PUP.Optional.RocketPC is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a system optimizer for Windows systems published by Solvusoft.
During the installation of PUP.Optional.RocketPC you may see screens like these:
When the software is active users may see screens like these:
You may see this entry in your list of installed Programs and Features:
and users may notice this list of Scheduled Tasks:
PUP.Optional.RocketPC is a potentially unwanted program (PUP). These so-called “system optimizers” use intentional false positives to convince users that their systems have problems. Then they try to sell you their software, claiming it will remove these problems.
PUP.Optional.RocketPC is usually installed by users themselves and can be downloaded from their website.
Malwarebytes protects users from PUP.Optional.RocketPC by using real-time protection.
Malwarebytes can detect and remove PUP.Optional.RocketPC without further user interaction.
A Malwarebytes log of removal will look similar to this:
Malwarebytes www.malwarebytes.com -Log Details- Scan Date: 3/8/19 Scan Time: 10:22 AM Log File: a8fd07c0-4183-11e9-af1a-00ffdcc6fdfc.json -Software Information- Version: 3.7.1.2839 Components Version: 1.0.538 Update Package Version: 1.0.9594 License: Premium -System Information- OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 CPU: x64 File System: NTFS User: {computername}\{username} -Scan Summary- Scan Type: Threat Scan Scan Initiated By: Manual Result: Completed Objects Scanned: 236587 Threats Detected: 33 Threats Quarantined: 33 Time Elapsed: 4 min, 59 sec -Scan Options- Memory: Enabled Startup: Enabled Filesystem: Enabled Archives: Enabled Rootkits: Enabled Heuristics: Enabled PUP: Detect PUM: Detect -Scan Details- Process: 0 (No malicious items detected) Module: 0 (No malicious items detected) Registry Key: 18 PUP.Optional.OptimizerEliteMax, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TREE\PERFMONITOR_STRTP, Quarantined, [3213], [306455],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.OptimizerEliteMax, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TASKS\{63A0E5ED-65DA-4937-90BE-F5F9285D7FA6}, Quarantined, [3213], [306455],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.OptimizerEliteMax, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\LOGON\{63A0E5ED-65DA-4937-90BE-F5F9285D7FA6}, Quarantined, [3213], [306455],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TREE\RocketPC_pp1, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TASKS\{C3A068D4-C3DF-4EFD-A31B-6B475ED2B782}, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\PLAIN\{C3A068D4-C3DF-4EFD-A31B-6B475ED2B782}, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TREE\RocketPC_pp2_1, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TASKS\{BA5FBF1B-F50C-4DA1-AACE-27CB8821C87C}, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\PLAIN\{BA5FBF1B-F50C-4DA1-AACE-27CB8821C87C}, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TREE\RocketPC_pp2_2, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TASKS\{9694F7DB-2818-4D71-A386-0D2A144556A8}, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\PLAIN\{9694F7DB-2818-4D71-A386-0D2A144556A8}, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TREE\RocketPC_pp2_3, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TASKS\{9C50B806-2E5E-49A3-8C14-2DBC388A3D29}, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\PLAIN\{9C50B806-2E5E-49A3-8C14-2DBC388A3D29}, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TREE\RocketPC_pp3_1, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TASKS\{0A1BE82C-F975-4B2E-B0C6-B694A1230F1F}, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\PLAIN\{0A1BE82C-F975-4B2E-B0C6-B694A1230F1F}, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 Registry Value: 1 PUP.Optional.OptimizerEliteMax, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TASKS\{63A0E5ED-65DA-4937-90BE-F5F9285D7FA6}|PATH, Quarantined, [3213], [306457],1.0.9594 Registry Data: 0 (No malicious items detected) Data Stream: 0 (No malicious items detected) Folder: 0 (No malicious items detected) File: 14 PUP.Optional.OptimizerEliteMax, C:\WINDOWS\TASKS\PERFMONITOR_STRTP.job, Quarantined, [3213], [306455],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.OptimizerEliteMax, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\TASKS\PERFMONITOR_STRTP, Quarantined, [3213], [306455],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, C:\WINDOWS\TASKS\RocketPC_pp1.job, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\TASKS\RocketPC_pp1, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, C:\WINDOWS\TASKS\RocketPC_pp2_1.job, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\TASKS\RocketPC_pp2_1, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, C:\WINDOWS\TASKS\RocketPC_pp2_2.job, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\TASKS\RocketPC_pp2_2, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, C:\WINDOWS\TASKS\RocketPC_pp2_3.job, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\TASKS\RocketPC_pp2_3, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, C:\WINDOWS\TASKS\RocketPC_pp3_1.job, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\TASKS\RocketPC_pp3_1, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\ROCKETPC\RPCEX.EXE, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 PUP.Optional.RocketPC, C:\USERS\{username}\DESKTOP\SETUP_ROCKETPC_2018.EXE, Quarantined, [12790], [524469],1.0.9594 Physical Sector: 0 (No malicious items detected) WMI: 0 (No malicious items detected) (end)
Should users wish to keep this program and exclude it from being detected in future scans, they can add the program to the exclusions list. Here’s how to do it.
