PCTechHotline
Posted: February 25, 2014
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
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.
Ranking: | 10,002 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 2,150 |
First Seen: | February 25, 2014 |
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Last Seen: | October 10, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PC Tech Hotline is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) produced by Crawler. After installation and setup, PC Tech Hotline may define a registry entry which allows it to be launched automatically on every Windows boot-up for all user logins. PC Tech Hotline may add a background controller service that is set to automatically start. Delaying the start of this service may be possible through the service manager. PC users may order the service by submitting a service plan order through the PC Tech Hotline website or by calling PC Tech Hotline. Once PC Tech Hotline accepts the service plan order submitted by the computer user, then he may receive an email from PC Tech Hotline at the email address that he provides or has provided to PC Tech Hotline as a part of the registration process for the service. PC Tech Hotline is not responsible for rendering services in relation with any service plan order that it has not accepted. Once installed, PCTechHotline may start with the computer system even after changing start-up settings in its settings window. PCTechHotline may spread and access the computer through other bundled freeware.
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:%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PCTechHotline\PCTHHook.exe
File name: PCTHHook.exeSize: 64.36 KB (64360 bytes)
MD5: f9848829e5e3be02dda0fd3385de39fc
Detection count: 35
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PCTechHotline
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 17, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PCTechHotline\PCTHHook64.exe
File name: PCTHHook64.exeSize: 74.08 KB (74088 bytes)
MD5: c9d591eb47ba25de05f647b0fe229976
Detection count: 35
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PCTechHotline
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 17, 2014
C:\Program Files\pctechhotline\PCTHdesk.64.dll
File name: C:\Program Files\pctechhotline\PCTHdesk.64.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
C:\Program Files\pctechhotline\PCTHdesk.dll
File name: C:\Program Files\pctechhotline\PCTHdesk.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
C:\Program Files\pctechhotline\PCTHHook.dll
File name: C:\Program Files\pctechhotline\PCTHHook.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
C:\Program Files\pctechhotline\PCTHHook64.dll
File name: C:\Program Files\pctechhotline\PCTHHook64.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
C:\Program Files\pctechhotline\unins000.exe
File name: C:\Program Files\pctechhotline\unins000.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Registry Modifications
CLSID{6E30A318-C2A8-4874-9C44-30EB821658BA}File name without pathPC Tech Hotline.lnkHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\PCTechHotlineSoftware\PCTechHotlineSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\PCTechHotlineSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PCTechHotlineSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\PCTechHotlineSvcSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\PCTechHotlineSvcSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\PCTechHotlineSvcHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}{A0B0DA25-DD15-4739-92A3-62D3424F043A}_is1
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