| Status Code | Name | Command | Description |
| U | QWS3270 Sessions | sessions.exe | QWS3270 Secure terminal emulation software |
| N | QuikSync | QUIKSYNC.EXE | Used by Iomega drives. Available via Start -> Programs |
| X | QuickZip | lu.exe | MsConnect browser hijacker and dialler |
| N | QuikShield | qkshield.exe | QuikShield popup blocker - reportedly stealth installed, see here |
| X | Quickzip | Ls.exe | MsConnect browser hijacker and dialler |
| X | QuicktimeMngr | QUICKTIMEMNGR.EXE | Added by the WOOTBOT.AW WORM! |
| X | Quicktlme | ru.exe | Adult content dialler |
| U | QuickTV | QuickTV.exe | Infra-red remote control driver for the AVerTV Studio TV tuner/personal video recoder from AVerMedia. Required if you use the remote control |
| X | QuickTime Task | qttasks.exe | CoolWebSearch parasite variant |
| N | QuickTime Update Completion x | quicktimeupdatehelper.exe | Different numbers caused by number of launches. So if 3 updates are made separately, 3 would appear (in theory) |
| N | QuickTime Task | Qttask.exe | System Tray access to Apple's "Quick Time" viewer from version 5 onwards |
| X | Quicktime Pro 3.0 | winuodps.exe | Added by the GAOBOT.BH WORM! |
| X | Quicktime Mediaplayer | winmplyer32.exe | Added by the RBOT-PM WORM!
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| N | QuickRes | QUICKRES.EXE | Utility to quickly change desktop resolution - left over from Win95 Power Toys. In Win98 and above incorporated via Control Panel -> Display. Not required unless you have to change resolutions on a regular basis |
| N | quickset | quickset.exe | Dell taskbar icon allowing you to quickly change settings |
| U | QuickPassword | agquickp.exe | Smart card-based authentication and digital signature client software |
| N | Quicknote | quicknote.exe | JC&MB Quicknote Virtual Scrapbook |
| N | Quicklink III | QL.EXE | HP fax program and only needs to be in the start-up group if you allow your phone to automatically answer your phone in fax mode, that is, to receive faxes after a certain number of rings. Available via Start -> Programs |
| Y | QuickLaunchEr | QuickLaunchEr.Exe | QuickLaunchEr - allows you to quickly launch programs from an icon in the system tray |
| N | QuickFinder Scheduler | QFSched.exe | Used in Corel 2002 & Corel Suite 7 - finds files faster by indexing your files (similar to Microsoft's Find Fast or Fast Search for its Office products) |
| N | QuickFinder Scheduler | QFSCHD100.exe | Used in Corel 2002 & Corel Suite 7 - finds files faster by indexing your files (similar to Microsoft's Find Fast or Fast Search for its Office products) |
| N | Quicken Startup | QWDLLS.EXE | Quicken option to load DLLs at startup |
| N | QuickenSEMessage | Qsemsg.exe | Quicken option |
| N | Quicken Scheduled Updates | bagent.exe | Quicken background downloading module |
| X | quicken | Waol.exe | CoolWebSearch parasite variant |
| X | quicken | Winrar.exe | CoolWebSearch parasite variant. Note - this is not the file zipping utility also known as WinRAR! |
| X | quicken | quicken.exe | CoolWebSearch parasite variant |
| U | QuickCamPro | QuickCamPro.exe | System Tray for Picture Capture utility that can run unattended. Pictures every 30 seconds for example, auto FTP Upload, etc |
| N | QuickBooks Delivery Agent | QBDAGENT.EXE | As far QAGENT but for QuickBooks. Can also have the version number in the name |
| N | Quickbooks Update Agent | qbupdate.exe | Associated with Intuit's Quickbooks but not required. Possibly to do with the payroll update service but you're prompted to check for updates when appropriate whether this is running or not |
| N | Quick View Plus | QVP32.EXE | Quick View Plus from Inso Corporation. Multiple file type viewer. Available via Start -> Programs |
| Y | Quick Startup | Fquick32.exe | For a Nisis G6 USB Graphics Tablet. Re-enables itself if disabled therefore best left alone |
