Emsisoft Malware-Info

Name: Adware.Win32.PCLiveGuard

Risklevel: Low Risk

Description:

PC Live Guard is a fraud application that shows false warning messages and misleading scan results. Come from the following family: Additional Guard, Enterprise Suite, System Defender, Windows Enterprise Defender, Windows PC Defender, etc. This adware create numerous junk files on your computer, usually at Recent folder, that are used to impersonate malware files. Once the program is running it will scan your computer and then display these files as infections, but will not allow you to remove them until you purchase the program.

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More details about this danger:

Installation: Installed through EXE

Process: %random%.exe

Screenshots:

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Used folders:

  • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins\
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM\Logs\
  • C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\58969\
  • C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\PCOSOXTLLG\
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\lr1h35z0.default\
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\PC Live Guard\
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Desktop\
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Desktop\BackUp\
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Desktop\PCLGSys\
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\

Used files:

  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Desktop\BackUp\HyperSnap-DX.lnk
    [650 Bytes] LNK File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Desktop\PCLGSys\vd952342.bd
    [11859 Bytes] BD File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\ANTIGEN.sys
    [33 Bytes] SYS File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\cb.drv
    [47 Bytes] DRV File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\ddv.sys
    [71 Bytes] SYS File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\exec.exe
    [53 Bytes] EXE File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\fix.drv
    [9 Bytes] DRV File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\gid.exe
    [12 Bytes] EXE File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\grid.dll
    [18 Bytes] DLL File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\pal.dll
    [53 Bytes] DLL File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\pal.exe
    [63 Bytes] EXE File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\PE.drv
    [5 Bytes] DRV File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\PE.sys
    [62 Bytes] SYS File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Recent\SICKBOY.sys
    [4 Bytes] SYS File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\PC Live Guard.lnk
    [1742 Bytes] LNK File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\PC Live Guard.lnk
    [1748 Bytes] LNK File
  • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins\search.xml
    [1208 Bytes] XML File
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMMAND.COM
    [50620 Bytes] COM File
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\DOSX.EXE
    [53840 Bytes] EXE File
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\HIMEM.SYS
    [4768 Bytes] SYS File
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCDEXNT.EXE
    [817 Bytes] EXE File
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\REDIR.EXE
    [3338 Bytes] EXE File
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
    [6794 Bytes] File
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM\Logs\mofcomp.log
    [12064 Bytes] LOG File
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM\Logs\wbemprox.log
    [551 Bytes] LOG File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\58969\PCf4c.exe
    [1926656 Bytes] EXE File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\58969\PCLG.ico
    [4286 Bytes] ICO File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\PCOSOXTLLG\PCYKMWLG.cfg
    [18267 Bytes] CFG File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\PC Live Guard.lnk
    [1760 Bytes] LNK File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\lr1h35z0.default\prefs.js
    [1636 Bytes] JS File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\PC Live Guard\cookies.sqlite
    [4096 Bytes] SQLITE File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\PC Live Guard\Instructions.ini
    [1189 Bytes] INI File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Desktop\528.mof
    [324 Bytes] MOF File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Desktop\mozcrt19.dll
    [722392 Bytes] DLL File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Desktop\PC Live Guard.lnk
    [1742 Bytes] LNK File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Desktop\sqlite3.dll
    [457688 Bytes] DLL File

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