What is uphclean.dll?

uphclean.dll is part of User Profile Hive Cleanup Service and developed by Microsoft Corporation according to the uphclean.dll version information.

uphclean.dll's description is "User Profile Hive Cleanup Service"

uphclean.dll is usually located in the 'c:\program files\uphclean\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected uphclean.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on uphclean.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameUser Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionUser Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Internal nameuphclean.exe
Original filenameuphclean.exe
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Product version2.0.48.0
File version2.0.48.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameUser Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Company nameMicrosoft Corporation
File descriptionUser Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Internal nameuphclean.exe
Original filenameuphclean.exe
Legal copyright© Microsoft Corporation. All rights..
Product version2.0.48.0
File version2.0.48.0

Digital signatures [?]

uphclean.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

1 of the 45 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the uphclean.dll file. That's a 2% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Jiangmin Trojan/Pincav.lzw
1 of the 45 anti-virus programs detected the uphclean.dll file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5a4ff1ae21b1a40599b8ae3bc50619b7a
SHA256bd3e38622b50efd9d43b102da9760cb96e30c17e8e383f05afccb0cd66ff9078

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with uphclean.dll. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 1 user.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
1

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with uphclean.dll. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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