PUP.McClean

Posted: February 24, 2014

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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.

Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	152

First Seen:	February 24, 2014
Last Seen:	October 12, 2022
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

PUP.McClean is a potentially unwanted program. The use of PUP.McClean may not be harmful but some of its actions may be questionable to some PC users. Many of the promised functions of PUP.McClean may not be fulfilled in some PC user's judgments with the fixing and cleaning of the Windows registry. Removal of uninstallation of PUP.McClean may be performed using known methods through the Windows control panel or with the use of an updated antispyware application.

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:

%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\McClean\McClean.exe

File name: McClean.exe
Size: 4.97 MB (4975448 bytes)
MD5: e844ff3395bd7d671dcc7663e8eafca4
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\McClean
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 24, 2014

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathMcClean.lnkHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\McCleanLanguageSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\McClean_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\McClean_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\McClean_PopupSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\McClean_Start

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\McClean%PROGRAMFILES%\McClean%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\McClean%USERPROFILE%\Documents\McClean