Should I remove PC Speed Maximizer?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
69% remove it31% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #13,764
United States Rank #21,975
Reach 0.0217%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 17.58 days
518.75 days >
Average installed length: 272.56 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 3.1 |
100.00% |
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PC Speed Maximizer v3.1
What is PC Speed Maximizer?
Smart PC Solutions is marketed as a PC performance optimizer that utilizes several techniques to attempt to increase the speed of the user's PC include registry tuning (which is a practice that is often criticized by experts as producing no results) as well as hard drive scrubbing. The overall value of such PC performance optimization is questionable yet might offer some benefit depending on the overall usability of the PC.
About (from Smart PC Solutions)
Simple, Easy and Fast. With just the click of a button PC Maximizer will optimize your PC, remove potentially privacy risks and free up disk space. Simple and easy to use, the free diagnostic scan will help you identify items which can be cleaned or optimized to improve your PC performance and remove potential privac... Read more
Overview
It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. The primary executable is named SPMSmartScan.exe. Many users end up uninstalling this after less than a month of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 10 files and is usually about 2.68 MB (2,813,773 bytes).
- Malware detected in the program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- The wisdom of the experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in PC Speed Maximizer.
| SPMSmartScan.exe (5e44b6a0b810144f53511ea6bad2ae74) has been flagged by the following 5 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| AVG |
2014.0.3467 |
PCCleaner.B |
| Comodo Security |
16274 |
ApplicUnwnt |
| Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.13.06.13.05 |
Adware.Win32.SpeedingUpMyPC.AMN |
| eSafe |
7.0.17.0 |
Win32.Trojan |
| ESET-NOD32 |
7.8346 |
a variant of Win32/Adware.SpeedingUpMyPC.C |
| SPMLauncher.exe (49754a7139d204e17ed44239f2956752) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| AVG |
10.0.0.1190 |
PCCleaner.B |
| McAfee-GW-Edition |
2012.1 |
Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious-BAY.K |
| The Hacker |
None |
Posible_Worm32 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
9.700.0.1001 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0205 |
| PCSpeedMaximizer.exe (062f7270057a6fdabee34133d2edc554) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Comodo Security |
15634 |
UnclassifiedMalware |
| ESET-NOD32 |
8138 |
a variant of Win32/SpeedingUpMyPC |
PC Speed Maximizer has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
URL: pcspeedmaximizer.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\PC Speed Maximizer\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\PC Speed Maximizer\unins000.exe"
Estimated size: 2.68 MB
Files installed by PC Speed Maximizer v3.1
| Program executable: | SPMSmartScan.exe (Malware detected) |
| Name: | PC Speed Maximizer Smart Scan |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\PC Speed Maximizer\SPMSmartScan.exe |
| MD5: | 5e44b6a0b810144f53511ea6bad2ae74 |
| (From the publisher) “Smart PC provides you with all the tools to fix, clean and optimise the performance of your PC. Registry Problems: Regular use of computer makes the registry fragmented and cluttered with obsolete and invalid data. Smart...” |
Additional files:
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SPMGuard.exe - PC Speed Maximizer Performance Monitor (Performance Monitor)
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SPMReminder.exe
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SPMSmartScan.exe - PC Speed Maximizer Smart Scan
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SPMSchedule.exe - PC Speed Maximizer Schedule
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Startw3i.exe - PC Speed Maximizer Launcher
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PCSpeedMaximizer.exe - PC Speed Maximizer
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SPMLauncher.exe - Fix PC problems and optimize performance
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unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
Behaviors exhibited
Startup File (User Run)
- SPMLauncher.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'PC Speed Maximizer' and executes as C:\Program Files\PC Speed Maximizer\SPMLauncher.exe.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| SPMSmartScan.exe |
| Memory: | 1.37 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0003242898% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00008481% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00023948% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 34,911 | |
| Switches/sec: | 1 | |
| SPMReminder.exe |
| Memory: | 3.24 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0009370906% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00071482% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00022227% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 9,069 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 149 Bytes | |
| PCSpeedMaximizer.exe |
| Memory: | 49.78 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0040318266% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00133658% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00269525% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 135,932,368 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 24.9 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 136 Bytes | |
How do I remove PC Speed Maximizer?
You can uninstall PC Speed Maximizer 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 Speed Maximizer v3.1, 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 Speed Maximizer.
- 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) 60%
Win Vista 1%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 69%
Keep it 31%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
70.26% |
|
| Windows 10 |
18.03% |
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| Windows XP |
6.32% |
|
| Windows Vista |
5.39% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.96% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.75% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
8.25% |
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| Windows 8 |
8.02% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
6.37% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
4.95% |
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Geography
19.72% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
19.72% |
| Germany |
8.03% |
| Italy |
6.42% |
| France |
6.19% |
| Brazil |
3.44% |
| Spain |
3.44% |
| United Kingdom |
2.98% |
| Israel |
2.98% |
| Saudi Arabia |
2.75% |
| Malaysia |
2.29% |
| Netherlands |
2.29% |
| Sweden |
2.06% |
| Croatia |
1.83% |
| Indonesia |
1.83% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
28.42% |
|
| Acer |
18.84% |
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| Dell |
15.75% |
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| ASUS |
14.38% |
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| Samsung |
5.82% |
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| Toshiba |
5.14% |
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| GIGABYTE |
4.79% |
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| Lenovo |
3.77% |
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| Intel |
2.40% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.68% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
6.32% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
3.45% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
2.87% |
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| ASUSTeK X55A |
2.30% |
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| Dell Inspiron 1545 |
2.30% |
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| ASUSTeK K54C |
2.30% |
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