LoadQM (.NET development)
Dear forum,
To clear this issue up once and for all, the Loadqm.exe is an application associated with a Microsoft initiative originally called the Hailstorm project, or the .Net My Services network.
MSN intended to pool and manage a database of user information which developers and ISPs could build on to provide more functionality and services via a .net based protocol (similar to how MSNs Passport works, but with a potential for client/server access to more information and applications).
Hailstorm was also intended to counter AOLs web dominance and instant messaging services. Microsoft wanted to offer Hailstorm as a developmental platform so that instant messaging software and related products could be evolved into the 'next generation' of web services, via, of course, 'MSN online'.
So, what has all this got to do with Loadqm.exe and the Q Mgr folder/files?
Loadqm.exe was originally designed to send small packets of user information directly to the MSN domain, to be stored on the central database for the .Net services project development.
Due to much unease from businesses, industry players and privacy watchdogs, Microsoft agreed that it would no longer pool or manage this information at MSN, but instead traffic it directly to the related web services / providers of MS software / .Net users. Therefore, if you have more recently downloaded or updated any Microsoft web products, your Loadqm.exe will now contact your ISP, instead of MSN. If you have a firewall that reports outgoing port access, do a whois lookup on the IP address and you will probably get your ISP or network provider.
Conclusion:
Loadqm.exe is a useless application for the user. It is not spyware or a trojan as such, but simply a part of MSNs continuing development of products, services and platforms. It does send information from your computer, and although relatively harmless, it can still be considered an invasion of user privacy.
To disable this service, simply run MSCONFIG (from RUN on start bar), and deselect the LoadQM from the start-up options. Deleting the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run\LoadQM will perform the same process.
There is no real need to delete all the other associated files or registry keys (they will probably re-appear at some point during a future installation/update anyway!).
I hope this information is helpful. To read more about the Hailstorm project, simply do a search on your fave engine and you'll find plenty of articles to browse through. For a good primer, read the article here:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn...nhailstorm.xml
Kind regards,
C0deNameC++
Re: LoadQM (.NET development)
Quote:
Originally posted by codenamec++
Dear forum,
MSN intended to pool and manage a database of user information which developers and ISPs could build on to provide more functionality and services via a .net based protocol (similar to how MSNs Passport works, but with a potential for client/server access to more information and applications).
Loadqm.exe was originally designed to send small packets of user information directly to the MSN domain, to be stored on the central database for the .Net services project development.
Loadqm.exe is a useless application for the user. It is not spyware or a trojan as such, but simply a part of MSNs continuing development of products, services and platforms. It does send information from your computer, and although relatively harmless, it can still be considered an invasion of user privacy.
To disable this service, simply run MSCONFIG (from RUN on start bar), and deselect the LoadQM from the start-up options. Deleting the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run\LoadQM will perform the same process.
There is no real need to delete all the other associated files or registry keys (they will probably re-appear at some point during a future installation/update anyway!).
Kind regards,
C0deNameC++
A rose is a rose and by any other would it not smell as sweet
W shakespere
Or in this case would not swamp cabbage smell just as bad if it was called spyware or Trojan or Loadqm.exe if it keep reappearing in your system every time you removed it and any time you updated your system
does it matter who or why if you have a pickpocket takeing your wallet if he is a small time opportunistic thief or the Big Brother of Owellian Proportion or Big Business as described by AL CApp in lil Abner
When I get spam based on a visit to an MSN site in which i have turned off active X direct X and JAva and cancelled all cookies to 3rd parties and not connected sites that I find that it is loadqm that has "picked my pocket" who cares
It is still theft of something that I have chosen not to give
Something you may have missed.......
Hi,
This is my first posting in this forum folks, but I just had to join in this one after spending and hour or so reading the lot !
I posted the following in the UK's PC Advisor forum last February after my own research and must say that quite a few in here have really got themselves worked up about this quite innocuous program (as several here have already said).
Loadqm.exe is patently not a worm/virus/trojan/spyware or any other bad piece of software and I hope that my contribution below, which contains something NOT previously mentioned (except very briefly in one of those very long sniffing pieces) which explains why both I/E and Messenger need to use this program and as Messenger uses I/E to do its work as well (as previously stated in this thread), it is clear that both have a use for Loadqm.
I got my first association with this program from carrying out a Windows update to my Me O/S manually. I don't use autoupdate -which it has been suggested in here also uses Loadqm, but I am not so sure about this. After receiving I/E 6, Outlook 6 and Messenger 4.6, I noticed (via ZoneAlarm) that I had the new program LoadQM.exe. NB. I had MS Autoupdate onboard already, but no Loadqm.
I hope that this may help to clear up some of the mystery surrounding this program and its useages. I am not much of an expert - I must warn you, but I have spent a lot of time searching around this and other sites looking for info' and have come up with something that I have not found eleswhere.
I have also, in the process, carried out some long and boring tests to try to prove why so many people are having ScanDisk Problems in recent times (meaning last year or so). I was able to prove that it was related to this loadqm program which it seems probably first arrived in I/E 5.5 and Messenger 3.6 (something)
With regard to the use of Qmgr, I found a most definitive explanation of this program at:- http://www.computing.net/windowsme/w...orum/7697.html written by "Francis" - you will have to scroll down a bit to find his entry - but it is worth a read.
From this and all other expert text I have found, it is clear that this is not a harmful program. It comes in I/Explorer6 to support both I/Explorer update and Messenger functions (which I don't understand as it seems everyone can get Messenger to work without it). I have never signed in to Messenger although I have the latest version (4.6).
However, a lot of advisors both here (PCA) and elsewhere, have said take it out or disable it in msconfig or just configure ZoneAlarm to block it (which means it will still interfere with ScanDisk).
My reasearch of the new I/Explorer6 has shown that a facility of this version is the ability to set options related to CERTIFICATES. However, for this to work, the registry of INTERMEDIATE CERTIFICATION AUTHORITIES and TRUSTED ROOT CERTIFICATION AUTHORITIES needs to be kept topical and to do this, Qmgr must be allowed access to Microsoft to fetch the revised data and update the Explorer files.
If you can trace its routing e.g. via 'Who is ?' in ZoneAlarm to an addresss like: 131.107.65.104 - that is Microsoft who's Netblock is 131.107.0.0 - 131.107.255.255.
As it seems that Messenger 3.6/4.6 users are not affected by loadqm being disarmed or removed and if you don't use Explorer, you don't need MSN Qmgr. If you use I/Explorer6, but your prefered option settings don't use certifications, then you also don't need MSN Qmgr.
I don't currently use Messenger, but I use I/Explorer though the certifications are of no consequence to me, so I have kept the option of Qmgr use in the future, by blocking it in ZA Pro.
So don't kick it out - you may want it some day - just immobilise it in one way or other.
One final thing, when I unchecked it in msconfig I experienced awful probs with my Outlook Express which were resolved when I re-checked. This may have something to do with the way that Messenger 4.6 and OutlookExpress 6 have now been tied together in their operations.
Hope this is found to be a useful contribution.