What is qttask.exe?
qttask.exe is a legitimate file. This process is responsible for starting a quick time player and it is generally installed with itunes and developed by APPLE Software. It is commonly stored in sub folder of C:\Program files. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write the different types of malicious programs and name it as qttask.exe to damage the software and hardware.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to check if your computer is infected with qttask.exe malware?
The type of malware programs varies and the mode of infection also varies. Any of the following can alert you if the system is infected.
- If the internet connection fluctuation is high
- If the qttask.exe file is taking more of your CPU memory
- If the system performance is very low
- If the system is redirected to some strange websites
- If the system is getting some annoying popup ads
- If the system freezes quiet often
- If it invites the other malware to infect and damage the system and exploits the same to collect the user private informaton
To confirm that go to task manager by pressing the combination of keys ctrl+alt+del and go to the process tab and right click on the qttask.exe to check the location, if the location is C:\Program files then the system is not affected by qttask.exe, if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by qttask.exe malware.
How to remove the qttask.exe file from system using Comodo Antivirus?
Step 1: Download the award-winning Free Internet Security.
Step 2: Installation configuration frames will be displayed. Select the configuration you would like to apply.
Step 3: Select Customize Configuration option and arrange installers, configuration, and file location.
Step 4: Restart your PC.
Step 5: It will take some time for the Comodo Internet Security to update the antivirus.
Step 6: Proceed with a quick scan that automatically begins after the update.
Step 7: If threats are found during the scanning, you will be prompted with an alert screen.
Step 8: Comodo Antivirus will remove the qttask.exe virus from your computer including all other malwares!
First Seen: 19 October 2011 at 1:34 pm
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Apple Inc. | Executable | 562e88816428cd0c a3431960e6ffd0b0 efdc8134 |
cdcd52cd68e17979 5448fe383c61b1b0 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | 7.6.6 (1671) |
QuickTime 7.6.6 (1671) |
Iran, Islamic Republic of | N/A |
2 | Apple Computer, Inc. | Executable | 50884b6ff43def25 7ff310f0856fd224 e8a10e2a |
4f0fd15c6f92c5aa c1d53db58f309859 |
Worm.Win32.M abezat.b3 |
No | 6.4 | QuickTime 6.4 |
Lebanon | N/A |
3 | N/A | Executable | b42f70bc08728ce7 44f55d86688e9a4d 330beddb |
86087a690cc13cbd c9e1cae6c14b68dc |
Unclassified Malware |
No | N/A | N/A | Internal Submission | N/A |
4 | Apple Inc. | Executable | 311d754b4888b1df 2a8e66e62ae03cdb ba7177b3 |
2d200f012e7f9ad9 83419a304ad60d46 |
Virus.Win32. Ramnit.K |
No | 7.6.8 (1675) |
QuickTime 7.6.8 (1675) |
Indonesia | N/A |
First Seen: 02 June 2008 at 9:56 am
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Apple Inc. | Executable | 5819eaa149cbee11 cb46d7185118f375 584678e0 |
916a2c4eb0286047 83fd5ea169236c1d |
No | 7.7.2 (1680.56) |
QuickTime 7.7.2 (1680.56) |
10.224.1.62/32 |
2 | Apple Inc. | Executable | 3da25de7c019095b 69cbf83cbcff9841 bb36feea |
0aee5668eb59912f 32ff245bfa72465f |
No | 7.6.9 (1680.9) |
QuickTime 7.6.9 (1680.9) |
10.224.1.58/32 |
3 | Apple Inc. | Executable | 3da25de7c019095b 69cbf83cbcff9841 bb36feea |
0aee5668eb59912f 32ff245bfa72465f |
No | 7.6.9 (1680.9) |
QuickTime 7.6.9 (1680.9) |
10.224.1.55/32 |
4 | Apple Inc. | Executable | 3da25de7c019095b 69cbf83cbcff9841 bb36feea |
0aee5668eb59912f 32ff245bfa72465f |
No | 7.6.9 (1680.9) |
QuickTime 7.6.9 (1680.9) |
10.224.1.62/32 |