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CCLEANER.EXE
Fraudulent Security ProgramIt is possible that your PC could be infected. The file name CCLEANER.EXE is used by both safe and unsafe programs.
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware groups:
- Fraudulent Security Program
- Malicious Software
File Behavior
CCLEANER.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- Executes a Process
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- Registers a Dynamic Link Library File
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- Adds a Link in the Start Menu
- Disables the Notification Balloon for the Windows Security Center
- Adds products to the system registry
- Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
- Modifies Windows Security Policies to restrict/expand User Privileges on the machine
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Antivirus status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall status alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop Firewall override alerts from being displayed
- Changes the Windows Security Center to stop warnings from being displayed if automatic Windows Updates are not enabled
- Creates a new Background Service on the machine
- Injects code into other processes
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Makes outbound connections to other computers using NETBIOSOUT protocols
CCLEANER.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Created as a process on disk
- Executed as a Process
- Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Deleted as a process from disk
Country Of Origin
The filename CCLEANER.EXE was first seen on May 3 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Europe on May 3 2007
- Italy on May 3 2007
- Spain on Dec 6 2007
- China on Dec 6 2007
- Poland on Sep 28 2009
- The United Kingdom on Jan 21 2010
- India on Jan 21 2010
- The United States on Dec 31 2011
- Turkey on May 24 2012
File Name Aliases
CCLEANER.EXE can also use the following file names:
- CCLEANER224.EXE
- SETUP.EXE
- DROPBOX.EXE
- MESTREC.EXE
- CHEMDRAW.EXE
- EUDCEDIT.EXE
- MESTRENOVA.EXE
- XLICONS.EXE
- PPTICO.EXE
- WORDICON.EXE
- FIREFOX.EXE
- FIOS.EXE
- CONTROL.EXE
- MAGNIFY.EXE
- NARRATOR.EXE
- OSK.EXE
- CMD.EXE
- GOOGLETALK.EXE
- UNINSTALL.EXE
- OPEN ENERGYMANAGEMENT.EXE
- ONEKEY RECOVERY.EXE
- OLRSUBMISSION.EXE
- POWER2GOEXPRESS.EXE
- POWER2GO.EXE
- VEOHWEBPLAYER.EXE
- NOTEPAD.EXE
- IEXPLORE.EXE
- SBASE.EXE
- SCALC.EXE
- SDRAW.EXE
- SIMPRESS.EXE
- SMATH.EXE
- SWRITER.EXE
- SOFFICE.EXE
- EXPLORER.EXE
- SPYHUNTER4.EXE
- MSIEXEC.EXE
- WINRAR.EXE
- SERVICECENTER.EXE
- OSQL.EXE
- ESCAPEROSECLIFFISLAND.EXE
- GPLRLANC.EXE
- ACRORD32.EXE
- REALPLAY.EXE
- GOOGLEEARTH.EXE
- I_VIEW32.EXE
- SETPOINT.EXE
- MAXUTILITIES.EXE
- SPUPMBLAUNCHER.EXE
- SPUBROWSER.EXE
- ZQWCL-GL.EXE
- DDOCHARGEN.EXE
- EZQUAKE-GL.EXE
- EZSTART.EXE
- FTEGLQW.EXE
- VENTRILO.EXE
- MSNMSGR.EXE
- DNDLAUNCHER.EXE
- RESUMEMAKER.EXE
- AD-WATCH.EXE
- CHROME.EXE
- PPMUSICTRANSFER.EXE
- DELLDOCK.EXE
- JAVAWS.EXE
- CDCREATOR.EXE
- RECOVERYMGR.EXE
- IDMAN.EXE
- AFTERFX.EXE
- HPMEDIASMARTWEBCAM.EXE
- TIXATI.EXE
- WONDERS.EXE
- WONDERSII_1_13.EXE
- YCLAWCK5EUDT0K.EXE
- WINMAIL.EXE
- DINER DASH.EXE
- BUCKINGHAM.EXE
- WMPLAYER.EXE
- MYSTERYSOLITAIRE.EXE
- CHAINZ 2.EXE
- UNINS000.EXE
- QUICKSTART.EXE
- CVIEW.EXE
- YWRITER5.EXE
- JACQUIE LAWSON LONDON ADVENT CALENDAR.EXE
- MYHERITAGE.EXE
- YAHOOWIDGETS.EXE
- NAMEGEN.EXE
- UNINSTAL.EXE
- HPQPSE.EXE
- STEAM.EXE
- OCMSTART.EXE
- PRINTUTIL.EXE
- AC2.EXE
- 00005396-9E41A890.AV$
- TW3_0123.EXE
- 19496292.EXE
- 87950517.TXT
- 19653174.TXT
- 22628485.TXT
- 26336476.EXE
- 86437954.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 350,230 bytes
- 2,663,232 bytes
- 1,685,816 bytes
- 132,608 bytes
- 1,772,344 bytes
- 571,392 bytes
- 590,728 bytes
File Type
The filename CCLEANER.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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