PC MightyMax
Posted: March 12, 2006
Threat Metric
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Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Threat Level: | 10/10 |
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Infected PCs: | 34,403 |
First Seen: | July 24, 2009 |
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Last Seen: | June 30, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PC MightyMax is a fake anti-malware program from the WinFixer family, a widely-recognized group of scamware-based PC threats that are distributed by fraudulent websites like PCMightyMax.net. While PC MightyMax makes the claim that its scans are free, all of PC MightyMax's 'free' scans will list inaccurate threat alerts as a prelude to a request for paid registration. The paid version of PC MightyMax may look as though PC MightyMax can remove all PC threats, but SpywareRemove.com malware analysts note that this is because PC MightyMax never detects any real infection in the first place. Visiting sites that promote any form of WinFixer, including PC MightyMax, should be avoided, and PC MightyMax's deletion should be handled by anti-malware programs with a good track record of combating scamware.
PC MightyMax – a New Brand for a PC Threat That's Been Around the Block
Even though PC MightyMax's websites promotes PC MightyMax as a seemingly independent and reputable anti-malware product, PC MightyMax is easily detected as a clone of other members of the WinFixer family. PC MightyMax's relatives include equally-fraudulent scamware like Your PC Protector, DriveCleaner, PCTurboPro, Performance Optimizer, ErrorSafe, WinAntiSpyware and WinSpywareProtect. In spite of being a 'free' product, PC MightyMax is only capable of detecting fake PC threats and hard drive errors in its unpurchased version, whereas its purchased version will fail to detect any of these imaginary problems. As a simple scam that's typical to rogue security programs, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts always encourage you to remove PC MightyMax with the same anti-malware software that you'd use for exterminating any other type of PC threat.
Standard PC MightyMax infections occur through malicious sites that promote PC MightyMax as a supposedly genuine anti-malware program. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers recommend total avoidance of sites that promote other variants of WinFixer. PC MightyMax may also be distributed in Trojan droppers that are promoted as fake codec updates such as Emcodec.E.
How to Turn PC MightyMax into a Weakling
SpywareRemove.com malware research team has verified that PC MightyMax can infect most versions of Windows. However, other operating systems should be safe from PC MightyMax and similar WinFixer-based PC threats, although this doesn't indicate a similar immunity to all types of rogue security programs. Although PC MightyMax, like some variants of WinFixer, may offer an uninstall tool, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers discourage any usage of this utility in favor of deleting all of PC MightyMax's components with anti-malware software.
Most PC security companies have had a definition for WinFixer for years. However, as a new variant of WinFixer, PC MightyMax may be difficult to remove without updated threat databases. Other complications that SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have also noted in PC MightyMax infections include the presence of Vundo Trojans and negative alterations to certain types of web browsers (Internet Explorer and Firefox).
Aliases
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
The following files were created in the system:C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\Back-up\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\PC MightyMax 2012\TrayIcon.exe
File name: TrayIcon.exeSize: 126.88 KB (126888 bytes)
MD5: 0b5e197bf0c8a9bc6756774a8158cb9d
Detection count: 1,625
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\Back-up\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\PC MightyMax 2012\TrayIcon.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 29, 2021
C:\1\Documents and Settings\Idell Smith\Local Settings\Application Data\PC MightyMax 2013\TrayIcon.exe
File name: TrayIcon.exeSize: 125.28 KB (125280 bytes)
MD5: 779a5b8869dccd92527f6e92c5899292
Detection count: 1,241
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\1\Documents and Settings\Idell Smith\Local Settings\Application Data\PC MightyMax 2013\TrayIcon.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 9, 2023
C:\MPC Backup\Root\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\PC MightyMax 2015\TrayIcon.exe
File name: TrayIcon.exeSize: 125.22 KB (125224 bytes)
MD5: e41decca40726b2dc4f8fd4f88bfd17f
Detection count: 1,190
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\MPC Backup\Root\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\PC MightyMax 2015\TrayIcon.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 3, 2023
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair\OpenWithMonitor.pcmmexe
File name: OpenWithMonitor.pcmmexeSize: 87.44 KB (87440 bytes)
MD5: f3ee07e632cb3cebbf4f77830c197221
Detection count: 972
Mime Type: unknown/pcmmexe
Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2017
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair\OpenWithMonitor.pcmmexe
File name: OpenWithMonitor.pcmmexeSize: 87.4 KB (87408 bytes)
MD5: 1a16e3dd753d8ea04e0b64b48d8fbd31
Detection count: 253
Mime Type: unknown/pcmmexe
Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2017
%SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair\OpenWithMonitor.pcmmexe
File name: OpenWithMonitor.pcmmexeSize: 87.38 KB (87384 bytes)
MD5: 5a34640751296ec0e3e41299722eea31
Detection count: 230
Mime Type: unknown/pcmmexe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2017
%LOCALAPPDATA%\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair\OpenWithMonitor.pcmmexe
File name: OpenWithMonitor.pcmmexeSize: 87.44 KB (87440 bytes)
MD5: e3ba7e55838563919df5f48f8409a0b9
Detection count: 213
Mime Type: unknown/pcmmexe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2017
%LOCALAPPDATA%\PC MightyMax 2013\pcmm2013.exe
File name: pcmm2013.exeSize: 1.82 MB (1823072 bytes)
