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PC Maximum Cleaner

Posted: September 21, 2015

Threat Metric

Ranking: 17,216
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 40
First Seen: September 21, 2015
Last Seen: July 30, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

PC Maximum Cleaner is a potentially unwanted program that may display several repeated offers to clean your computer of issues and then boost its performance. The issue with PC Maximum Cleaner is that it may fail to provide those services to your expectations. It has been found where PC Maximum Cleaner is not a viable solution to fixing issues or errors on your PC. PC Maximum Cleaner is more of an annoyance than it is a help to repair or resolve issues on your system. It is best that PC Maximum Cleaner be uninstalled or eliminated through use of an antimalware application.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

Regexp file mask%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\PCMaximumCleaner_Popup%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\PCMaximumCleaner_Start

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%APPDATA%\PC Maximum Cleaner%LOCALAPPDATA%\PC Maximum Cleaner%PROGRAMFILES%\PC Maximum Cleaner%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PC Maximum Cleaner
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