Title: Live PC Care

Type: Rogue Antispyware

Remove Live PC Care. Removal instructions

Also known as: LivePCCare, LivePC Care, Live PCCare

Severity scale:

(72 / 100)

Live PC Care is a misleading anti-spyware application that simulates a system scan and reports false system security threats or infections to make you think your computer is infected with Trojans, spyware, adware, worms and other malicious software. The rogue application is basically a clone of Additional Guard, System Defender and Enterprise Suite. It is promoted through the use of Trojans that come from fake online scanners or other misleading websites. Once installed, Live PC Care will create several files on your PC and later will detect those files as infections. In order to remove the supposed infections you will be asked to pay for a full version of the program. However, this is a scam. Do not purchase it and uninstall Live PC Care from your computer as soon as possible.

[Figure 1. Live PC Care graphical user interface]

Live PC Care creates the following files: SM.dll, cb.drv, runddl.dll, CLSV.sys, ppal.sys, ppal.dll, PE.tmp, DBOLE.exe, DBOLE.sys, exec.dll, kernel32.drv, hymt.drv, FW.dll. Then the rogue program associates these files with the following malware infections:

Trojan-Spy.HTML.Bankfraud.ra
Virus.BAT.IBBM.ClsV
Trojan-Spy.Win32.WMPatch
Trojan-PSW.Win32.Hooker
Trojan-Spy.HTML.Paypal.hn
Trojan-PSW.Win32.Dripper
Trojan-SMS.J2ME.Redbrowser.a
Trojan-PSW.Win32.Delf.d

Of course, there are more than just these listed above and if you search for Virus.BAT.IBBM.ClsV you will find that such infection actually exist. However, LivePCCare just uses the real names of infection to make the scam look more realistic. Likely, the scammers took malware descriptions from viruslist.com. The only real infection is Live PC Care itself.
Furthermore, the misleading application will display fake security alerts and notifications to scare you into thinking your computer has many serious security/privacy threats. You will likely see fake security notifications with "Warning! Virus detected" header and malware name in the body of the warning. Infection will be randomly taken from the above list. And of course, Live PC Care will display the same infections on every compromised computer.

[Figure 2. Live PC Care fake system alerts]

The fake notifications read:

System alert!
Potentially harmful programs have been detected in your
system and need to be dealt with immediately. Click here to
remove them using Live PC Care.

System alert!
Live PC Care has detected potentially harmful software in
your system. It is strongly recommended that you register
Live PC Care to remove all found threats immediately.

System alert!
malicious applications, which may contains Trojans, were found
on your computer and are to be removed immediately. Click
here to remove these potentially harmful items using Live PC
Care.

Live PC Care is not a legitimate anti-spyware application and should be removed upon detection. Do not buy this software. If you have inadvertently purchased it, contact your credit card company and dispute the charges. Use the removal guide below or an automatic removal tool and remove Live PC Care from your computer as soon as possible. Please note that removal delay will likely make the situation more complicated, because this rogue application is able to download additional malware on your computer.

Related files: LP339.exe, LPCG.ico, 8233.mof, mozcrt19.dll, sqlite3.dll, vd952342.bd, lpcg.cfg, cookies.sqlite, Live PC Care.lnk, cb.drv, CLSV.sys, DBOLE.exe, DBOLE.sys, exec.dll, fan.exe, FW.dll, hymt.drv, kernel32.drv, PE.tmp, ppal.dll, ppal.sys, runddl.dll, sm.dll, search.xml

Live PC Care properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background

Automatic Live PC Care removal:

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SpyHunter is recommended remover to uninstall Live PC Care. You should confirm using free trial that it detects current version of parasite.

Note: Tested and Confirmed means that we have tested spyware remover with multiple versions of Live PC Care and got the best results. There might be updated or modified version of particular parasite that require manual killing of parasite process or an update. In such case try other removers in the line.

Manual assistance required means that one or all of removers were unable to remove parasite without some manual intervention, please read manul removal instructions below.

If you failed to remove Live PC Care using SpyHunter please report this to us.

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Live PC Care manual removal:

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Kill processes:
LP339.exe DBOLE.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\3
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3F2BBC05-40DF-11D2-9455-00104BC936FF}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xp_5ea56.DocHostUIHandler
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes "URL" = "http://search-gala.com/?&uid=7&q={searchTerms}"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download "RunInvalidSignatures" = "1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform "[xSP_2:117fc3395e69e29f71abba93a68c4181_7]"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes "URL" = "http://search-gala.com/?&uid=7&q={searchTerms}"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Live PC Care"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download "CheckExeSignatures" = "no"

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
mozcrt19.dll sqlite3.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
LP339.exe LPCG.ico 8233.mof mozcrt19.dll sqlite3.dll vd952342.bd lpcg.cfg cookies.sqlite Live PC Care.lnk cb.drv CLSV.sys DBOLE.exe DBOLE.sys exec.dll fan.exe FW.dll hymt.drv kernel32.drv PE.tmp ppal.dll ppal.sys runddl.dll SM.dll search.xml

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\117fc
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\LPCGSys
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Live PC Care

Information added: 2009-12-04 00:47:36
Information updated: 2011-09-07 18:09:13

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<Guest>

I am tired of Live PC care constantly popping up on my screen. How can I make it stop. I believe I went into a web sit and after that I now have the live pc care pop ups

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2010 01 31

<Guest>

remove pc care from my computer

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2010 02 02

<Guest>

remove pc care from my system pls

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2010 02 04

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