MD5: f0ff6042fe46959b092b3c09bacd5347
Detection count: 63
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\PC MightyMax 2013
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 8, 2020
C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\Old system Backup\Jan Montgomery\Jan\AppData\Local\PC MightyMax 2012\TrayIcon.exe
File name: TrayIcon.exeSize: 127.4 KB (127400 bytes)
MD5: 94cb3173362eb1854820bbb5883c25b7
Detection count: 52
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\Old system Backup\Jan Montgomery\Jan\AppData\Local\PC MightyMax 2012\TrayIcon.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 29, 2022
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair\OpenWithMonitor.pcmmexe
File name: OpenWithMonitor.pcmmexeSize: 87.47 KB (87472 bytes)
MD5: 8425717caa73b7adf5f4bae98ecba057
Detection count: 52
Mime Type: unknown/pcmmexe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2017
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\PC MightyMax 2012\TrayIcon.exe
File name: TrayIcon.exeSize: 126.88 KB (126888 bytes)
MD5: 07d781ea863691e18cfcbb71044e3c2e
Detection count: 49
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\PC MightyMax 2012
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2017
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Downloads\PCMightyMax2013_1008.EXE
File name: PCMightyMax2013_1008.EXESize: 1.73 MB (1734736 bytes)
MD5: 3b008cbe517b1c53c3f632e5047d4663
Detection count: 42
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/EXE
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Downloads\PCMightyMax2013_1008.EXE
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 19, 2021
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair\FileExtensionFix.pcmmexe
File name: FileExtensionFix.pcmmexeSize: 1.4 MB (1402328 bytes)
MD5: c0013a753b89bd87730f8917a243c2c7
Detection count: 37
Mime Type: unknown/pcmmexe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair\FileExtensionFix.pcmmexe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 10, 2021
C:\1\Documents and Settings\Idell Smith\Local Settings\Application Data\PC MightyMax 2013\pcmm2013.exe
File name: pcmm2013.exeSize: 1.82 MB (1823072 bytes)
MD5: 7407de2164c153de795bb90e55fd8f41
Detection count: 30
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\1\Documents and Settings\Idell Smith\Local Settings\Application Data\PC MightyMax 2013\pcmm2013.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 9, 2023
%PROGRAMFILES%\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair\OpenWithMonitor.pcmmexe
File name: OpenWithMonitor.pcmmexeSize: 86.44 KB (86448 bytes)
MD5: a4d62cb95eaa446b9235a5b6ca1b2906
Detection count: 19
Mime Type: unknown/pcmmexe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2017
%LOCALAPPDATA%\PC MightyMax 2012\TrayIcon.exe
File name: TrayIcon.exeSize: 126.88 KB (126888 bytes)
MD5: 3a59295660fa400288aa13e4533ca365
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\PC MightyMax 2012
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2017
%LOCALAPPDATA%\PC MightyMax 2015\pcmm2015.exe
File name: pcmm2015.exeSize: 2.18 MB (2189608 bytes)
MD5: bea483d1307a7ac9c971c0875fe5328b
Detection count: 16
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\PC MightyMax 2015
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 3, 2023
%PROGRAMFILES%\PC MightyMax 2009\ConfigurationManager.dll
File name: ConfigurationManager.dllSize: 6.65 KB (6656 bytes)
MD5: 3c837fc54a451d5fa68e2ad29bc70db5
Detection count: 7
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\PC MightyMax 2009
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair\OpenWithMonitor.pcmmexe
File name: OpenWithMonitor.pcmmexeSize: 78.25 KB (78256 bytes)
MD5: 8627d7b878a32ef84d7cb6241dd285ba
Detection count: 5
Mime Type: unknown/pcmmexe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2017
%PROGRAMFILES%\PC MightyMax 2009\Uninstall.exe
File name: Uninstall.exeSize: 66.11 KB (66114 bytes)
MD5: 275a18474b3cd27abc025fbe773c1c67
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\PC MightyMax 2009
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2017
%LOCALAPPDATA%\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair\FileExtensionFix.pcmmexe
File name: FileExtensionFix.pcmmexeSize: 1.37 MB (1376600 bytes)
MD5: 2761c69e55d48e6c2bc22d0d600a09dc
Detection count: 5
Mime Type: unknown/pcmmexe
Path: %LOCALAPPDATA%\PC MightyMax File Extension Repair
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 14, 2017
More files
Registry Modifications
File name without pathPC MightyMax 2013.lnkHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\PC MightyMax 2013 Tray IconSoftware\PC MightyMax 2013HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}{3f6555c4-0a24-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66}
I purchased Spy Hunter and ran the scan.
I checked PC Mighty Max
I pressed the remove button.
I got the error popup telling me I had 2,385 errors right afterward.
Do I have to wait, restart, or something else for it to take effect?
I have removed the software, however, I cannot seem to delete the \\\"hidden icons\\\" and the PC MightyMax reminders continue to pop up on my screen every hour....how can I stop this?
Thank you much
Can you get rid of PC Mighty Max for me?
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Please uninstall this program.
get this sheet off my pc, now......
WHY IS IT I CANNOT REMOVE MIGHTYMAXW2010 POP-UPS FROM ENTERING
MY SCREEN. PLEASE ADVISE. IT IS VERY ANNOYING WHILE WORKING ON MY
COMPUTER HAVING TO STOP WORK AND ERASE EACH TIME. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU
I removed MightyMax as soon as I saw it was malware. However, I have not been able to delete the two separate popups that advertise MightyMax. You do not address this issue, so I am wondering 1) if you are aware of it; and 2) if your program removes the annoying popups permanently. Also, I am wondering if your program fixes registry problems. Currently, I use Optimize 3.0 to do this but it has not removed MightyMax. Thank you.
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I removed PC Mighty Max 2010 by going to my control panel, hitting on uninstall programs, and deleted it from there. It worked great!