What is AVQWinMonEngine.exe?

AVQWinMonEngine.exe is developed by Avanquest Software according to the AVQWinMonEngine.exe version information.

AVQWinMonEngine.exe's description is "Avanquest PC Startup Analyzer Monitoring Service"

AVQWinMonEngine.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Avanquest\Fix-It\' folder.

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

PropertyValue
Company nameAvanquest Software
File descriptionAvanquest PC Startup Analyzer Monitoring Service
Internal nameWinMonEngineService
Original filenameWinMonEngineService
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1997-2010 Avanquest North America Inc.
Legal trademarkFix-It Utilities is a trademark of Avanquest North America Inc.
File version11.1.2.1

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

Company nameAvanquest Software
File descriptionAvanquest PC Startup Analyzer Monito..
Internal nameWinMonEngineService
Original filenameWinMonEngineService
Legal copyrightCopyright © 1997-2010 Avanquest Nor..
Legal trademarkFix-It Utilities is a trademark of A..
File version11.1.2.1

Digital signatures [?]

AVQWinMonEngine.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

1 of the 43 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the AVQWinMonEngine.exe file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Rootkit.J
1 of the 43 anti-virus programs detected the AVQWinMonEngine.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5ba5648e86b7e282b5cd06c8ac1a53918
SHA2568d9fd6af58b725d9fe1cfd533d0d2daef80cfe47a1cb594b069ce18d541269d9

Error Messages

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

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

avqwinmonengine.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.

Avanquest PC Startup Analyzer Monitoring Service has stopped working.

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

avqwinmonengine.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 31% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 13 users.

User vote results: There were 4 votes to remove and 9 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with the file. Only 13 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

Daniel Armentorut writes

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I have been having a problem recently, virtual memory is expanding keeps popping up, I checked to see what was possibly using so much memory and it seems to be the avqwinmonengine.exe. I do not have any clue what this is or where it came from or if it is even something that is necessary. I have windows xp could you please offer a suggestion as what I can do, Thanks

# 24 Sep 2012, 8:39

Daniel Armentorut writes

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If anyone can help me with the avqwinmonengine.exe using up so much of my memory please let me know, Thank You

# 24 Sep 2012, 8:41

Roger Karlsson writes

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Sounds like there is a memory leak in the AVQWinMonEngine.exe program. From what I understand AVQWinMonEngine.exe is part of Avanquest's "Fix-It Utilities".

Please contact Avanquest's support to see if they have a solution for the memory leak. Hopefully they have an updated version where that bug has been fixed.

# 25 Sep 2012, 1:57

Daniel Armentorut writes

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Do you think uninstalling the fix it utilities would solve the problem?

# 25 Sep 2012, 5:50

Roger Karlsson writes

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@Daniel: Yes, uninstalling Fix-It Utilities should absolutely fix the memory leak problem.

# 25 Sep 2012, 8:52

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