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
DLL
d12fe0e222e3169012f90b788f9c6c1d
EXE
f551bf52fcf1ceaf2b247f3ea5113421
DLL
cabfe08e04cabea388c8d3d94a5705e4
EXE
f04fec4823643dbbd4ebc7157f1d2b3b