| Y | Quick Heal Startup Scan | QHSTRT32.EXE | Quick Heal - virus scanner |
| N | Quick Shelf xx | qushelfxx.exe | Places an icon in the system tray for launching MS Bookshelf. Available via Start -> Programs"xx" represents the version number - ie, 98, 99 |
| Y | Quick Heal On-Line Protection | Cateye.exe | Quick Heal - virus scanner |
| ? | Queensla | Queensla.exe | ?? |
| U | Quick Controls | Astrotoolbar.exe | Gateway Astro Screen and Sound Controls tray icon |
| N | qttask | Qttask.exe | System Tray access to Apple's "Quick Time" viewer from version 5 onwards |
| ? | QUBCity | qtp.exe | ?? |
| X | QTSvc | shman.exe | Premium rate adult content dialler |
| X | QTSvc | ssvr.exe | Premium rate adult content dialler |
| X | QTSvc | msocfg.exe | Premium rate adult content dialler |
| X | QTSvc | navchk.exe | Premium rate adult content dialler |
| N | QTSTUB.EXE | Qtstub.exe | Part of an old version of the Quick Tax application. It enables Quick Tax Calendar Popup to show tax calendar reminders |
| U | QTaskStartup | qtask.exe | Feature of Quicken.com Brokerage to customize and display Desktop Alerts and icon. It is not required for the Quicken Program to run correctly, it is only required for the Desktop Alerts feature |
| U | QT4HPOT | OneTouch.exe | Hewlett Packard One Touch keyboard driver. Required if you use the additional keys |
| X | QQ | sendmess.exe | Added by the SEMES TROJAN! |
| N | QSort2000 | QSORT.EXE | Utility that sorts your Start menu and Favourites in alphanumerical order. Not required - at any time you can right-click on these lists and choose "Sort by Name" |
| U | Qoeloader | Qoeloader.exe | Qurb 2.0 anti-spam tool for Outlook/Outlook Express. Required when supporting OE but not for Outlook. Shortcut available via Start -> Programs |
| ? | QMusic | QMAgent.exe | ?? |
| N | QNPlus | QNPlus.exe | Quick Notes Plus by Conceptworld - sticky notes tool |
| ? | Qexplo | Qexplo.exe | ?? |
| ? | Qdsafe | ?? | ?? |
| U | QDMStart | QdmStart.exe | QDM (QDI Desktop Manager) - part of QDI ManageEasy for QDI's series of motherboards for monitoring PSU, temperatures, BIOS information, etc. Only required if you overclock system components and need to monitor temperatures, etc |
| U | QDM | QdmStart.exe | QDM (QDI Desktop Manager) - part of QDI ManageEasy for QDI's series of motherboards for monitoring PSU, temperatures, BIOS information, etc. Only required if you overclock system components and need to monitor temperatures, etc |
| N | QD FastAndSafe | QDCSFS.exe | Automatically runs Fast & Safe clean-up from Norton/Quarterdeck Cleansweep. Deletes safe to remove files such as Temporary Internet Files (cache). Recommended you run it manually |
| U | QCWLICON | Qcwlicon.exe | Used by IBM Thinkpad laptops with built-in wireless card (802.11). System Tray icon that provides a shortcut to "Wireless Connection Status" and allows to turn WL on and off |
| U | QCTRAY | Qctray.exe | System Tray icon providing access to the "IBM Access Connections" wizard on ThinkPad laptops and also allows to change the network environment. Not the same as QCWLIcon, which is pertinent only to the Wireless LAN |
| ? | qBrowse | qbrowse.exe | ?? |
| X | QBRSR | QuickBrowser.exe | top-banners.com adware |
| X | qbotd | [random filename] | Added by the BOTTEN TROJAN! |
| N | QBCD autorun | autorun.exe | Quick Books CD |
| X | qbkupdbs | mqbkup.exe | Added by the OPASERV.K WORM! |
| X | q36i36O | lms2cenu.exe | Added by the SECONDTHOUGHT VIRUS! |
| N | QAGENT | qagent.exe | Quicken program is controlled by a separate utility program called the Quicken Download Manager (also known as Qagent). When Quicken Download Manager option is enabled, background downloading takes advantage of unused bandwidth to download current financial information anytime your computer is connected to the Internet |
| N | Q152404 | wsript.exe Q152404.VBS | Appears to run Scandisk at bootup on NEC PCs |
