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DailyPCClean

Posted: July 24, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 5,030
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 29,501
First Seen: July 23, 2015
Last Seen: October 14, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

DailyPCClean is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), which promises to clean your computer from harmful applications and garbage files. The creators of this questionable software state that their product will improve the functionality of your PC and guard you against all infection attempts. However, DailyPCClean isn't an actual security tool and achieves absolutely nothing of the promised. The PUP has only one goal, which is to make you buy its full license. You should not purchase it as this way you will just waste your money. Unlike some rogue antivirus programs, DailyPCClean doesn't block the functionality of your machine to make you believe you are infected. Instead, it tries to scare its clients by claiming there are thousands of malicious files on their computers. You may observe these warnings whenever your Windows boots. However, you should know that the scanning process doesn't happen. The results, which indicate numerous errors and security issues, are set in advance. They will be the same even if you reinstall your Operating System (OS). If you click on the large "Fix now" button, you will be redirected to a certain webpage that encourages you to register and buy the license of DailyPCClean. If you don't want to see the misleading alerts, you should use a real anti-malware application to eradicate this PUP from your machine.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathDailyPCClean.lnkhttp_www.dailypcclean.com_0.localstoragehttp_www.dailypcclean.com_0.localstorage-journalsetup_dpcc_en[1].exewww.dailypcclean[1].xmlRegexp file mask%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\DailyPCClean ScheduleHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dailypcclean.comSOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.dailypcclean.comSOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\dailypcclean.comSOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\www.dailypcclean.comSoftware\DailyPCCleanSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\dailypcclean.comSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.dailypcclean.comSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\DailyPCClean ScheduleSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\DAILYPCCLEANHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}DailyPCClean_is1

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\DailyPCClean%APPDATA%\DailyPCClean%LOCALAPPDATA%\DailyPcClean Support%PROGRAMFILES%\DailyPCClean%PROGRAMFILES%\DailyPcClean Support%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\DailyPCClean%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\DailyPcClean Support%USERPROFILE%\Documents\DailyPCClean%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\DailyPcClean Support
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