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Should I remove PC Fix Speed with 24x7 Help?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
82% remove it18% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #26,808
United States Rank #15,901
Reach 0.0060%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 12.98 days
382.94 days >
Average installed length: 201.21 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.2.0.27 100.00%

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PC Fix Speed with 24x7 Help 1.2.0.27

What is PC Fix Speed with 24x7 Help?

PC Fix Speed is bundled with various installers such as the Optimum Installer from Adknowledge. The software will install and automatically run a scan warning the users that it has detected dozens of potentially errors (usually benign registry issues that have no effect on performance) and requires a paid subscription in order to fix most the problems.

About  (from Crawler)

The Service is provided by PCRx through Crawler, LLC. Clean and repair your PC’s registry, optimize PC performance and free up disk and memory space. With everything you do on your PC, including adding on devices, a new entry is created in your Windows® registry, and seldom are any removed after they’re no longer neede...  Read more

Overview

During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The primary executable is named pcfixspeed.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 3 files and is usually about 4.47 MB (4,685,088 bytes).
  • Malware detected in the program
  • Starts automatically
  • Delivered through a thrid-party offer
  • The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in PC Fix Speed with 24x7 Help.
pcfixspeed.exe (fb01d4939d582dc9d55bc52e330e2b9b) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Rising Antivirus 23.00.65.14124 PE:Trojan.BHO!1.66E4
Vba32 AntiVirus 3.12.24.3 BScope.Trojan-Dropper.Injector
PCFixTray.exe (5176d240aedc66992bd6756ccc250498) has been flagged by the following 13 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
AVware 1.5.0.21 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Baidu-International 3.5.1.41473 Adware.Win32.Crawler.BB
CMC Antivirus 1.1.0.977 Packed.Win32.Obfuscated.10!O
K7 AntiVirus 9.185.13930 Riskware ( 0049c6851 )
K7GW 9.185.13930 Riskware ( 0049c6851 )
Kaspersky 12.0.0.1225 not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrawBar.c
McAfee 6.0.5.614 Artemis!5176D240AEDC
McAfee-GW-Edition v2014.2 BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.th
Sophos 4.98.0 PC Power Speed
Symantec 20141.1.0.330 PCFixSpeed
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 Suspicious_GEN.F47V0825
VIPRE Antivirus 34576 Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Zillya 2.0.0.1976 Adware.CrawBar.Win32.4
       View all 15 all detections
PC Fix Speed with 24x7 Help has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.PCFixSpeed.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\PCFixSpeed\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\PCFixSpeed\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 4.47 MB

Program filesFiles installed by PC Fix Speed with 24x7 Help 1.2.0.27

Program executable:pcfixspeed.exe (Malware detected)
Name:PC Fix Speed
Path:C:\Program Files\pcfixspeed\pcfixspeed.exe
MD5:fb01d4939d582dc9d55bc52e330e2b9b
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 with 24x7 Help?

You can uninstall PC Fix Speed with 24x7 Help 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 with 24x7 Help 1.2.0.27, 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 with 24x7 Help.
  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) 46%
Win XP 1%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 82%
Keep it 18%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 47.90%
Windows 10 40.34%
Windows Vista 8.40%
Windows XP 3.36%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 42.02%
Windows 8 20.17%
Windows 8.1 17.65%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 7.56%
Microsoft Windows XP 3.36%
Windows 7 Professional 3.36%

Distribution by countryGeography

94.67% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 94.67%
  United Kingdom 2.37%
  Canada 1.78%
  France 0.59%
  Iran 0.59%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 40.87%
Dell 20.00%
Toshiba 13.91%
Acer 11.30%
ASUS 7.83%
Lenovo 3.48%
Samsung 0.87%
Packard Bell 0.87%
Intel 0.87%
Common models
TOSHIBA Satellite C55-A 5.08%
HP 2000 Notebook PC 4.24%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 3.39%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.39%
HP Pavilion 17 Notebook P... 2.54%
ASUSTeK U56E 1.69%

About Crawler

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