| N | Q152404 | wsript.exe Q152404.VBS | Appears to run Scandisk at bootup on NEC PCs |
| X | q36i36O | lms2cenu.exe | Added by the SECONDTHOUGHT VIRUS! |
| N | QAGENT | qagent.exe | Quicken program is controlled by a separate utility program called the Quicken Download Manager (also known as Qagent). When Quicken Download Manager option is enabled, background downloading takes advantage of unused bandwidth to download current financial information anytime your computer is connected to the Internet |
| N | QBCD autorun | autorun.exe | Quick Books CD |
| X | qbkupdbs | mqbkup.exe | Added by the OPASERV.K WORM! |
| X | qbotd | [random filename] | Added by the BOTTEN TROJAN! |
| ? | qBrowse | qbrowse.exe | ?? |
| X | QBRSR | QuickBrowser.exe | top-banners.com adware |
| U | QCTRAY | Qctray.exe | System Tray icon providing access to the "IBM Access Connections" wizard on ThinkPad laptops and also allows to change the network environment. Not the same as QCWLIcon, which is pertinent only to the Wireless LAN |
| U | QCWLICON | Qcwlicon.exe | Used by IBM Thinkpad laptops with built-in wireless card (802.11). System Tray icon that provides a shortcut to "Wireless Connection Status" and allows to turn WL on and off |
| N | QD FastAndSafe | QDCSFS.exe | Automatically runs Fast & Safe clean-up from Norton/Quarterdeck Cleansweep. Deletes safe to remove files such as Temporary Internet Files (cache). Recommended you run it manually |
| U | QDM | QdmStart.exe | QDM (QDI Desktop Manager) - part of QDI ManageEasy for QDI's series of motherboards for monitoring PSU, temperatures, BIOS information, etc. Only required if you overclock system components and need to monitor temperatures, etc |
| U | QDMStart | QdmStart.exe | QDM (QDI Desktop Manager) - part of QDI ManageEasy for QDI's series of motherboards for monitoring PSU, temperatures, BIOS information, etc. Only required if you overclock system components and need to monitor temperatures, etc |
| ? | Qdsafe | ?? | ?? |
| ? | Qexplo | Qexplo.exe | ?? |
| ? | QMusic | QMAgent.exe | ?? |
| N | QNPlus | QNPlus.exe | Quick Notes Plus by Conceptworld - sticky notes tool |
| U | Qoeloader | Qoeloader.exe | Qurb 2.0 anti-spam tool for Outlook/Outlook Express. Required when supporting OE but not for Outlook. Shortcut available via Start -> Programs |
| X | QQ | sendmess.exe | Added by the SEMES TROJAN! |
| N | QSort2000 | QSORT.EXE | Utility that sorts your Start menu and Favourites in alphanumerical order. Not required - at any time you can right-click on these lists and choose "Sort by Name" |
| U | QT4HPOT | OneTouch.exe | Hewlett Packard One Touch keyboard driver. Required if you use the additional keys |
| U | QTaskStartup | qtask.exe | Feature of Quicken.com Brokerage to customize and display Desktop Alerts and icon. It is not required for the Quicken Program to run correctly, it is only required for the Desktop Alerts feature |
| N | QTSTUB.EXE | Qtstub.exe | Part of an old version of the Quick Tax application. It enables Quick Tax Calendar Popup to show tax calendar reminders |
| X | QTSvc | msocfg.exe | Premium rate adult content dialler |
| X | QTSvc | navchk.exe | Premium rate adult content dialler |
| X | QTSvc | shman.exe | Premium rate adult content dialler |
| X | QTSvc | ssvr.exe | Premium rate adult content dialler |
| N | qttask | Qttask.exe | System Tray access to Apple's "Quick Time" viewer from version 5 onwards |
| ? | QUBCity | qtp.exe | ?? |
| ? | Queensla | Queensla.exe | ?? |
| U | Quick Controls | Astrotoolbar.exe | Gateway Astro Screen and Sound Controls tray icon |
| Y | Quick Heal On-Line Protection | Cateye.exe | Quick Heal - virus scanner |
| Y | Quick Heal Startup Scan | QHSTRT32.EXE | Quick Heal - virus scanner |
| N | Quick Shelf xx | qushelfxx.exe | Places an icon in the system tray for launching MS Bookshelf. Available via Start -> Programs"xx" represents the version number - ie, 98, 99 |
