PC Protector Plus
Posted: December 21, 2015
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: | 8,309 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 4,216 |
First Seen: | December 21, 2015 |
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Last Seen: | October 9, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PC Protector Plus is an erroneous security program that pretends to have found several threats or issues on the computer it is installed on. The use of PC Protector Plus may not be immediately harmful to a PC. However, trusting PC Protector Plus to find and fix system issues in addition to removing malware threats is a risky proposition in knowing that PC Protector Plus is a sham. The PC Protector Plus application is similar basically a fake security application that attempts to extort money from computer users who know no better. The best actions to take against PC Protector Plus is to remove the application completely either through a manual process of finding all related files, or by using an antispyware program to automatically detect and eliminate all instances of PC Protector Plus on your computer.
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:%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\Downloads\2.1.1000.20873_pcppstsetup.exe
File name: 2.1.1000.20873_pcppstsetup.exeSize: 5.35 MB (5351920 bytes)
MD5: 0559f40e3a4f3dbfb1a9bfafb3e572f3
Detection count: 1,899
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\Downloads\2.1.1000.20873_pcppstsetup.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 28, 2023
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\Downloads\2.1.1001.23282_pcpp_site.exe
File name: 2.1.1001.23282_pcpp_site.exeSize: 5.34 MB (5344528 bytes)
MD5: 7149ddedbff7ebb5f9b0e0105ccdef6c
Detection count: 56
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\Desktop\Downloads\2.1.1001.23282_pcpp_site.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 12, 2022
PCProtectorPlus.exe
File name: PCProtectorPlus.exeSize: 6.23 MB (6239680 bytes)
MD5: 89a53497848fea4ddb8532df604c6673
Detection count: 42
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 6, 2020
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