ThreatExpert's awareness of the file "cleaner.exe":

Across all ThreatExpert reports, the file "cleaner.exe" once been identified as a threat.

File "cleaner.exe" has the following statistics:

Total number of reports analysed	611,932
Number of cases that involved the file "cleaner.exe"	18
Number of incidents when this file was found to be a threat	1
Statistical volume of cases when "cleaner.exe" was a threat	6%

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The file "cleaner.exe" is known to be created under the following filenames:

%MyDocuments%\dvdvideosoft\cleaner.exe

%ProgramFiles%\aio security manager\utils\cleaner.exe

%ProgramFiles%\auto cleaner\cleaner.exe

%ProgramFiles%\foxie suite\cleaner.exe

%ProgramFiles%\last.fm\cleaner.exe

%ProgramFiles%\swiftsecuritysuite\utils\cleaner.exe

%ProgramFiles%\system cleaner\cleaner.exe

%ProgramFiles%\the cleaner\cleaner.exe

%ProgramFiles%\total cleaner\cleaner.exe

%Temp%\cleaner.exe

c:\driver\cleaner.exe

Notes:

%MyDocuments% is a variable that refers to the file system directory used to physically store a user's common repository of documents. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\My Documents.
%ProgramFiles% is a variable that refers to the Program Files folder. A typical path is C:\Program Files.
%Temp% is a variable that refers to the temporary folder in the short path form. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Local Settings\Temp\ (Windows NT/2000/XP).

The file "cleaner.exe" has the following possible country of origin:

Origin		Number of Incidents
	Russian Federation	1

The following threats are known to be associated with the file "cleaner.exe":

Threat Alias	Number of Incidents
Hoax.Win32.BadJoke.Stript [Kaspersky Lab]	1
Joke.Stript [Symantec]	1
Joke/Scared [Sophos]	1
Joke:Win32/Stript [Microsoft]	1
JOKE_32 [Trend Micro]	1
Joke-Scared [McAfee]	1
not-a-virus:BadJoke.Win32.Stript [Ikarus]	1
Win-Joke/Stript [AhnLab]	1