Drive Cleaner is a misleading application, which gives exaggerated reports of security and privacy risks on a computer. The program then prompts the user to purchase a registered version of the software in order to remove the reported risks.

Category: Adware

Risk Level: Low

Related Files and Process:

  • %ProgramFiles%\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\InstHelp.exe
  • %ProgramFiles%\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\UDC2006.exe
  • %ProgramFiles%\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\UDC2006.xml
  • %ProgramFiles%\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\UDC6.url
  • %ProgramFiles%\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\UDCPChk.dll
  • %ProgramFiles%\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\UDCShell.dll
  • %ProgramFiles%\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\UDCShell.xml
  • %ProgramFiles%\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\UninstallPage.html
  • %ProgramFiles%\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\Updater.exe
  • %ProgramFiles%\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\pv.exe
  • %ProgramFiles%\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\readme.rtf
  • %ProgramFiles%\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\sr.log
  • %ProgramFiles%\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\unins000.exe
  • C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\DriveCleaner 2006 HomePage.lnk
  • C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\DriveCleaner 2006.lnk
  • C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\DriveCleaner Online Support.lnk
  • C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\Uninstall DriveCleaner 2006.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Desktop\DriveCleaner 2006 Free.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\UDC6_0001_D10M2905\installer.exe

Symptoms: A dialog box showing scanned Privacy Violations on computer and finds the following threats:

View Complete Information and Removal: DriveCleaner

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Source: Symantec