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Should I remove ASUS RT-AC68U Wireless Router Utilities?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
6% remove it94% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Global Rank #20,496
United States Rank #14,969
Reach 0.0105%

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VersionDistribution
4.2.9.2 100.00%

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ASUS RT-AC68U Wireless Router Utilities

Overview

ASUS RT-AC68U Wireless Router Utilities is a software program developed by ASUS. The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The primary executable is named qiswizard.exe. The setup package generally installs about 8 files and is usually about 12.32 MB (12,917,140 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 10 and Windows 7 (SP1). While about 64% of users of ASUS RT-AC68U Wireless Router Utilities come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and Germany.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.asus.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\ASUS\RT-AC68U Wireless Router Utilities
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{B87CD6CC-8094-496C-99BA-4425169948C9}\setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x0009 -removeonly
Estimated size: 12.32 MB
Language: English

Program filesFiles installed by ASUS RT-AC68U Wireless Router Utilities

Program executable:qiswizard.exe
Name:ASUS Wireless Router
ASUS Router Wizard Utility
Path:C:\Program Files\asus\rt-ac68u wireless router utilities\qiswizard.exe
MD5:02b6a2281d91d5119f5ebcb0eb0d3d4e
Additional files:
  • Discovery.exe (by ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC) - Wireless AP/Gateway/Router Utilities (ASUS Device Discovery Application)
  • ASUSW32N55.dll (by Printing Communications Assoc., (PCAUSA)) - PCAUSA Rawether for Windows (Rawether NDIS API DLL (x86))
  • PcaSp60.sys (by Printing Communications Assoc., (PCAUSA)) - Rawether NDIS 6 SPR Protocol Driver (AMD64)
  • ProtInstall.exe - Sample NDIS Protocol Driver (Sample NDIS Protocol Driver Installer)
  • W32N55.dll
  • Rescue.exe (by ASUSTek COMPUTER INC) - Wireless Utilities (ASUS Firmware Restoration Application)
  • asusfwctrl.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

3 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
  • Rescue.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\ASUS\RT-AC68U Wireless Router Utilities\Rescue.exe'.
  • QISWizard.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\ASUS\RT-AC68U Wireless Router Utilities\QISWizard.exe'.
  • Discovery.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\ASUS\RT-AC68U Wireless Router Utilities\Discovery.exe'.

How do I remove ASUS RT-AC68U Wireless Router Utilities?

You can uninstall ASUS RT-AC68U Wireless Router Utilities from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program ASUS RT-AC68U Wireless Router Utilities, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove ASUS RT-AC68U Wireless Router Utilities.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 52%
Win 7 1%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 6%
Keep it 94%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#20,496

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 51.94%
Windows 7 45.15%
Windows XP 1.46%
Windows Vista 1.46%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 23.30%
Windows 10 Home 13.11%
Windows 8.1 Pro 12.14%
Windows 10 Pro 11.65%
Windows 7 Professional 10.19%
Windows 7 Ultimate 10.19%

Distribution by countryGeography

63.77% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 63.77%
  Canada 5.43%
  Germany 4.71%
  Netherlands 3.99%
  Norway 3.26%
  United Kingdom 2.54%
  Sweden 2.54%
  Australia 1.81%
  Belgium 1.45%
  DK 1.45%
  Spain 1.45%
  Singapore 1.45%
  Italy 1.09%
  Switzerland 0.72%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 30.91%
Acer 14.55%
Hewlett-Packard 13.64%
ASUS 13.64%
GIGABYTE 7.27%
Samsung 5.45%
Toshiba 5.45%
Lenovo 4.55%
Sony 1.82%
Alienware 1.82%
American Megatrends 0.91%
Common models
ASUS All Series 15.20%
Dell XPS 8700 3.20%
Dell Studio XPS 9100 2.40%
Samsung 305V4A/305V5A 2.40%
Dell Inspiron 3847 1.60%
Dell Inspiron 620 1.60%

About ASUS

ASUSTeK Computer, also often called ASUS is a computer hardware & electronics company.
Publisher URL: www.asus.com

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