What is CQ.exe?

CQ.exe is part of and Successful application engineering database and developed by and Successful application engineering database according to the CQ.exe version information.

CQ.exe's description is "of"

CQ.exe is usually located in the 'c:\programdata\exstraesaaviangs\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected CQ.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on CQ.exe:

Property	Value
Product name	and Successful application engineering database
Company name	and Successful application engineering database
File description	of
Internal name	and Successful application engineering database
Original filename	of
Legal copyright	Copyright (C) 2013
Product version	and Successful application engineering database
File version	database information Both DBMS

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product name	and Successful application engineeri..
Company name	and Successful application engineeri..
File description	of
Internal name	and Successful application engineeri..
Original filename	of
Legal copyright	Copyright (C) 2013
Product version	and Successful application engineeri..
File version	database information Both DBMS

Digital signatures [?]

CQ.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

32 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the CQ.exe file. That's a 58% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.151538
Agnitum	PUA.MultiPlug!
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Preloader
AntiVir	SPR/Tool.721920.2
Avast	Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
AVG	Generic5.AYTB
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.151538
CAT-QuickHeal	AdWare.MultiPlug.r5 (Not a Virus)
Comodo	ApplicUnwnt
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.151538 (B)
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/AdWare.MultiPlug.AG
F-Secure	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.151538
Fortinet	Riskware/MultiPlug
GData	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.151538
Ikarus	not-a-virus:AdWare.MultiPlug
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 0049c94b1 )
K7GW	Adware ( 0049c94b1 )
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.MultiPlug.cjuz
Malwarebytes	PUP.Optional.MultiPlug
McAfee	RDN/Generic PUP.x!c2a
McAfee-GW-Edition	BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareCinmus.bh
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.151538
NANO-Antivirus	Riskware.Win32.MultiPlug.ddxyhw
Panda	Trj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360	Win32/Trojan.Dropper.c9f
Sophos	Generic PUA AO
Symantec	WS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0PHO14
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0PHO14
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Zillya	Adware.MultiPlug.Win32.55

32 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the CQ.exe file.

CQ.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove CQ.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the CQ.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that CQ.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
When the scan is finished, locate CQ.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the CQ.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate CQ.exe in the scan result.

c:\programdata\exstraesaaviangs\CQ.exe
Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the CQ.exe file.
Restart your computer.
Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If CQ.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If CQ.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
If CQ.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
Restart your computer.
Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that CQ.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	80d691f736b42440928faba7ec88cf78
SHA256	8f652057f236ef4b20b477da31f7d4a16bcc69bf63bb5157603425e3bcc56a67

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to cq.exe:

cq.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

cq.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

of has stopped working.

End Program - cq.exe. This program is not responding.

cq.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

cq.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with CQ.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with CQ.exe:

What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with CQ.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

			Votes
Keep	0 %		0
Remove	100 %		1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with CQ.exe. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Comments

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