PCPrivacyCleaner
Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecard
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are assessment reports for different malware threats which have been collected and analyzed by our research team. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards evaluate and rank threats using several metrics including real-world and potential risk factors, trends, frequency, prevalence, and persistence. EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards are updated regularly based on our research data and metrics and are useful for a wide range of computer users, from end users seeking solutions to remove malware from their systems to security experts analyzing threats.
EnigmaSoft Threat Scorecards display a variety of useful information, including:
Ranking: The ranking of a particular threat in EnigmaSoft’s Threat Database.
Severity Level: The determined severity level of an object, represented numerically, based on our risk modeling process and research, as explained in our Threat Assessment Criteria.
Infected Computers: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
See also Threat Assessment Criteria.
| Ranking: | 14,264 |
| Threat Level: | 100 % (High) |
| Infected Computers: | 577 |
| First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
| Last Seen: | July 23, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PCPrivacyCleaner, PC Privacy Cleaner or PC PrivacyCleaner, is a rogue registry cleaner tool often downloaded and installed by a Trojan, such as Zlob or Vundo. PCPrivacyCleaner emulates a computer system scan and generates fake security reports and imaginary errors. Once a notification is clicked, the user will be redirected to the PCPrivacyCleaner website where PCPrivacyCleaner may be downloaded to clean the supposed threats. These scare tactics are only used by PCPrivacyCleaner to sell its product. PCPrivacyCleaner may generate system slowdowns and errors.
Table of Contents
Aliases
15 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
|---|---|
| Symantec | WS.Reputation.1 |
| Sunbelt | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Adware.Aprotect.A |
| McAfee | Generic PUP.x!dd |
| eSafe | Win32.GenericPUP.X |
| Comodo | UnclassifiedMalware |
| AVG | Generic4.ABHN |
| Avast | Win32:FraudLoad-VQ |
| Kaspersky | Heur.Trojan.Generic |
| Ikarus | Generic.Win32.Malware.AntiSpywareExpert |
| eSafe | Suspicious File |
| AntiVir | SPR/Fake.C.603600.A |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_FAKEAV.YW |
| Sophos | Troj/FakeAV-HH |
| Prevx1 | Malicious Software |
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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.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | PCPC_Setup_Free[1].exe | 19fa67c0e87987feb19c502d06bb24ca | 0 |
| 2. | PCPC_Setup_Free[1].exe | e57c0d989a845f82c9fb8cc2c36fe045 | 0 |
| 3. | PCPC_Setup_Free[1].exe | 445619a55451213ecbd08bfaf04d55b5 | 0 |
| 4. | PCPC_Setup_Free[2].exe | 01697b406f4c2da440f61375a13c1270 | 0 |
| 5. | PCPC_Setup_Free.exe, PCPC_Setup_Free[1].exe | 7e6ce698fea14084b406ed22378583e7 | 0 |
| 6. | PCPC_Setup_Free.exe | 094ea62f28c446673ba066f72f64fce4 | 0 |
| 7. | PCPC_Setup_Free.exe | 8a2b0065089222ba5779c92ce44871ff | 0 |
| 8. | pcpc.exe | a0bcd613f34d6acb4c7493a27dd359d6 | 0 |
| 9. | pcpc.exe | 86a0b2e098a81152e34316b4f5bd2342 | 0 |
| 10. | pcpc.exe | b958c516bc086c51f8a5208b9f6a8222 | 0 |
| 11. | pcpc.exe | 48ba8bfecf840fc9a5f8ff2e225452a7 | 0 |
| 12. | pcpc.exe | 52316af5255a5ff50eadfd2caab77ee6 | 0 |
| 13. | pcpc.exe | 10c51863af229b40b0375fc39b37c7b8 | 0 |
| 14. | PCPC_Setup_Free[1].exe, pcpc.exe | 791283849378cb86f9926517a7cd53f5 | 0 |
| 15. | privacyclean.exe | e29f4c6c50f501e533f3cbb159a83aff | 0 |
Registry Details
Directories
PCPrivacyCleaner may create the following directory or directories:
| %AppData%\PCPrivacyCleaner |
| %ProgramFiles%\PCPrivacyCleaner |
