Most reports by anti-virus programs have classified the awtqp.dll file as malware. Kaspersky identifies this DLL file as not-a-virus:Adware.Win32.Virtumonde.wa. The path for this file is the folder C:\Windows\System32. Known sizes for this file include 577,588 bytes, 280,676 bytes with 8% occurrence and 33 other variants. This dynamically loaded or linked file is a BHO or browser helper object. It automatically loads every time the Internet browser starts up. BHOs are often used by adware or spyware because personal firewalls usually do not block them as they are identified as the browser itself. IDs associated with this BHO include FDA4DFFB-2C3D-4730-8D7E-28523C7F2F67, 6D33B121-5C4C-4450-9D1F-7B67085CC199 and 61 other variants. It is not visible to the user. It can monitor activities on the Internet browser. It can serve advertisements even when the use is not surfing the Internet as an adware and toolbar and browser extension. The awtqp.dll process can serve different types of advertisement including popup ads.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. awtqp.dll. is used by not-a-virus:Adware.Win32.Virtumonde.wa, If you shut down awtqp.dll, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop awtqp.dll, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is not-a-virus:Adware.Win32.Virtumonde.wa, 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 awtqp.dll

A process usually a part of an installed application such as not-a-virus:Adware.Win32.Virtumonde.wa, 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 awtqp.dll. 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 awtqp.dll, belongs to, in this case not-a-virus:Adware.Win32.Virtumonde.wa