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Should I remove PC Fix Speed?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
57% remove it43% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Poor
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #26,703
United States Rank #15,027
Reach 0.0061%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 7.38 days
217.74 days >
Average installed length: 114.40 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.2.0.25 100.00%

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PC Fix Speed 1.2.0.25

What is PC Fix Speed?

PC Fix Speed is an application meant to improve the performance of your PC, however it is typically installed with a bundle application as well as installs a number of additional programs from PCRx.com such as LinkToMyPC, PCRx Optimizer, PC Power Speed and PC Fix Speed and Spyware Terminator.

About  (from Crawler)

PC Fix Registry Cleaner prevents system slowdowns, freezing or crashing problems, Windows startup issues, obsolete application shortcuts, Missing DLL &amp;amp; OCX files, JavaScript, browser and ActiveX errors. Using a high performance Windows registry detection algorithm and a very simple and intuitive user interf...  Read more

Overview

Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. The main program executable is pcfixspeed.exe. The software installer includes 3 files and is usually about 4.64 MB (4,861,723 bytes).
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Starts automatically
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in PC Fix Speed.
PCFixTray.exe (4c147c72c3b6b41847aac09a1a80e8ee) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
ByteHero BDV 1.11.2014.10 Trojan-Downloader.win32.Agent.gen.123
Vba32 AntiVirus 3.12.24.3 BScope.Trojan-Dropper.Injector
Bundled relationships

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: Crawler, LLC.
URL: www.PCFixSpeed.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\PCFixSpeed\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\PCFixSpeed\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 4.64 MB

Program filesFiles installed by PC Fix Speed 1.2.0.25

Program executable:pcfixspeed.exe
Name:PC Fix Speed
Path:C:\Program Files\pcfixspeed\pcfixspeed.exe
MD5:570ab6c220fbe0305c81539f42f504e2
Additional files:
  • (Malware detected) PCFixTray.exe - PC Fix Speed (PC Fix Speed Tray)

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Startup File (All Users Run)
  • PCFixTray.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'PCFixSpeed' which loads as "C:\Program Files\PCFixSpeed\PCFixTray.exe" /startup.

How do I remove PC Fix Speed?

You can uninstall PC Fix Speed from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. 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.
  2. When you find the program PC Fix Speed 1.2.0.25, 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove PC Fix Speed.
  4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 58%
Win Vista (SP1) 1%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 57%
Keep it 43%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 60.83%
Windows 10 22.50%
Windows Vista 10.83%
Windows XP 5.83%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 49.15%
Windows 8 12.71%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 8.47%
Windows 7 Professional 8.47%
Windows 8.1 5.93%
Microsoft Windows XP 5.93%

Distribution by countryGeography

98.32% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 98.32%
  Canada 0.56%
  Italy 0.56%
  United Kingdom 0.56%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 45.63%
Dell 28.16%
Toshiba 8.74%
Acer 5.83%
ASUS 4.85%
Lenovo 2.91%
Intel 1.94%
Sony 0.97%
Sahara 0.97%
Common models
HP 2000 Notebook PC 5.22%
TOSHIBA Satellite A665 2.61%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.61%
TOSHIBA Satellite C655 1.74%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 1.74%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 1.74%

About Crawler

Run by Xacti Group Companies Crawler provides toolbar type programs for various Web browsers.
Publisher URL: www.crawler.com

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