qw.exe is a legitimate file. This process is known as Quicken Launcher or Quicken Window. It belongs to software Quicken for Windows and was developed by Intuit Inc. It is commonly stored in C:\Program Files. The malware programmers or cyber criminals write different types of malicious programs and name it as qw.exe to damage the software and hardware.
Affected Platform: Windows OS
How to check if your computer is infected with qw.exe malware?
Malicious authors try to infect the systems with different types of malicious programs. Each form of malicious software is designed to infect the system that creates different issues and impact on the system. One can notice the following changes once the system is infected with qw.exe malware
- If the internet connection fluctuation is high
- Qw.exe file is taking more of your CPU memory
- System performance is very low
- System is redirected to some strange websites
- System is getting some annoying popup ads
- System freezes quiet often
- It invites other malware to infect and damage the system and exploits the same to collect the user private information
When one of these happens then you can be sure that your system is infected with qw.exe malware. 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 qw.exe and open the location, if the location is subfolder C:\Program Files then the system is not affected by qw.exe if the location is somewhere else then the system is affected by qw.exe malware.
How to remove qw.exe malware from system using Comodo Antivirus?
Ideally, replacing the existing qw.exe file on your computer with a different version procured from the Internet is advisable. To remove the file using Comodo's trusted and effective antivirus software, follow the steps below:
Step 1: Download the award-winning Free Comodo Antivirus.
Step 2: Check on the “Do not detect new networks again” option when Comodo Internet Security internal firewall activates the network detection process.
Step 3: After network detection is complete, press “Close” button for a scan window.
Step 4: Restart your PC.
Step 5: It will take some time for the Comodo Internet Security to update the antivirus.
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Malware Name |
Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
Malware Behavior |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | N/A | Executable | c1df9bad47e10cbd e1c0186dc05aad30 75bd0804 |
aa65d8b8d7896d93 db1c998b604efcc0 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | N/A | N/A | Internal Submission | N/A |
2 | N/A | Executable | 7c6e5723de29fd53 6675b86e80a797c5 417a7c20 |
014b81217388ea7e b1502195f868477e |
TrojWare.Win 32.TrojanDro pper.Delf.~B K |
No | N/A | N/A | Internal Submission | N/A |
3 | N/A | Executable | 066fc506cffae706 b390452eab3b3c6f fb21084c |
8455b833611ce3ee 3cd8c0d9fb5ee430 |
Worm.Win32.V B.tbb |
No | 1.00 | 1.00 | Australia | N/A |
4 | NULL | Executable | 751c0eead1050730 e09e702ccbcb0284 6dc6f66e |
033244d13a3e960a af554397e62a4340 |
Unclassified Malware |
No | 1.0.0.0 | 1.0.0.0 | Internal Submission | N/A |
No. | Company | File Type | SHA1 | MD5 | Digitally Signed |
File Version |
Product Version |
Submitted From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Intuit Inc. | Executable | a518b27fa710d36c 0be13b3a763f05a8 f77e7817 |
3bc70f612dbc5694 1a249731681ddcdb |
Yes | 24.1.1.41 | 24.1.1.41 | Australia |
2 | Quicken Inc. | Executable | b180b8d4a018fcd1 89e22e046e396994 0ffbc39b |
42a34fc569fd4e61 0e0ecbcc38ba9f94 |
Yes | 27.1.27.24 | 27.1.27.24 | United States |
3 | Intuit Inc. | Executable | d7b2c5fd02d88996 5c15d63a76dccfdc d9279b63 |
de99311255a097b6 889bbb542277e083 |
No | 013.000.00 0.000 |
013.000.00 0.000 |
United States |
4 | Quicken Inc. | Executable | 5489cbed5e08a957 7cb7ed5259a6aea6 b2d6a11f |
5cf071b958553bd0 0b29b404d313d457 |
Yes | 26.1.6.1 | 26.1.6.1 | United States |