PCPrivacy.Tool Ransomware

PCPrivacy.Tool malware description and removal detail
Categories:Ransomware
Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%APPDATA%]\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\PCPrivacyTool unregistered.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\Install PCPrivacyTool .lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\PCPrivacyTool unregistered.lnk
[%APPDATA%]\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\PCPrivacyTool unregistered.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\Install PCPrivacyTool .lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\PCPrivacyTool unregistered.lnk

Platforms / OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Detecting PCPrivacy.Tool:

Files:
[%APPDATA%]\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\PCPrivacyTool unregistered.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\Install PCPrivacyTool .lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\PCPrivacyTool unregistered.lnk
[%APPDATA%]\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\PCPrivacyTool unregistered.lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\Install PCPrivacyTool .lnk
[%DESKTOP%]\PCPrivacyTool unregistered.lnk

Folders:
[%APPDATA%]\PCPrivacyTool
[%COMMON_PROGRAMS%]\PCPrivacyTool
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\PCPrivacyTool
[%PROGRAM_FILES_COMMON%]\PCPrivacyTool

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{645ff040-5081-101b-9f08-00aa002f954e}\shell\secure delete
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{b33de756-deee-4d7a-87db-1d905ba2aa21}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\background\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\drive\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\folder\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\systemfileassociations\directory.audio\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\systemfileassociations\directory.image\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\systemfileassociations\directory.video\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\pcprivacytool
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\gdc_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\pc drive tool
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\pcprivacytool
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\ugdccw

Registry Values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\shell extensions\approved

Removing PCPrivacy.Tool:

An up-to-date copy of ExterminateIt should detect and prevent infection from PCPrivacy.Tool.

If you do not have ExterminateIt and you are worried that you may have infected computer, you could run trial version of ExterminateIt, or remove PCPrivacy.Tool manually.

To completely manually remove PCPrivacy.Tool malware from your computer, you need to delete the Windows registry keys and registry values, the files and folders associated with PCPrivacy.Tool.

1. Use Task Manager to terminate the PCPrivacy.Tool process.
2. Delete the original PCPrivacy.Tool file and folders.
3. Delete the system registry key parameters
4. Update your antivirus databases or buy antivirus software and perform a full scan of the computer.

We recommends that all Internet users back up any important information on their computers, enable maximum protection from network attacks and malicious code on their computers, refrain from executing suspicious programs received from untrustworthy sources.

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