Spy Cleaner Platinum

It is a rogue security program. A Rogue Security Program is software that purports to scan and detect malware or other problems on the computer, but which attempts to dupe or badger users into purchasing the program by presenting the user with intrusive, deceptive warnings and/or false, misleading scan results. Rogue Security Programs typically use aggressive, deceptive advertising and may be installed without adequate notice and consent, often though exploits.0

General information:

Malware Name:	Spy Cleaner Platinum
Malware Type:	Rogue Security Program
Company Name:	TopDownloads.Net
Company URL:	http://topdownloads.net/
Threat Level:	Moderate Risk
Operating System:	WIN XP
Installation Type:	Installed through EXE
Operation:	Time of After Installation.

Company Description:

TopDownload.Net provides various software. One of its software is Spy Cleaner Platinum. Spy Cleaner Platinum works as a guard for us and keep check on spyware. It assists us to check our computer for any spyware and if found removes it. Spy Cleaner has a huge database of spy components which infects the system. Through this database SpyCleaner Platinum accurately recognizes and removes these components from our system.

Spyware Description:

It is a rogue security program. A Rogue Security Program is software that purports to scan and detect malware or other problems on the computer, but which attempts to dupe or badger users into purchasing the program by presenting the user with intrusive, deceptive warnings and/or false, misleading scan results. Rogue Security Programs typically use aggressive, deceptive advertising and may be installed without adequate notice and consent, often though exploits.0

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It has many options allowing us to access the varying functionality within the application. -> Scanning comes in two options the regular scan and a deep scan. -> It provides as much details regarding the spyware it can find, sometimes including complete company description -> Show an activity log which displays the aspects of our system which were scanned and cleaned. -> On Guard System protect technology -> System Folder Scan0

Additional information might be found here:

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Processes Running:

Spy Cleaner Platinum.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\Spy Cleaner Platinum\Spy Cleaner Platinum.lnk	1586	Shortcut
C:\Program Files\Spy Cleaner Platinum\Help\images\Result.jpg	180008	JPEG Image
C:\Program Files\Spy Cleaner Platinum\Help\images\safemode.jpg	77166	JPEG Image

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\Spy Cleaner Platinum\Backup
C:\Program Files\Spy Cleaner Platinum\Help

Registry information Created after Installation: