PUP.PC Optimizer Pro
Posted: August 29, 2012
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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: | 7,906 |
|---|---|
| Threat Level: | 1/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 134,254 |
| First Seen: | August 29, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Last Seen: | March 10, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Aliases
Generic.C74 [AVG]Riskware/SpeedingUpMyPC [Fortinet]PUP/OptimizerPro [Panda]Win32.Application.OptimizerPro.D [GData]Generic PUA AO [Sophos]Program.Unwanted.295 [DrWeb]Application.Win32.OptimizerPro.FY [Comodo]Trojan.Gen.2 [Symantec]Artemis!AB7E9CC40554 [McAfee]Generic.038 [AVG]RiskWare[RiskTool:not-a-virus]/Win32.OptimizerPro [Antiy-AVL]Program.Unwanted.99 [DrWeb]not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.OptimizerPro.b [Kaspersky]Win32:MultiPlug-OP [PUP] [Avast]
Technical Details
File System Modifications
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The following files were created in the system:%PROGRAMFILES%\livesupport\livesupport.exe
File name: livesupport.exeSize: 658.94 KB (658944 bytes)
MD5: e62ed65a47933b4b8ebc4646420f07a4
Detection count: 7,558
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\livesupport\livesupport.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 2, 2024
%PROGRAMFILES%\PC Optimizer Pro\StartApps.exe
File name: StartApps.exeSize: 433.51 KB (433512 bytes)
MD5: 178a381fb0b72167a6b5097eba61ae30
Detection count: 621
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\PC Optimizer Pro\StartApps.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 1, 2025
C:\Users\<username>\Downloads\PC_Optimizer_Pro_v6.5.5.4_rus\PCOptimizerProSetup.exe
File name: PCOptimizerProSetup.exeSize: 6.38 MB (6380176 bytes)
MD5: 0bf896fcc7ca560530dd2fc46345e47a
Detection count: 80
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Downloads\PC_Optimizer_Pro_v6.5.5.4_rus\PCOptimizerProSetup.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 25, 2024
setup.exe
File name: setup.exeSize: 5.61 MB (5616904 bytes)
MD5: 12c7c20fd93e9f2c28a55c802afd6159
Detection count: 42
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
%PROGRAMFILES%\PC Optimizer Pro\PCOptimizerPro.exe
File name: PCOptimizerPro.exeSize: 13.64 MB (13641496 bytes)
MD5: 709dbec8a7bdbef0d509f79cf6620248
Detection count: 23
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\PC Optimizer Pro
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 10, 2013
More files
Registry Modifications
The following newly produced Registry Values are:
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ProSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\4ef60154SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\ff148bd5SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\4ef60154SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\ff148bd5SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\4ef60154SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\ff148bd5HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}PC Optimizer ProPC Optimizer Pro_is1
CLSID{003B9C22-6FE0-4BCA-A73F-9AA99B9BBDAA}{12AB121E-44C6-488B-8773-B0AE25E662E1}{203ABD21-41F1-4F1B-BAE3-D6A89A90D239}{C62485E9-50DB-4F12-AE49-5D0A9B8BAC2C}File name without pathLaunch PC Optimizer Pro.lnkPC Optimizer Pro.lnkwww.pcoptimizerpro[1].xmlRegexp file mask%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\PC Optimizer Pro Idle%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\PC Optimizer Pro Scan%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\PC Optimizer Pro startups%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\PC Optimizer Pro Updates%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\PC Optimizer Pro64 Scan%WINDIR%\System32\Tasks\PC Optimizer Pro64 startups%WINDIR%\Tasks\PC Optimizer Pro Idle.job%WINDIR%\Tasks\PC Optimizer Pro Scan.job%WINDIR%\Tasks\PC Optimizer Pro startups.job%WINDIR%\Tasks\PC Optimizer Pro Updates.job%WINDIR%\Tasks\PC Optimizer Pro64 Scan.job%WINDIR%\Tasks\PC Optimizer Pro64 startups.jobHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PCProCtxMenuSOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\QPCBCtxMenuSOFTWARE\Classes\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\QPCBCtxMenuSOFTWARE\Classes\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\PCProCtxMenuSoftware\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\PC Optimizer Pro\PC Optimizer Pro.exeSOFTWARE\Classes\PC Optimizer ProSOFTWARE\Classes\PCOptimizerProSOFTWARE\Classes\PoP.ControlSoftware\Local AppWizard-Generated Applications\PCOptimizerProSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\pcoptimizerpro.comSoftware\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\pcoptimizerpro.comSoftware\Microsoft\Internet 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Additional Information
The following directories were created:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\PC Optimizer Pro%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PC Optimizer Pro%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\PC Optimizer Lite%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\PC Optimizer Pro%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\PC Optimizer Pro%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\PC Optimizer Lite%PROGRAMFILES%\PC Optimizer Lite%PROGRAMFILES%\PC Optimizer Pro%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PC Optimizer Lite%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PC Optimizer Pro
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