If you want to allow the program to connect to the Internet, for example to fetch updates, also add an exclusion of the type Allow an application to connect to the internet and use the Browse button to select the file you wish to grant access.
You may see these entries in FRST logs:
(SOLVUSOFT CORPORATION -> Solvusoft) C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\RocketPC.exe C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\RocketPC_pp3_1 C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\RocketPC_pp2_3 C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\RocketPC_pp2_2 C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\RocketPC_pp2_1 C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\RocketPC_pp1 C:\Windows\Tasks\RocketPC_pp2_3.job C:\Windows\Tasks\RocketPC_pp2_2.job C:\Windows\Tasks\RocketPC_pp2_1.job C:\Windows\Tasks\RocketPC_pp3_1.job C:\Windows\Tasks\RocketPC_pp1.job C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\RocketPC_period C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\PerfMonitor_once C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\PerfMonitor_strtp C:\Users\Public\Desktop\RocketPC.lnk C:\Windows\Tasks\PerfMonitor_strtp.job C:\Windows\Tasks\PerfMonitor_once.job C:\Windows\Tasks\RocketPC_period.job C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\RocketPC C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\RocketPC C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC (Solvusoft ) C:\Users\{username}\Desktop\Setup_RocketPC_2018.exe RocketPC (HKLM-x32\...\RocketPC_is1) (Version: 1.2.2.105 - Solvusoft) Task: {0A1BE82C-F975-4B2E-B0C6-B694A1230F1F} - System32\Tasks\RocketPC_pp3_1 => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\RPCEx.exe (SOLVUSOFT CORPORATION -> Solvusoft) Task: {63A0E5ED-65DA-4937-90BE-F5F9285D7FA6} - System32\Tasks\PerfMonitor_strtp => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\PerformanceMonitor.exe (SOLVUSOFT CORPORATION -> Solvusoft) Task: {67F4DAF2-9665-41F7-9D16-47CE57ABBF2B} - System32\Tasks\PerfMonitor_once => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\PerformanceMonitor.exe (SOLVUSOFT CORPORATION -> Solvusoft) Task: {893F3C7D-5DC9-4410-88B2-4DAB24430909} - System32\Tasks\RocketPC_period => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\RocketPC.exe (SOLVUSOFT CORPORATION -> Solvusoft) Task: {9694F7DB-2818-4D71-A386-0D2A144556A8} - System32\Tasks\RocketPC_pp2_2 => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\RPCEx.exe (SOLVUSOFT CORPORATION -> Solvusoft) Task: {9C50B806-2E5E-49A3-8C14-2DBC388A3D29} - System32\Tasks\RocketPC_pp2_3 => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\RPCEx.exe (SOLVUSOFT CORPORATION -> Solvusoft) Task: {BA5FBF1B-F50C-4DA1-AACE-27CB8821C87C} - System32\Tasks\RocketPC_pp2_1 => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\RPCEx.exe (SOLVUSOFT CORPORATION -> Solvusoft) Task: {C3A068D4-C3DF-4EFD-A31B-6B475ED2B782} - System32\Tasks\RocketPC_pp1 => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\RPCEx.exe (SOLVUSOFT CORPORATION -> Solvusoft) Task: C:\Windows\Tasks\PerfMonitor_once.job => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\PerformanceMonitor.exe Task: C:\Windows\Tasks\PerfMonitor_strtp.job => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\PerformanceMonitor.exe Task: C:\Windows\Tasks\RocketPC_period.job => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\RocketPC.exe Task: C:\Windows\Tasks\RocketPC_pp1.job => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\RPCEx.exe Task: C:\Windows\Tasks\RocketPC_pp2_1.job => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\RPCEx.exe Task: C:\Windows\Tasks\RocketPC_pp2_2.job => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\RPCEx.exe Task: C:\Windows\Tasks\RocketPC_pp2_3.job => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\RPCEx.exe Task: C:\Windows\Tasks\RocketPC_pp3_1.job => C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\RPCEx.exe (Soraco Technologies Inc -> Soraco Technologies Inc.) [File not signed] C:\Program Files (x86)\RocketPC\IsLicense50.dll
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