PUP – Page 2 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Marcin Kleczynski| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:00:16 +0000

This week, a United States District Court judge ruled in Malwarebytes’ favor, dismissing a lawsuit brought against us by Enigma Software Group USA LLC (“Enigma”). Essentially, they sued us because we classified two of their software programs as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs).

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November 9, 2017 admin

Winning the battle against PUPs – on your computer and in U.S. District Court

Credit to Author: Marcin Kleczynski| Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:00:16 +0000

This week, a United States District Court judge ruled in Malwarebytes favor, dismissing a lawsuit brought against us by Enigma Software Group USA LLC (“Enigma”). Essentially, they sued us because we classified two of their software programs as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs).

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Tags: Enigma Enigma Software potentially unwanted programs PUM PUP PUPs RegHunter SpyHunter

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July 19, 2017 admin

Adware the series, the final: Tools section

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:00:46 +0000

The final episode of our adware series talks specifically about the tools that we use in identifying adware and the places where it lurks on a system.

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June 28, 2017 admin

Adware the series, part 6

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:00:13 +0000

In this part of the series, we are going to have a look at types of adware that are very hard to find and remove, like ADS, rootkits, and file-less infections.

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June 22, 2017 admin

Solution Corner: Malwarebytes Incident Response

Credit to Author: Dana Torgersen| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:40:41 +0000

Unless you’ve been stuck at a fiery music festival, I don’t need to tell you the threat landscape is constantly evolving and that threats have become increasingly sophisticated at evading detection. Recent Malwarebytes Labs reports, including the 2017 State of Malware shine a light on just how fast these threats continue to spread around the…

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June 8, 2017 admin

Adware the series, part 5

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 14:00:49 +0000

Part 5 of this adware series shows the reader how the can use Process Explorer to have a close look at other files that are interacting with a suspicious process.

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May 31, 2017 admin

Adware the series, part 4

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 14:00:18 +0000

Adware loves to use Scheduled Tasks and Windows services as a timer to show you their advertisements at set intervals. This post tells you how to delete and disable them.

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May 10, 2017 admin