Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

Additional versions

24.0D R3	20.00%
23.0D R8	6.67%
23.0D R7	20.00%
23.0D R6	20.00%
22.0D R12	13.33%
22.0D R11	6.67%
21.0D R12	6.67%
21.0D R10	6.67%

Relationships

Parent process

explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Related files

PE file structure

Show functions

Import table

advapi32.dll

RegEnumValueA, RegQueryValueExA, RegCloseKey, RegEnumKeyExA, RegOpenKeyExA

gdi32.dll

CreateSolidBrush, SetTextColor

kernel32.dll

UnmapViewOfFile, OpenProcess, WaitForSingleObject, TerminateProcess, GetModuleFileNameA, GetShortPathNameA, GetPrivateProfileStringA, lstrcmpA, GetTickCount, CreateEventA, ResetEvent, OpenEventA, SetEvent, GetCommandLineW, LoadLibraryA, GetProcAddress, GetCurrentThreadId, GetModuleHandleA, WideCharToMultiByte, FormatMessageA, CreateProcessA, GetCommandLineA, LocalFree, CompareStringA, MultiByteToWideChar, LocalAlloc, ReleaseMutex, CreateMutexA, GetCurrentProcessId, CreateFileA, GetVersionExA, IsBadReadPtr, GlobalAlloc, GlobalFree, GlobalReAlloc, GlobalSize, GlobalLock, GlobalUnlock, GetProcessHeap, HeapAlloc, HeapFree, HeapReAlloc, HeapSize, HeapValidate, HeapWalk, GlobalFlags, CloseHandle, InitializeCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, CreateFileMappingA, FatalAppExitA, OutputDebugStringA, CreateDirectoryA, CreateFileW, GetFileAttributesExW, CreateDirectoryW, CopyFileW, MoveFileW, WriteFile, SetEndOfFile, SetFilePointer, ReadFile, GetFileInformationByHandle, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, IsDebuggerPresent, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetStartupInfoA, InterlockedCompareExchange, Sleep, InterlockedExchange, lstrlenA, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, QueryPerformanceCounter, InterlockedDecrement, GetCurrentProcess, MapViewOfFile, GetLastError, Beep

msvcr90.dll

DllMain

ole32.dll

CoInitialize, CoCreateInstance, OleRun, StringFromGUID2, CoCreateGuid, CoUninitialize

shell32.dll

CommandLineToArgvW, SHGetFolderPathW

shlwapi.dll

PathCanonicalizeA

user32.dll

GetClassNameA, IsWindowVisible, EnumWindows, LoadStringA, MessageBoxA, CreateDialogParamA, SetWindowTextA, LoadIconA, MonitorFromWindow, GetMonitorInfoA, GetWindowRect, GetWindowThreadProcessId, SetTimer, GetMessageA, IsDialogMessageA, TranslateMessage, DispatchMessageA, GetDlgItem, PostQuitMessage, EnumThreadWindows, DefWindowProcA, wsprintfA, GetAsyncKeyState, GetWindowTextA, SendMessageA, SetWindowPos

QBW32.exe

QuickBooks by Intuit (Signed)

Remove QBW32.exe

Version:	21.0D R12
MD5:	0f60deab1c21980d7557cee936bb37ce
SHA1:	cf2f5219db12ecac1e78f3fc5c6fdf101e5f984c
SHA256:	345e3caf07a4668da3c8319a775e6c8d50e83de0b98266bf4c910f837997610f

Overview

qbw32.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. During installation, it (or a shortcut) is added to the user's startup folder which is designed to automatically launch when the user logs into Windows. The file is digitally signed by Intuit which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

Details

File name:	qbw32.exe
Publisher:	Intuit Inc.
Product name:	QuickBooks
Typical file path:	C:\Program Files\intuit\quickbooks 2012\qbw32.exe
File version:	21.0D R12
Size:	1.12 MB (1,179,024 bytes)
Build date:	10/24/2012 11:08 AM
Certificate
Issued to:	Intuit
Authority (CA):	VeriSign
Effective date:	Thursday, March 3, 2011
Expiration date:	Sunday, March 17, 2013
Digital DNA
PE subsystem:	Windows GUI
File packed:	No
Code language:	Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0
.NET CLR:	No

More details

Behaviors

User start menu folder

Shortcut pointer placed in '%appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu'

Shortcut to 'qbw32.exe'

Network connections

[UDP] listens on port 54183

Resource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)

Averages

CPU
Total CPU:	0.00007672%	0.028634%
Kernel CPU:	0.00002908%	0.013761%
User CPU:	0.00004764%	0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:	539,951 ms/min	100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:	28,179,767/sec	17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:	198.15 MB	21.59 MB
Private (maximum):	244.36 MB
Private (minimum):	44.18 MB
Non-paged memory:	198.15 MB	21.59 MB
Virtual memory:	705.8 MB	140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):	737.17 MB	169.69 MB
Working set:	66.39 MB	18.61 MB
Working set (peak):	293.63 MB	37.95 MB
Page faults:	770,531/min	2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:	413.2 KB/sec	1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:	21/sec	343/min
I/O write transfer:	11.92 KB/sec	274.99 KB/min
I/O write operations:	2/sec	227/min
I/O other transfer:	2.62 KB/sec	448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:	96/sec	1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:	28	12
Handles:	1215	600
GUI GDI count:	1972	103
GUI USER count:	780	49

Process properties

Integrety level:	Medium
Platform:	64-bit
Command line:	"C:\Program Files\intuit\quickbooks 2011\qbw32.exe" -silent
Owner:	User
Parent process:	explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

Threads

Averages

QBW32.EXE (main module)
Total CPU:	0.05598835%	0.272967%
Kernel CPU:	0.02491487%	0.107585%
User CPU:	0.03107349%	0.165382%
CPU cycles:	4,806,092/sec	5,741,424/sec
Memory:	1.13 MB	1.16 MB
wow64.dll
Total CPU:	0.00011333%
Kernel CPU:	0.00001744%
User CPU:	0.00009590%
CPU cycles:	12,021/sec
Memory:	276 KB
ntdll.dll
Total CPU:	0.00000651%
Kernel CPU:	0.00000651%
User CPU:	0.00000000%
CPU cycles:	2,698/sec
Memory:	1.52 MB

Common loaded modules

These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

Distribution by Windows OS

OS version	distribution
Windows 7 Home Premium	26.67%
Windows 8.1 Pro Preview	20.00%
Windows Vista Home Premium	20.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate	13.33%
Windows 8 Pro with Media Center	6.67%
Windows 7 Professional	6.67%
Microsoft Windows XP	6.67%

Distribution by country

United States installs about 93.33% of QuickBooks.

Distribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturer	distribution
ASUS	28.57%
Dell	28.57%
Hewlett-Packard	21.43%
Intel	14.29%
American Megatrends	7.14%

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