Should I remove PC Cleaners?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
40% remove it60% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #5,102
United States Rank #4,058
Reach 0.0990%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 5.84 days
172.25 days >
Average installed length: 90.51 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 14.0 |
0.05% |
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| 14.0 |
4.46% |
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- #5,102 PC Cleaners
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PC Cleaners
What is PC Cleaners? (from the publisher)
With a single click, PC Cleaner will scan and clean all forms of malware which may be causes of PC issues and poor system performance! With our award winning, tested and certified Malware engine, PC Cleaner will clean all forms of threats including worms, trojans, rogues, dialers, spyware and more from your PC. PC Clea... Read more
Overview
The most used version is 14.0, with over 5% of all installations currently using this version. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The main program executable is pccleaners.exe. The software installer includes 6 files and is usually about 63.95 MB (67,060,032 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 59% of users of PC Cleaners come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.
Program details
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\PC Cleaners
Uninstaller: "C:\Windows\uninst.exe" -removeit
Estimated size: 63.95 MB
Files installed by PC Cleaners
| Program executable: | pccleaners.exe |
| Name: | PC Cleaners |
| PC Cleaner |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\pc cleaners\pccleaners.exe |
| MD5: | 395425824c9e81c7df1f4d14cc222a64 |
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- PCCleaners.exe is scheduled as a task named 'pc-dis-upd' (runs daily at 12:24).
Startup File (All Users Run)
- PCCleaners.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'PC Cleaners' which loads as "C:\Program Files\PC Cleaners\PCCleaners.exe" /minimize.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| PCCleaners.exe |
| Memory: | 105.39 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0031425188% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00174804% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00139448% | |
How do I remove PC Cleaners?
You can uninstall PC Cleaners from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program PC Cleaners, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove PC Cleaners.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 55%
Win XP 0%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 40%
Keep it 60%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
61.22% |
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| Windows 10 |
23.62% |
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| Windows Vista |
7.94% |
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| Windows XP |
7.22% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.44% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
16.44% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
8.53% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
7.19% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
6.01% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
5.19% |
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Geography
58.53% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
58.53% |
| United Kingdom |
4.44% |
| Canada |
3.31% |
| Iran |
2.90% |
| France |
2.82% |
| Germany |
2.66% |
| Australia |
2.02% |
| India |
1.65% |
| Italy |
1.49% |
| DZ |
1.17% |
| MA |
1.09% |
| Netherlands |
1.05% |
| Belgium |
0.89% |
| Brazil |
0.81% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
29.94% |
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| Dell |
24.36% |
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| Acer |
15.76% |
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| Toshiba |
8.76% |
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| ASUS |
6.13% |
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| GIGABYTE |
5.18% |
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| Lenovo |
3.18% |
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| Samsung |
2.79% |
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| Intel |
2.31% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.96% |
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| Sahara |
0.64% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
6.96% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
5.27% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
5.27% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5010 |
2.11% |
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| Dell Inspiron N7010 |
2.11% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.11% |
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