The audiohq.exe file carries the name AudioHQ. The process loads upon boot up of the Windows process with registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE_\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. The location for this process file is in the folder C:\Windows\System32. There are about 6 known file sizes for this file. The file size 224,256 bytes occurs about 28% in Windows XP or Windows 7 operating systems. It is not a system file for Windows. The process can record inputs. Most reviews for this process have considered it an unsafe or undesirable program. It is added by the online banking Trojan called Troj/Banker-EHK. When your system is infected by this file, you are advised to contact your bank and change all the passwords for your online banking transactions. The command for this process is C:\Windows\System32\audiohq.exe. The startup entry for this file is automatically started from a registry entry including RunOnce, Run, RunServicesOnce or RunServices.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. audiohq.exe. is used by AudioHQ, If you shut down audiohq.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop audiohq.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is AudioHQ, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed audiohq.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AudioHQ, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if audiohq.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that audiohq.exe, belongs to, in this case AudioHQ