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Should I remove Qtrax Player?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
26% remove it74% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Fair
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #4,253
United States Rank #23,410
Reach 0.1252%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 37.83 days
1116.12 days >
Average installed length: 586.44 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
01.001.0001 55.75%
1.00.0001 42.02%
1.00.0000 2.23%

Other programs by Qtrax Inc

Qtrax Player

What is Qtrax Player?

Qtrax is an ad-supported digital music service aimed at providing high-quality downloads. Qtrax currently allows music fans to download free music from three of the major labels – EMI, Sony Music and Universal Music Group. The Qtrax client has been created on the Microsoft Silverlight Platform. The files utilize Microsoft's Windows Media Digital Rights Management. This platform ensures the ad-supported application continues to offer free access to music files. Downloaded songs have to be played on a proprietary player buily on the Songbird platform

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About  (from Qtrax Inc)

Qtrax is a legal P2P downloading service.
Overview
  • Starts automatically
  • Adds a Windows Service

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.Qtrax.com
Installation folder: C:\Documents and Settings\Rendszergazda\Qtrax\Player\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{2D5BEFA3-889A-4AD5-8771-310BAEB0E2FC}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 9.16 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by Qtrax Player

Program executable:notification.exe
Name:Notification
Path:C:\Users\Alex\Qtrax\Player\notification.exe
MD5:74b68b374674f31706db6976b9ef7ca6
Taskbar:Displays an icon in the notification area
Additional files:
  • CleanQtrax.exe - CleanQtrax
  • btdfu.dll (by Broadcom) - Bluetooth Software
  • btdfuwizardp.exe (by Broadcom) - Bluetooth DFU Wizard Package
  • btinvoke.dll
  • btinvoke.exe
  • btwdins.exe - Bluetooth Support Server
  • btwmpplugin.dll
  • dmcontentui.dll (by Microsoft) - Photo Story 3 for Windows
  • dpinst.exe (by Microsoft) - Driver Package Installer (DPInst) (Driver Package Installer)
  • ExecuteBatchFile.exe - ExecuteBatchFile
  • InitializeSystem.exe - InitializeSystem
  • InstallPlayer.exe - InstallPlayer
  • Interop.Shell32.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'Shell32'.
  • photostory3ui.dll
  • pscore3ui.dll
  • pslegitcheckui.dll
  • pspublishui.dll
  • pstransitionsui.dll
  • Silverlight.exe - Self-Extracting Cabinet
  • uninstall.exe - Qtrax (Qtrax Description Text)
  • uninstallnotification.exe - Qtrax Connection Manager (Qtrax Notification)
  • UninstallPlayer.exe - UninstallPlayer
  • updater.exe (by Ask) - Updater (Ask Updater)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • UninstallPlayer.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{BAF41125-D955-40A6-8990-926ED35F6477}' (runs on registration).
  • Silverlight.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{038107D7-EEC0-41F1-887A-074DD8E367B2}'.
Service
  • btwdins.exe runs as a service named 'Bluetooth Service' (btwdins) "Handles installation and removal of Bluetooth devices.".
Startup File (User Run)
  • Notification.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'QtraxNotification' and executes as C:\Users\Propietario\Qtrax\Player\Notification.exe.
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • updater.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'ApnUpdater' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Ask.com\Updater\Updater.exe".

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

notification.exe
Memory:39.04 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0021246511%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00111505%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00100960%
0.015104% average
updater.exe
Memory:3.98 MB
Total CPU:0.0001011287%
Kernel CPU:0.00004446%
User CPU:0.00005667%

How do I remove Qtrax Player?

You can uninstall Qtrax Player 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 Qtrax Player, 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 Qtrax Player.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 60%
Win 7 0%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 26%
Keep it 74%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 67.48%
Windows 10 14.26%
Windows XP 11.99%
Windows Vista 6.28%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 36.19%
Windows 7 Ultimate 16.95%
Microsoft Windows XP 11.82%
Windows 7 Professional 8.07%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 4.52%
Windows 7 Home Basic 3.99%

Distribution by countryGeography

9.72% of installs come from Poland
Which countries install it?
  Poland 9.72%
  Italy 9.14%
  Germany 8.89%
  United Kingdom 7.40%
  Russia 5.94%
  Portugal 5.61%
  France 5.11%
  India 4.69%
  Spain 3.82%
  Australia 3.32%
  Turkey 3.32%
  United States 3.16%
  Argentina 2.83%
  Netherlands 2.66%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 24.80%
Acer 22.91%
Dell 12.36%
ASUS 11.22%
Toshiba 7.50%
Samsung 6.35%
GIGABYTE 6.15%
Lenovo 2.97%
Intel 2.97%
American Megatrends 1.76%
Sahara 1.01%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 7.86%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 7.08%
HP G62 Notebook PC 3.30%
TOSHIBA SATELLITE C660 2.83%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.67%
Acer Aspire V3-771 2.04%

comments2 comments

user comment
user comment
mikebizeover a year ago
The name Qtrax appears in my list of programs but a panel pops up to say that this is not a program! I delete it and then it reappears. Crazy.
user comment
Ian D Henryover a year ago
I'd like to remove it, but it's name does not feature in the list of programs available to be removed.