SpeedMaxPC
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Ranking: | 1,147 |
Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
Infected Computers: | 11,061 |
First Seen: | September 1, 2011 |
Last Seen: | November 10, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
SpeedMaxPC is a rogue computer optimizer and utilized to abduct money from newcomer computer users. Like other rogue security programs, SpeedMaxPC claims to be a legitimate solution to problems on a computer. However, SpeedMaxPC will actually be responsible for problems such as a decreased system performance and an enormous number of bogus error messages. ESG malware researchers strongly advise computer users to avoid installing SpeedMaxPC on their computer. Criminals profit from SpeedMaxPC by convincing inexperienced computer users that they need to purchase an expensive 'full version' of SpeedMaxPC in order to remove nonexistent problems on the infected computer. It is important to ignore all claims made by SpeedMaxPC and not to purchase a 'full version' of this fake system optimizer. Instead, SpeedMaxPC should be removed with the help of a real security application.
SpeedMaxPC has the capacity to display realistic looking error messages and system alerts on the infected computer. These error messages are very similar to the ones that may be displayed by a legitimate security program. However, they may contain grammatical errors or strange elements that betray the fact that they are not real. The similarity between real security programs and SpeedMaxPC ends here; this fake system optimizer displays completely false information in its error messages, detecting corrupted files or malware that is simply not present on the victim's computer. One important thing to remember about SpeedMaxPC is that SpeedMaxPC will often report problems with legitimate Windows files. Computer users who try to fix this 'problem' by removing the supposedly infected files will suddenly find that their Windows operating system cannot continue normally without them.
Although SpeedMaxPC is marketed as a program that can help a computer become faster and more efficient, SpeedMaxPC actually does the opposite. SpeedMaxPC may cause the affected computer to become slower and crash frequently. This is because SpeedMaxPC does not interact well with other, legitimate programs. It is also important to note that SpeedMaxPC may stop your normal activities by displaying fake error messages quite frequently, making it difficult to use the infected computer normally. This, of course, more than negates any supposed speed increases that should come from using SpeedMaxPC.
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SpyHunter Detects & Remove SpeedMaxPC
File System Details
# | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
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1. | Update3.exe.vir | 3371ec12af3e3098d1336f28f7029781 | 2,525 |
2. | Update3.exe | 040a5d89e3f510e8696bb39c15e5b5c1 | 976 |
3. | Update3.exe | 35dd2a44ba05f0d447520bb265e91810 | 304 |
4. | SpeedMaxPc.exe | aa896293ec239933a4c0ed1d6e941ce8 | 103 |
5. | Update3.exe.vir | 0abc96e0f1651713068e6fa000d2b9f2 | 22 |
6. | Update3.exe | 16fa148b70058415d3bf4888abb5bc3e | 10 |
7. | SpeedMaxPc.exe | 61ec304023c79b65fec63cf816254dca | 0 |
Registry Details
Directories
SpeedMaxPC may create the following directory or directories:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\SpeedMaxPc\SpeedMaxPc |
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SpeedMaxPc\SpeedMaxPc |
%APPDATA%\SpeedMaxPc\SpeedMaxPc |
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\SpeedMaxPc\UUS3 |
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SpeedMaxPc\UUS3 |
%PROGRAMFILES%\SpeedMaxPc\SpeedMaxPc |
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\SpeedMaxPc\SpeedMaxPc |
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