Most people associate malvertising with malware and the Windows platform. Indeed, the vast majority (and most damaging) attacks that happen thanks…
Tag: PUP
PUP Friday: Content Protector
Content Protector or Content Defender as it was called before, is an adware not to be confused with the legitimate WordPress…
Youndoo creates new Chrome profile
We have found members of the Elex family to create an extra Firefox profile and wrote about it on our blog…
PUP Friday: Let’s talk generic
The detection name of PUP.Optional.Downloader is probably as non-specific as you can get when it comes to identifying what particular unwanted…
Explained: WMI hijackers
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) hijackers are proving to be a plague to remove for the average user. Even experienced users may…
Malwarebytes gets tougher on PUPs
Several years ago, I blogged that we would be increasing how aggressive we would be in detecting Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) and…
A week in security (Sep 25 – Oct 01)
Last week, we touched on security groups forming alliances to address chunks of cybersecurity issues currently affecting us, the latest of…
PUP Friday: Nikoff Security redux
Last Friday, I wrote about a set of 6 PUP apps by Nikoff Security. This week, there have been some new developments in…
PUP Friday: Nikoff Security
My attention was drawn a few weeks ago to a group of 6 apps in the Mac App Store, all made…
PUP Friday: MPlayerX
MPlayerX began to be associated with malware about two years ago, or possibly even longer. Back in 2014, an emerging piece…