PUP.Speed Cleaner

Posted: May 7, 2014

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Ranking:	13,391
Threat Level:	1/10
Infected PCs:	1,824

First Seen:	May 7, 2014
Last Seen:	September 5, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Speed Cleaner is a potentially unwanted program (PUP), detected as PUP.Speed Cleaner, that may usually propagate via the Internet and pose as a helpful Windows optimization application that is created to fix system errors and remove security threats from a PC. In actuality, PUP.Speed Cleaner's scanner may detect numerous system issues on the PC that may be falsified and non-existent. PUP.Speed Cleaner may create and display fake warning messages with the aim to convince PC users to repair computer problems with the so-called licensed version of Speed Cleaner. PUP.Speed Cleaner may enter the computer without the computer user's knowledge, or it may be downloaded as an optional program packaged with freeware.

PUP.Speed Cleaner may also proliferate via social media websites, spam email messages, and malicious files that can be downloaded from file-sharing networks pretending to be executable applications, games and movies. PUP.Speed Cleaner may not provide any components to be removed automatically from the computer system. PUP.Speed Cleaner may not provide an entry on Control Panel of Windows. The only way to remove PUP.Speed Cleaner from the PC may be possible by downloading their own software from own website. PC users should use a legitimate anti-malware tool to remove PUP.Speed Cleaner from the 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:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsnD135.tmp\DynamicOffer2\SpeedCleanerSetup.exe

File name: SpeedCleanerSetup.exe
Size: 2.77 MB (2776200 bytes)
MD5: 571807d394d8103e2c2446dda5f2f2de
Detection count: 19
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\nsnD135.tmp\DynamicOffer2\SpeedCleanerSetup.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 21, 2022

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

File name without pathSpeed Cleaner.lnkRegexp file mask%TEMP%\Speed_Cleaner[RANDOM CHARACTERS]HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Speed Cleaner_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Speed Cleaner_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Speed CleanerSoftware\SpeedCleanerSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Speed CleanerSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Speed CleanerSYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\SpeedCleanerSYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\eventlog\Application\SpeedCleanerSYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\eventlog\Application\SpeedCleaner

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\SpeedCleaner%PROGRAMFILES%\Speed Cleaner%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Speed Cleaner%WINDIR%\Installer\{80316698-E863-49F3-9EA3-CFF65684B0DB}