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Tag: PUP
Malwarebytes Acquires Junkware Removal Tool
As you know, Malwarebytes has worked hard on making a stance against Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) and through our diligent efforts…
“Unfriend Alert” Revision
Author’s Note: We at Malwarebytes continue to do our part in educating our product users and constant blog readers about day-to-day…
Fake Adblocker Bylekh is an LSP Hijacker
Recently, one of our researchers found a prime example of to what lengths advertisement pushers are willing to go, just to…
“WinYahoo” PUP Modifies Chrome Secure Preferences
Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) continue to plague consumers with annoying software that interferes with everyday computer use. This kind of software bloats…
Look out for PUPs claiming to be GOG Galaxy Client
In less than 30 hours after Good Old Games (GOG) announced that its fully optional client, GOG Galaxy, has entered the…
Beware of Cookie-Cutter Sites Serving Programs — They’re PUPs
We’ve recently encountered a number of URLs that, at first may appear to host a number of unrelated software, but if we…
Dell System Detect Vulnerability now classified as a PUP
UPDATE: After some updates of the latest versions of Dell System Detect, we have delisted this application from its previous classification…
Scheduled Tasks
Many years ago, I wrote a little batch file to find and delete Scheduled Tasks added by an adware variant called…
“Cracked” Minecraft? PUP Installer
If you’re on the fence about buying Minecraft, you may want to reconsider downloading a supposedly cracked version of the game…