Anyone heard of PPCLEAR?

erik · Post by **erik** » 14 Jul 2006 2:08 am

Using my spyware program I deleted a browser hijacker (which I believe was from Yahoo) and was required to restart my computer. Upon restart I got a small black "window" that was titled PPCLEAR. It was necessary for me to click a button to complete the process and continue loading windows? I could find very little about this on google. Apparently it means Parallel Problems. My registry repair program found no problems. Everything runs fine just wondering what this all means.

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-johnson

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 14 Jul 2006 7:59 am

Eric;
It is possible/probable that the window you see is the result of a registry entry for the spyware you removed not finding the executable it is looking to launch. That means you have not completely removed all traces of the threat.

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Dave Potter · Post by **Dave Potter** » 14 Jul 2006 8:49 am

Sure you typed (or read) it correctly?

I get a lot of info on "ppcleaN.exe", nothing on "ppclear".

erik · Post by **erik** » 14 Jul 2006 2:24 pm

Perhaps it WAS ppclean as that does come up on many search pages. It appears to be associated with anti-spyware programs, one being Computer Associates who makes my spyware scanner. That must be why it said i needed to restart my computer. I still believe the hijacker was part of the software from Yahoo. I have seen searches come up withs ads stating towns close to where i live. Apparently Yahoo was compiling data to target ads.

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[This message was edited by erik on 14 July 2006 at 03:25 PM.]

Dave Potter · Post by **Dave Potter** » 14 Jul 2006 2:28 pm

OK, erik, and, just shooting in the dark here, but, if it were me, I'd be persuing it that way, and, when I "googled" pcclean.exe, I got several hits on where to look for entries to deal with the problem - "entries" meaning in the registry and on the hard drive.
[This message was edited by Dave Potter on 14 July 2006 at 03:29 PM.]