What is Aq1.exe?

Aq1.exe is part of iGold and developed by Simon Tatham according to the Aq1.exe version information.

Aq1.exe's description is "iGold"

Aq1.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Users\Basse\AppData\Local\Temp\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected Aq1.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 Aq1.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameiGold
Company nameSimon Tatham
File descriptioniGold
Internal nameiGold
Original filenameiGold.exe
Legal copyrightiGold one
Product version1.0.0.2
File version1.0.0.1

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

Product nameiGold
Company nameSimon Tatham
File descriptioniGold
Internal nameiGold
Original filenameiGold.exe
Legal copyrightiGold one
Product version1.0.0.2
File version1.0.0.1

Digital signatures [?]

Aq1.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

41 of the 43 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Aq1.exe file. That's a 95% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
AhnLab-V3 Win-Trojan/Fakeav.244736.K
AntiVir TR/Agent.cec
Antiy-AVL Trojan/Win32.FraudLoad.gen
Avast Win32:MalOb-BX
Avast5 Win32:MalOb-BX
AVG FakeAV.EHP
BitDefender Gen:Variant.Kazy.1446
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Renos.MJ
Commtouch W32/FakeAlert.IC.gen!Eldorado
Comodo MalCrypt.Indus!
DrWeb Trojan.DownLoader1.28192
Emsisoft Trojan.Win32.FakeAV!IK
eTrust-Vet Win32/Renos.D!generic
F-Prot W32/FakeAlert.IC.gen!Eldorado
F-Secure Gen:Variant.Kazy.1446
Fortinet W32/FraudLoad.XV!tr
GData Gen:Variant.Kazy.1446
Ikarus Trojan.Win32.FakeAV
Jiangmin TrojanDownloader.FraudLoad.qor
K7AntiVirus Riskware
Kaspersky Trojan-Downloader.Win32.FraudLoad.xsyj
McAfee Downloader-CEW.b
McAfee-GW-Edition Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.AdSpyware.H
Microsoft TrojanDownloader:Win32/Renos.LX
NOD32 a variant of Win32/Kryptik.IPZ
Norman W32/Suspicious_Gen2.KZTLP
nProtect Trojan/W32.Agent.244736.BC
Panda Generic Trojan
PCTools Trojan.FakeAV
Prevx High Risk Cloaked Malware
Rising Trojan.Win32.Generic.124A9A30
Sophos Mal/FakeAV-CX
SUPERAntiSpyware Trojan.Agent/Gen-VTSec
Symantec Trojan.FakeAV!gen29
TheHacker Trojan/Kryptik.hfa
TrendMicro TROJ_FAKEAV.SM4
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_FAKEAV.SM4
VBA32 BScope.Trojan.MTA.01049
VIPRE VirTool.Win32.Obfuscator.hg!b1 (v)
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.Agent.244736.G
VirusBuster Trojan.Kryptik!bUL5J8Bu9UA
41 of the 43 anti-virus programs detected the Aq1.exe file.

Aq1.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove Aq1.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the Aq1.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that Aq1.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate Aq1.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the Aq1.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 Aq1.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\Users\Basse\AppData\Local\Temp\Aq1.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the Aq1.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If Aq1.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If Aq1.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If Aq1.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that Aq1.exe no longer appear in the scan result.
Please select the option that best describe your thoughts on the removal instructions given above








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Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5d683be2759247892eda3249949c2b95d
SHA25667086f1a0af491ea8fd88098de313a63ee7bad7b596fd91a98bc67c3eb667e05

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to aq1.exe:

aq1.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

aq1.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.

iGold has stopped working.

End Program - aq1.exe. This program is not responding.

aq1.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

aq1.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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