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File purpose and description:
Pcclean.exe is a file that would have been installed by you, it would not have arrived as preinstalled software. Always check the exact disk location which is shown to you below, to help verify the file is not spyware or virus related software. Spyware or virus writers often use similiar names and place files in other folders hoping to fool you into leaving their virus programs on your computer. This pcclean.exe file is an executable program named Complete Cleanup. It used for various disk cleanups and comes from SoftDD. It is safe to leave as is, this can be downloaded as a free trial from the SoftDD website at softdd.com. Once you close Complete Cleanup, this will disappear from your task list as the software is then shut down, this file is considered safe and is not virus, spyware, or adware related. (See the details below for the actual location of this file.)
Actual file or task name:
pcclean.exe
File type:
This is an executable program.
File or folder location:
Pcclean.exe will be found at C:\Program Files\Complete Cleanup\pcclean.exe
General information:
Be aware that many tasks will be similiar names to existing tasks or processes.
You can always view the running tasks on your computer by pressing ctrl-alt-del to view the windows
"task manager", and then view the "processes" tab. This will show you all tasks running or currently active
on your PC. Although this shows you all running tasks, it does not show dll file thats are loaded, as they
get loaded as part of other processes. Many spyware writers attempt to hide their files
on your computer, for example, pcclean.exe may be intentionally misspelled to look like a similiar task, or spyware may be named very
similiar to a Windows system task. The reason they do this is so you cannot easily recognize the name in your tasklist
as I have mentioned above. Make sure always check the location of the file if you are concerned.
You can always find the location of pcclean.exe on your computer by using your Windows search options, but
I will also try to list the file location of every file described on this website, so you can verify the correct location. You can view the entire tasklist directory with the link below.
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