Purpose of wsqmcons.exe:
wsqmcons.exe task purpose and description:
wsqmcons.exe is a software program which was most likely on your computer without you attempting to even install it. The hard drive folder location for this wsqmcons.exe file is also show below, always verify where its located on your hard drive. It is common for malware or virus writers to put a similiar named file in other folders hoping to fool you, so its always best double check the folder location to make sure its the right program task you are viewing. This wsqmcons.exe program task comes with Microsoft Windows and it is called their windows SQM consolidator program. This will occasionally run and appear in your system task list but will then disappear as it stops running. This wsqmcons.exe task is considered safe, and is not considered malware, spyware, or virus related software. (Please feel free to visit what-is-exe.com at any time in the future for finding out if tasks are rogue or valid windows tasks). (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)
Actual process or task name: (You can view alphabetical task list here)
wsqmcons.exe
File type:
This is an executable program.
Where is this file and folder located on my computer?
This file will be found at: C:\Windows\System32\wsqmcons.exe but you may also find it here C:\Windows\System32\en-US\wsqmcons.exe
General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes.
You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows
"task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active
on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they
get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files
on your computer, for example, wsqmcons.exe may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very
similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist
as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned.
You can always find the location of wsqmcons.exe on your computer by using your Windows search options, but
I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.
View entire task list here!
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