PrivacyPC

Last Updated on Monday, 10 September 2012 08:58 Thursday, 12 May 2011 13:30

A potentially unwanted program PrivacyPC has appeared in a virus analysis report. You can see it below.

I can not independently verify the usefulness or harmfulness of this program. However if this program is installed on your computer without your knowledge and you are having difficulty in removing it, You can do so as explained below

Files and folders - view
C:\Program Files\PrivacyPC\bottomAd.swf
C:\Program Files\PrivacyPC\mdata.dat
C:\Program Files\PrivacyPC\privacypc.exe
C:\Program Files\PrivacyPC\privacypcBK.exe
C:\Program Files\PrivacyPC\privacypcdm.exe
C:\Program Files\PrivacyPC\privacypcU.exe
C:\Program Files\PrivacyPC\trackingsitedata
C:\Program Files\PrivacyPC\ubdata
C:\Windows\System32\uninst_privacypc.exe

Folder
C:\Program Files\PrivacyPC

There may be more files created by this program. You can find them out. First locate and note down the "date of creation" of AdobeAFR.exe, or any of the files mentioned above, and after that, search the hard disk for other files created on that date or onward. See image

Necessary steps required to remove this program

To remove processes created by the program from the Task Manager
To search and delete files created by the program from the hard disk. Enable to view "hidden files and folders" before you search. Otherwise files created by the program inside the hidden folders will not be found
To remove obsolete registry keys using CCleaner

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Reprinted with permission from Threatexpert.com

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