PC Purifier
Posted: October 28, 2016
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: | 4,470 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 25,199 |
First Seen: | October 28, 2016 |
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Last Seen: | October 17, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PC Purifier is an application that has been recently considered as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) due to its questionable offer as being an agent of fixing system issues and making a PC run smoother or faster. PC Purifier may be touted by its creators as being a viable solution to making a Windows PC run better and detect issues that can easily be resolved automatically by the PC Purifier application. There may be various websites that tout PC Purifier as a program for fixing system issues and improving overall performance.
Due to the questionable nature of PC Purifier, some computer users will want to remove the application. Removal of PC Purifier may be a process that is difficult for some computer users. Due to such, PC Purifier may be eliminated by use of an antimalware application automatically.
Technical Details
Registry Modifications
File name without pathPC Purifier.lnkPCPurifier.lnkwww.pcpurifier[1].xmlRegexp file mask%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\PC Purifier%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\PC Purifier_DEFAULT%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\PC Purifier_UPDATES%WINDIR%\Tasks\PC Purifier_DEFAULT.job%WINDIR%\Tasks\PC Purifier_UPDATES.jobHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\pcpurifier.coSOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.pcpurifier.coSOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\pcpurifier.coSOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\www.pcpurifier.coSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\pcpurifier.coSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.pcpurifier.coSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\PCPurifier_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\PC Purifier_UPDATES.jobSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\PC Purifier_UPDATES.job.fpSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\PC PurifierSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\PC Purifier_DEFAULTSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\PC Purifier_UPDATESSoftware\PC PurifierSoftware\PC\PurifierSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\PCPurifier_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PC PurifierSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PC\PurifierHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}PC Purifier_is1PCPurifier_is1
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