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.