Should I block it?
40% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
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pccleanerav.exe
PC Cleaner AV by PC Cleaners Inc. (Signed)
| Version: | 10.0.0.0 |
| MD5: | a6d0bbf06baa50792a728b11f599d9e0 |
| SHA1: | b65243123610754ba272769a1ed37c073f10ce55 |
About pccleanerav.exe (from PC Cleaners Inc.)
“PC Cleaner Antivirus gives you complete protection from viruses, spyware, rogue programs, trojans, adware, rootkit, dialers, worms, parasites and other potentially harmful programs along with other ma”
Overview
pccleanerav.exe is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). This is typically installed with the program PC Cleaner AV published by PC Cleaners and is most likely removed by most users once installed (51% removed). The file is digitally signed by PC Cleaners Inc. which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA). This particular version is usually found on Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536).
Details
| File name: | pccleanerav.exe |
| Publisher: | PC Cleaners Inc. |
| Product name: | PC Cleaner AV |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\pc antivirus\pccleanerav.exe |
| Original name: | PCGUI.exe |
| File version: | 10.0.0.0 |
| Size: | 52.49 MB (55,038,856 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | PC Cleaners Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Monday, January 23, 2012 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, January 25, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“PC Cleaner Antivirus gives you complete protection from viruses, spyware, rogue programs, trojans, adware, rootkit, dialers, worms, parasites and other potentially harmful programs along with other malware that might make computer fail, cause system errors, reduce performance and might even destroy or expose to 3rd parties users sensitive data.
Spyware is also notorious for making your PC sluggish and unresponsive. Sometimes this is b...”
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'PC Antivirus' → C:\Program Files\PC Antivirus\PCCleanerAV.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
100.00% |
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