding... Actually, I work at the SpyShelter Cybersecurity Lab here in Austin, Texas and I should be more serious... You probably just found GameManagerService.exe running in your Windows Task Manager and you're wondering what on earth it might be. Fortunately it's completely safe software made by our friends at Razer USA. But, what exactly does this thing do?

GameManagerService.exe is a process associated with Razer Cortex, a software application developed by Razer USA Ltd. it's a gaming optimization tool that helps you improve your gaming by enhancing system performance, monitoring game stats, and optimizing game settings.

Therefore, GameManagerService.exe is completely safe to have on your PC as long as you confirm it's signed by Razer! Our team in Austin loves Razer hardware.

By the way, I wish I got paid to play Fortnite all day using Razer hardware, that would be cool. But instead I just study Windows executables all day here at our lab... Now, on to another TPS report... :(

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Who makes GameManagerService.exe (GameManagerService)?

We’ve found Razer USA Ltd. should be the publisher of GameManagerService.exe.

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