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Should I remove ASUS RT-AC66U Wireless Router Utilities?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
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How common is it?
Global Rank #15,287
United States Rank #11,119
Reach 0.0180%

Versions

VersionDistribution
4.2.7.4 15.77%
4.2.6.0 84.23%

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ASUS RT-AC66U Wireless Router Utilities

What is ASUS RT-AC66U Wireless Router Utilities?  (from ASUS)

The ASUS RT-N66U dual-band wireless-N900 gigabit router delivers incredible performance and coverage range. With new ASUSWRT UI, quickly setup your network, customize user access, and monitor signal strength. Following the award-winning RT-N56U, the RT-N66U increases Wi-Fi speed for both 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz transmissio...  Read more

Overview

ASUS RT-AC66U Wireless Router Utilities is a program developed by ASUS. The most used version is 4.2.6.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. 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 main program executable is qiswizard.exe. The software installer includes 7 files and is usually about 12.2 MB (12,794,946 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 64% of users of ASUS RT-AC66U Wireless Router Utilities come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and Norway.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.asus.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\ASUS\RT-AC66U Wireless Router Utilities
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{266E41AB-D928-4AF2-A8E4-B24E31F5758C}\Setup.exe -runfromtemp -l0x000a -removeonly
Estimated size: 12.2 MB
Language: Spanish

Program filesFiles installed by ASUS RT-AC66U Wireless Router Utilities

Program executable:qiswizard.exe
Name:ASUS Wireless Router
ASUS Router Wizard Utility
Path:C:\Program Files\asus\rt-ac66u wireless router utilities\qiswizard.exe
MD5:b0c4c89acda6c8a5d09fb4a8f2b465d7
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))
  • ProtInstall.exe (by Printing Communications Assoc., (PCAUSA)) - 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\Wireless Router\Firmware Restoration\Rescue.exe'.
  • Discovery.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program\ASUS\Wireless Router\Device Discovery\Discovery.exe'.
  • QISWizard.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Programfiler\ASUS\RT-AC66U Wireless Router Utilities\QISWizard.exe'.

How do I remove ASUS RT-AC66U Wireless Router Utilities?

You can uninstall ASUS RT-AC66U 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-AC66U 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-AC66U Wireless Router Utilities.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 57%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#15,287

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 58.31%
Windows 10 38.31%
Windows XP 2.25%
Windows Vista 1.13%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 28.77%
Windows 7 Ultimate 14.81%
Windows 7 Professional 13.68%
Windows 10 Home 8.26%
Windows 10 Pro 7.98%
Windows 8.1 6.84%

Distribution by countryGeography

64.26% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 64.26%
  Canada 5.74%
  Norway 4.68%
  Netherlands 3.19%
  Sweden 2.98%
  Germany 2.34%
  France 1.70%
  Australia 1.49%
  DK 1.49%
  Singapore 1.28%
  Belgium 1.28%
  Switzerland 1.28%
  Italy 1.06%
  United Kingdom 0.85%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 23.66%
Hewlett-Packard 20.97%
ASUS 17.74%
Acer 15.05%
GIGABYTE 8.06%
Lenovo 3.76%
Samsung 2.69%
Intel 2.15%
Toshiba 2.15%
Sony 2.15%
Alienware 1.61%
Common models
ASUS All Series 8.76%
Dell XPS 8500 4.38%
Dell XPS 8700 2.19%
Dell XPS 8300 2.19%
Dell Studio XPS 8100 2.19%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.19%

About ASUS

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

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Sluggoover a year ago
Just purchased an Asus RT-N66R, that came with these utilities. After install, I noticed RawEther NDIS 6.x protocol was now installed on my Network Cards. I configured router w/o using ASUS utilities. Just did it with a browser, so decided to remove the Asus Router Utils. All went fine, but I noticed later that the RawEther NDIS 6.x was still there. The uninstall did not remove it. I don't like sloppy uninstalls, so I decided to clean it up myself. ( The RawEther NDIS 6.x appears to have been installed as part of the printer support for the Asus? ) assumption. It was just a question of removing that protocol from from any network interface, and it removed it from all of them. Comp is Win 7 64bit SP1. About an hour later, I enabled my wireless interface to check router signal, etc etc. Surprise!!! No good! Once that RawEther NDIS 6.x was uninstalled, my wireless ( RaLink PCI-E ) card would not enable. It said it was enabling, but never did. Properties on the card showed a speed of 412.3Gb in the windows status window. I wish!! I googled that, and came up with a few situations where people had the same speed listed in their status as well. Their card types were wireless as well, but their manufacturers were different, and their OS was different in many cases. But their symptoms were very similar. Luck for them they were not running Win 7 64 bit, so there were options for them to get a working NDIS stack reinstalled. Win 64 requires signed drivers, no exceptions, unless you go through the F8 startup & turn off driver signing for that particular boot. This did not work for me. I'm angry @ Asus for not having a clean uninstall program & at myself for ever installing the utilities in the first place. So for now, until I reload my O/S, no wireless. Wired works fine. Good luck!