Powerscan Adware

Powerscan malware description and removal detail
Categories:Adware
Also known as:

[Panda]Adware/PowerScan

Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\powerscan.exe
[%PROGRAMS%]\power scan\power scan.lnk
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\powerscan.exe
[%PROGRAMS%]\power scan\power scan.lnk

In order to ensure that the Powerscan is launched automatically each time the system is booted, the Powerscan adds a link to its executable file in the system registry:
HKLM\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\powerscan.exe

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

Detecting Powerscan:

Files:
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\powerscan.exe
[%PROGRAMS%]\power scan\power scan.lnk
[%PROFILE_TEMP%]\powerscan.exe
[%PROGRAMS%]\power scan\power scan.lnk

Folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\power scan
[%STARTMENU%]\programs\power scan
[%PROFILE%]\start menu\programs\power scan

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\powerscan
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\power scan
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\powerscan

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\moduleusage\[%WINDOWS%]/downloaded program files/pcpowerscan.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\moduleusage\[%WINDOWS%]/downloaded program files/pcpowerscan.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run

Removing Powerscan:

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

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 Powerscan manually.

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

  1. Use Task Manager to terminate the Powerscan process.
  2. Delete the original Powerscan 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.


ExterminateIt effectively and automatically removes Powerscan from you computer and is a good solution for those who are seeking easy and effective protection for their computer from Trojan Horses, Rootkits, Backdoors, spyware, botnets, keystroke loggers, dialers and other malicious software(malware).

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