| Y | Quick Startup | Fquick32.exe | For a Nisis G6 USB Graphics Tablet. Re-enables itself if disabled therefore best left alone |
| N | Quick View Plus | QVP32.EXE | Quick View Plus from Inso Corporation. Multiple file type viewer. Available via Start -> Programs |
| N | QuickBooks Delivery Agent | QBDAGENT.EXE | As far QAGENT but for QuickBooks. Can also have the version number in the name |
| N | Quickbooks Update Agent | qbupdate.exe | Associated with Intuit's Quickbooks but not required. Possibly to do with the payroll update service but you're prompted to check for updates when appropriate whether this is running or not |
| U | QuickCamPro | QuickCamPro.exe | System Tray for Picture Capture utility that can run unattended. Pictures every 30 seconds for example, auto FTP Upload, etc |
| X | quicken | quicken.exe | CoolWebSearch parasite variant |
| X | quicken | Winrar.exe | CoolWebSearch parasite variant. Note - this is not the file zipping utility also known as WinRAR! |
| X | quicken | Waol.exe | CoolWebSearch parasite variant |
| N | Quicken Scheduled Updates | bagent.exe | Quicken background downloading module |
| N | Quicken Startup | QWDLLS.EXE | Quicken option to load DLLs at startup |
| N | QuickenSEMessage | Qsemsg.exe | Quicken option |
| N | QuickFinder Scheduler | QFSCHD100.exe | Used in Corel 2002 & Corel Suite 7 - finds files faster by indexing your files (similar to Microsoft's Find Fast or Fast Search for its Office products) |
| N | QuickFinder Scheduler | QFSched.exe | Used in Corel 2002 & Corel Suite 7 - finds files faster by indexing your files (similar to Microsoft's Find Fast or Fast Search for its Office products) |
| Y | QuickLaunchEr | QuickLaunchEr.Exe | QuickLaunchEr - allows you to quickly launch programs from an icon in the system tray |
| N | Quicklink III | QL.EXE | HP fax program and only needs to be in the start-up group if you allow your phone to automatically answer your phone in fax mode, that is, to receive faxes after a certain number of rings. Available via Start -> Programs |
| N | Quicknote | quicknote.exe | JC&MB Quicknote Virtual Scrapbook |
| U | QuickPassword | agquickp.exe | Smart card-based authentication and digital signature client software |
| N | QuickRes | QUICKRES.EXE | Utility to quickly change desktop resolution - left over from Win95 Power Toys. In Win98 and above incorporated via Control Panel -> Display. Not required unless you have to change resolutions on a regular basis |
| N | quickset | quickset.exe | Dell taskbar icon allowing you to quickly change settings |
| X | Quicktime Mediaplayer | winmplyer32.exe | Added by the RBOT-PM WORM!
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| X | Quicktime Pro 3.0 | winuodps.exe | Added by the GAOBOT.BH WORM! |
| N | QuickTime Task | Qttask.exe | System Tray access to Apple's "Quick Time" viewer from version 5 onwards |
| X | QuickTime Task | qttasks.exe | CoolWebSearch parasite variant |
| N | QuickTime Update Completion x | quicktimeupdatehelper.exe | Different numbers caused by number of launches. So if 3 updates are made separately, 3 would appear (in theory) |
| X | QuicktimeMngr | QUICKTIMEMNGR.EXE | Added by the WOOTBOT.AW WORM! |
| X | Quicktlme | ru.exe | Adult content dialler |
| U | QuickTV | QuickTV.exe | Infra-red remote control driver for the AVerTV Studio TV tuner/personal video recoder from AVerMedia. Required if you use the remote control |
| X | Quickzip | Ls.exe | MsConnect browser hijacker and dialler |
| X | QuickZip | lu.exe | MsConnect browser hijacker and dialler |
| N | QuikShield | qkshield.exe | QuikShield popup blocker - reportedly stealth installed, see here |
| N | QuikSync | QUIKSYNC.EXE | Used by Iomega drives. Available via Start -> Programs |
| U | QWS3270 Sessions | sessions.exe | QWS3270 Secure terminal emulation software |
