Drive Cleaner Description

Drive Cleaner aka DriveCleaner is a fake security program used to trick users into wasting their money on it. On infiltrating a system, Drive Cleaner will delete all internet tracks, cookies and temporary files. Drive Cleaner sets itself to run each time the system is started-up by making modifications to the Windows registry. In order to get users to purchase it, Drive Cleaner will display fake security alerts and pop-up messages claiming that the system is infected and in need of a remedy. Use a legitimate anti-spyware application to completely remove Drive Cleaner from your system.

Type: Rogue AntiSpyware Programs

How Can You Detect Drive Cleaner?

Drive Cleaner Removal Details

Drive Cleaner has typically the following processes in memory:

• pv.exe
• installer.exe
• udcshell.dll
• updater.exe
• udcpchk.dll
• udc2006.exe
• insthelp.exe

Drive Cleaner creates the following files in the system:

• C:\Program Files\DriveCleaner 2006 Free
• C:\Documents and Setttings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\DriveCleaner 2006 Free
• C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Local Settings\Temp\UDC6_0001_[X]

Drive Cleaner creates the following registry entries:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DriveCleaner 2006 Free
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\UDCShell
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{A22FBA1E-CAAF-4E45-8EFF-4A821AF03E69}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{22024DC7-D190-44ec-9D49-AEE5F244A466}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\UDCShell
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DriveCleaner 2006 Free
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\UDCShell
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{0A89FF7F-1A12-42D9-ACCB-4217112DC7E0}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{AE84FF0C-BABD-4D91-92A1-AF75D2D02E6D}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{2BF3C5AD-F9EC-49d8-8568-D7DFFC77108B}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\UDCPChk.UDCPChk
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\UDC6_is1
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\UDCShell
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\UDCShell
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C4C4786C-9861-46d2-BB63-AC782AB07046}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{7EC618F2-C506-4221-9F56-792B92BF762E}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\UDCPChk.UDCPChk.1
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\DriveCleaner 2006 Free

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