PUP.ImproveSpeedPC

Posted: May 8, 2014

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Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	23,437

First Seen:	May 8, 2014
Last Seen:	November 28, 2024
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

ImproveSpeedPC is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that is found as PUP.ImproveSpeedPC. PUP.ImproveSpeedPC may deploy a high-performance algorithm to its one click scan that quickly identifies missing and inaccurate references within the Windows Registry. ImproveSpeedPC may scan the entire Windows Registry for all invalid or obsolete entries and generate a list of errors found. PC users may then choose to clean selected errors or repair all of them. Windows Registry's main function is to store a computer system's configuration. Installing and uninstalling a program may clutter the Registry, which may lead to poor PC performance, system crashes and data loss. During the setup, PUP.ImproveSpeedPC may create a start-up registration point in Windows in order to automatically load when any computer user boots up the PC. A scheduled task may be added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to run PUP.ImproveSpeedPC at various scheduled times (the schedule may vary depending on the version).

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:

C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Old Files from laptop\Downloads\ImproveSpeedPC (1).exe

File name: ImproveSpeedPC (1).exe
Size: 2.99 MB (2991968 bytes)
MD5: e0b97ea619ea0f7b82c5ea14d525f17d
Detection count: 19
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Old Files from laptop\Downloads\ImproveSpeedPC (1).exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 18, 2022

%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\ImproveSpeedPC.exe

File name: ImproveSpeedPC.exe
Size: 3.42 MB (3421488 bytes)
MD5: 5277b8048e2c76c2347dea1b40e6b93c
Detection count: 19
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %USERPROFILE%\My Documents
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 8, 2014

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathImproveSpeedPC.lnkRegexp file mask%windir%\System32\Tasks\ImproveSpeedPC%windir%\Tasks\ImproveSpeedPC.jobHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ImproveSpeedPC.jobSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ImproveSpeedPC.job.fpSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\ImproveSpeedPCSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\ImproveSpeedPC.exeSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ImproveSpeedPCSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\ImproveSpeedPC.exeSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ImproveSpeedPCHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}ImproveSpeedPC

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%PROGRAMFILES%\ImproveSpeedPC%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ImproveSpeedPC%TEMP%\ImproveSpeedPC