PC Speed Up

PC Speed Up

Known Generic

by Speedchecker Limited

What is PC Speed Up?

PC Speed Up is software application developed by Speedchecker Limited. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 54.45% of installations running this operating system. PC Speed Up's installer is typically 4.00 MB in size and installs around 24 files. The most common release is 3.8.3.0 with 11.24% of all installations currently using this version.

PC Speed Up is most popular in the United States with 33.30% of installations residing in this country.

PC Speed Up adds 4 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in PC Speed Up.

PCSUService.exe (MD5: 799087fe9d7b9388b15c168bcb30821f) has been flagged by 8 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.3005
McAfee Artemis!799087FE9D7B
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
Panda Antivirus PUP/SpeedUpMyPC
Symantec PCSpeedUp
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0518
AVG Generic.280
Tencent Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.5
PCSUSD.exe (MD5: a592033f91d543b2cc405bac42a1b636) has been flagged by 11 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Dr.Web Program.Unwanted.12
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Speedchecker.B potentially unwanted
McAfee Artemis!A592033F91D5
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
NANO AntiVirus Riskware.Win32.Unwanted.deqwxg
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0123
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.3005
Panda Antivirus PUP/SpeedUpMyPC
Symantec PCSpeedUp
AVG Generic.280
Tencent Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.5
PCSUNotifier.exe (MD5: 694cf00e5c484d4d8e34dce55caa4770) has been flagged by 5 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG Generic.280
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.3005
Symantec PCSpeedUp
Tencent Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.5
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0320
PCSUUCC.exe (MD5: c4234518bc158cb385fd5b4fdc389ebf) has been flagged by 2 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
AVG Generic.280
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware.3005

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • PCSUService.exe runs as a service named 'PC Speed Up Service' (PCSUService) "PC Speed Up service.".
Scheduled tasks:
  • PCSUUCC.exe is scheduled as a task named 'PC Speed Up Update Cache' (runs when idle).
  • PCSUSD.exe is scheduled as a task named 'PC SpeedUp Service Deactivator' (runs when idle).
  • PCSULauncher.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{151CFFF6-8C53-4D6B-B6F8-2D5EE61F22DB}' (runs on registration).
  • unins000.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{8AE71B09-9586-495F-ACFF-B9992E9D6468}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • PCSUNotifier.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'PCSpeedUp' and executes as C:\Program Files\PC Speed Up\PCSUNotifier.exe.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.pcspeedup.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\PC Speed Up\
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\PC Speed Up\unins000.exe"
Size:
4.00 MB
Language:
English

PC Speed Up Executable Details

Primary executable:
PCSUService.exe
Name:
PC Speed Up
Path:
C:\Program Files\PC Speed Up\PCSUService.exe
MD5:
799087fe9d7b9388b15c168bcb30821f
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by PC Speed Up
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
fcfd22a54a65ed35ee356724ee506006
DLL
d703f9d845dc96ea4464727cce7f3610
DLL
a1e59cd38160bcdfc61f383741ba7ade
DLL
83e5ce7c720e2563895e4aaad85218a0
EXE
c4234518bc158cb385fd5b4fdc389ebf
SYS
a2c5b60ab421547ca47c54fb3e288a7c
DLL
ef5b7e16f3169542012e51ad7fba6999
EXE
805f3bb11f958338f611aa35d7775ee2
DLL
d1101f5ee75b10110714804529090371
EXE
e588b246e5a0925973b09a0dbda620a8