What is wuQK.exe?

wuQK.exe is usually located in the 'C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected wuQK.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 [?]

wuQK.exe does not have any version or vendor information.

Digital signatures [?]

wuQK.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

28 of the 39 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wuQK.exe file. That's a 72% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
a-squared Trojan-Downloader.Win32.CodecPack!IK
AntiVir TR/PCK.Katusha.L.1
Antiy-AVL Packed/Win32.Katusha
Authentium W32/Trojan3.BTE
Avast Win32:Trojan-gen
AVG SHeur3.TMQ
CAT-QuickHeal Trojan.Katusha.l
Comodo Heur.Packed.Unknown
DrWeb Trojan.DownLoad1.54042
eTrust-Vet Win32/FakeAVDl.SO
F-Prot W32/Trojan3.BTE
F-Secure Suspicious:W32/Malware!Gemini
GData Win32:Trojan-gen
Ikarus Trojan-Downloader.Win32.CodecPack
Jiangmin Trojan/Fakeav.kg
Kaspersky Packed.Win32.Katusha.l
McAfee Generic FakeAlert!hh
McAfee-GW-Edition Trojan.PCK.Katusha.L.1
Microsoft TrojanDownloader:Win32/FakeRean
NOD32 a variant of Win32/Kryptik.DXN
nProtect Trojan/W32.FakeAV.142848
Panda Trj/Downloader.XOH
Sophos Mal/FakeAV-DH
Sunbelt Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Symantec Trojan.Gen
VBA32 Trojan.Win32.FakeAV.ko
ViRobot Trojan.Win32.FakeAV.142848
VirusBuster Trojan.Bredolab.Gen!Pac.3
28 of the 39 anti-virus programs detected the wuQK.exe file.

wuQK.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove wuQK.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the wuQK.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that wuQK.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 wuQK.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the wuQK.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 wuQK.exe in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\wuQK.exe
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the wuQK.exe file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If wuQK.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If wuQK.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If wuQK.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 wuQK.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
MD53e0b78b2b525caabfd85f355c89944b0
SHA2566c8661d1d1920ead9a3d424bfba933854b24f06dcda76fc2c95f497277d0b88f

Error Messages

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

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

wuqk.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.

wuqk.exe has stopped working.

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

wuqk.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

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