How to remove an jqs error

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Jqs.exe file information

The process known as Java™ Quick Starter Service or Java Quick Starter or Java TM Quick Starter Service

belongs to software Java™ Platform (version SE 6, SE 7) or TurboTax (version 2010 WinPerReleaseEngine) or Java™ Quick Starter Service or Java TM Platform (version SE 6) or Starry Night Enthusiast or Java (version 6) or Inquisit Speech Recognition or IBM Developer Kit for Windows,Java

by Sun Microsystems (www.sun.com) or Oracle (www.oracle.com) or IBM (www.ibm.com).

Description: jqs.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files" or sometimes in a subfolder of C:\. Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 153,376 bytes (59% of all occurrences), 152,984 bytes and 13 more variants.
The program has no visible window. Jqs.exe is not a Windows system file. The program listens for or sends data on open ports to a LAN or the Internet. It is a Verisign signed file. File jqs.exe is certified by a trustworthy company. jqs.exe is able to monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 44% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
If you experience any issues with installation of jqs.exe, you can uninstall the associated program (Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove programs > Java(TM) 6 Update or Java Web Start), use the software provider’s support or make sure that you have installed the latest version.

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If jqs.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Documents and Settings", the security rating is 100% dangerous. The file size is 16,386 bytes. There is no file information. The program is not visible. Some people think it is dangerous. Program is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce). Jqs.exe is not a Windows system file.

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as jqs.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the jqs.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

This is a valid program
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Just Java stuff
Arran Fortuna

Java Quick Starter. Generally speaking it's not needed at all by normal users and is really only of benefit to people if you're using Java regularly, i.e: more than once per day. Basically it's aimed at those who use Java almost constantly for whatever reason. There is no harm in doing an 'End Process' on it or alternatively under Start Control Panel Java then Advanced tab and the 'Miscellaneous' section it can be disabled there by un-ticking the relevant tick box. Saying that, it was found to be running as a system process even though I didn't have the box ticked to enable it.
Cameron

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C!b3r

Jqs.exe is the Java Quick Starter which was designed to improve the startup time of Java applets and applications by prefetching Java Runtime Environment files frequently into memory.
Mario (further information)

JQS = Java Quick Starter. Useful, especially if you spend a lot of time online
Firefly (further information)

C:\Programmi\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe

Java Quick Starter: Just to open java apps quickly. If you want to disable it: Start- Control Panel- Java- Advanced- Miscellaneous- Java Quick Starter- Apply
Thodoris (further information)

Unless you use Java apps quite a bit this is not needed
Ryan Nerd (further information)

Runs (briefly) by itself sometimes. I show file size of 153,376 bytes.
apostrophe

It's just sitting in the background, waiting for an java applet to run.Disabled it because it's not critical for those applets to run.See link from "Thodoris"

Summary: Average user rating of jqs.exe: based on 17 votes with 11 reviews.

10 users think jqs.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 1 user think it's probably harmless. 2 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 2 users suspect danger. 2 users think jqs.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 2 users doesn't grade jqs.exe ("not sure about it").

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