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Should I remove SLOW-PCfighter?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
51% remove it49% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
Global Rank #49,127
Reach 0.0015%

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.2.83 10.00%
1.2.80 3.33%
1.2.61 13.33%
1.1.81 30.00%
1.1.79 10.00%
1.1.76 10.00%
1.1.28 3.33%
1.0.93 13.33%
1.0.88 3.33%
1.0.82 3.33%

SLOW-PCfighter

What is SLOW-PCfighter?  (from SPAMfighter ApS)

SLOW-PCfighter uses many advanced technologies to analyze PC errors causing performance issues and speeds up a slow PC and enhances stability. Slow-PCfighter seeks out and removes all unused entries in your Windows registry from failed software, driver installations, invalid paths, wrong file references, or faulty unin...  Read more

Overview

SLOW-PCfighter is a program developed by SPAMfighter ApS. The most used version is 1.1.81, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program registers itself to launch on boot through a Windows Schedule Task in order to automatically start-up (this is typically done to avoid any UAC prompts). The main program executable is slow-pcfighter.exe. The software installer includes 13 files and is usually about 7.76 MB (8,140,696 bytes). UpDates.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows XP as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 45% of users of SLOW-PCfighter come from the United States, it is also popular in Belgium and France.
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Starts automatically
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in SLOW-PCfighter.
slow-pcfighter.exe (083392d830329c2744d8f1df8d206260) has been flagged by the following 22 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Agnitum Outpost 7.1.1 Suspicious
avast! 2014.9-130613 Win32:SlowPCfighter [PUP]
AVG 2014.0.3467 PSW.Banker6
Bitdefender 1.0.20.820 Trojan.Generic.KDV.94959
CAT-QuickHeal 6.13.12.00 Program.WinMaximizer (Not a Virus)
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 8.13.06.13.10 Trojan.Generic.KDV.94959
ESET-NOD32 7.8404 a variant of Win32/SlowPCfighter
Fortinet FortiGate 6/13/2013 Riskware/Tool
F-Prot v6.4.7.1.166 W32/RLPacked.B.gen
F-Secure 11.2013-13-06_5 Trojan.Generic.KDV.94959
G Data 13.6.22 Trojan.Generic.KDV.94959
IKARUS anti.virus t3scan.2.0.0.0 Trojan.SuspectCRC
K7 AntiVirus 13.168787 Unwanted-Program
Malwarebytes v2013.06.13.10 Trojan.Agent
McAfee 5600.7105 Generic.dx!083392D83032
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.7105 Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious-BAY.G
Microsoft Security Essentials 1.163.1557.0 Program:Win32/WinMaximizer
MicroWorld-eScan 14.0.0.492 Trojan.Generic.KDV.94959
Norman 10.20130613 Banker.FQBF
nProtect 13.06.02.02 Trojan.Generic.KDV.94959
Panda Antivirus 13.06.13.10 Generic Trojan
Sophos 4.89 Troj/Bifrose-ZG
       View all 22 all detections

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: SPAMfighter ApS
URL: www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Fighters\SLOW-PCfighter\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Fighters\SLOW-PCfighter\Uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 7.76 MB

Program filesFiles installed by SLOW-PCfighter

Program executable:slow-pcfighter.exe (Malware detected)
SLOW-PCfighter for Registry Cleaner
Path:C:\Program Files\fighters\slow-pcfighter\slow-pcfighter.exe
MD5:083392d830329c2744d8f1df8d206260
Additional files:
  • Uninstall.exe - Uninstall Application (SLOW-PCfighter Uninstall Application)
  • CommonToolkitSuiteLight.dll - Common Toolkit Suite (Common Toolkit Suite Light)
  • CommonToolkitSuiteLight_x64.dll
  • FighterSuiteLight.dll - FighterSuiteLight (Fighter Suite Light)
  • FighterSuiteLight_x64.dll
  • sfhtml.dll - SPAMfighter HTML (SPAMfighter HTML Engine)
  • MsgSys.exe - Fighters (Messager)
  • SetUp.exe - SLOW-PCfighter Installation Package
  • SetUp_x64.exe
  • UpDates.exe - SLOW-PCfighter Updates (SLOW-PCfighter for Registry Cleaner)
  • SLOW-PCfighter64.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • SLOW-PCfighter64.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SLOW-PCfighter.

How do I remove SLOW-PCfighter?

You can uninstall SLOW-PCfighter 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 SLOW-PCfighter, 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 SLOW-PCfighter.
  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.

HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 51%
Keep it 49%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#49,127

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 43.33%
Windows XP 40.00%
Windows Vista 16.67%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Microsoft Windows XP 40.00%
Windows 7 Ultimate 16.67%
Windows 7 Professional 13.33%
Windows 7 Home Premium 10.00%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 6.67%
Windows 7 Starter 3.33%

Distribution by countryGeography

45.45% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 45.45%
  Belgium 4.55%
  France 4.55%
  Netherlands 4.55%
  Czech Republic 4.55%
  Poland 4.55%
  Sweden 4.55%
  Finland 4.55%
  Turkey 2.27%
  Canada 2.27%
  Switzerland 2.27%
  Germany 2.27%
  Ecuador 2.27%
  Romania 2.27%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 28.00%
American Megatrends 12.00%
Acer 12.00%
Dell 8.00%
GIGABYTE 8.00%
Lenovo 8.00%
Gateway 4.00%
Sahara 4.00%
Compaq 4.00%
Medion 4.00%
Intel 4.00%
ASUS 4.00%
Common models
Micro-Star MS-7596 4.35%
MEDIONPC MS-7318 4.35%
LENOVO 0679 4.35%
HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook ... 4.35%
Dell Dell DV051 4.35%
NVIDIA AWRDACPI 4.35%

About (from SPAMfighter ApS.)

SPAMfighter, based in Denmark, is Europe's leading protection software developer, providing state-of-the-art computer, server and mobile device products to 8,435,692 users from 237 countries/areas around the globe.
Publisher URL: www.spamfighter.com

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expert comment
Tim (Expert)over a year ago
Very hard if not impossible to get rid of completely. There is much better programs available. Recommend to avoid slow pc fighter unless you want to see your PC crash. Disables the ability to remove programs, launches dozens processes to make your computer unusable. Very difficult to remove.