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PUPs and more specifically system optimizers have been found turning to tech support scams to increase the amount of money they can take from their unsuspecting customers.

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Tags: potentially unwanted programs PUP system optimizer tech support tech support scam TSS

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Adware the series, part 1

April 26, 2017 admin ad fraud, Adware, cache, extensions, potentially unwanted programs, PUP

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 15:00:50 +0000

In this series, we will be using the below flowchart to follow the process of determining which adware we are dealing with. The idea is to give you an idea of how many different types of adware are around for Windows systems.

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Tags: ad fraud adware cache extensions potentially unwanted programs PUP

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Report: Cybercrime climate shifts dramatically in first quarter

April 13, 2017 admin Adware, Android malware, celebgate, Cerber, Chris Boyd, cybercrime, cybercrime tactics and techniques, dridex, eitest, exit scam, exploit kit, fappening, Findzip, hiddenads.lck, hoeflertext, intra market fraud, jisut, Locky, mac malware, malspam, malware, Malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, necurs, potentially unwanted programs, Powershell, PUP, Q1 2017, ransomware, RIG exploit kit, sage, Social engineering, spora, survey scams, tech support scammers, Threat analysis, vault 7, windows malware, WWE dump

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:00:09 +0000

The first quarter of 2017 brought with it some significant changes to the threat landscape and we aren’t talking about heavy ransomware distribution either. Threats which were previously believed to be serious contenders this year have nearly vanished entirely, while new threats and infection techniques have forced the security community to reconsider collection and analysis efforts.

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Tags: adware android malware celebgate cerber Chris Boyd cybercrime cybercrime tactics and techniques dridex eitest exit scam exploit kit fappening Findzip hiddenads.lck hoeflertext intra market fraud jisut Locky mac malware malspam Malwarebytes malwarebytes labs necurs potentially unwanted programs powershell PUP Q1 2017 ransomware RIG exploit kit sage Social Engineering Spora survey scams tech support scammers vault 7 windows malware WWE dump

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Chinese PUPs and backdoor drivers: making systems less secure since 2013

March 20, 2017 admin IOCTL, malware, PUP, PUP/PUM, pups, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Zammis Clark| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:00:03 +0000

In this blog, we expose a family of backdoor drivers that have been included in various PUPs of Chinese origin for several years.

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Spigot browser hijackers

February 8, 2017 admin browser hijacker, Pieter Arntz, potentially unwanted programs, PUP, PUP/PUM, Spigot

Spigot browser hijackers of this family are easy to recognize and in our opinion hardly worth installing because they add no more functionality then a few bookmarks. We hope this post helps you to avoid them in the future.

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Tags: browser hijacker Pieter Arntz potentially unwanted programs PUP Spigot

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Why Malwarebytes detects PC Pitstop as Potentially Unwanted

January 18, 2017 admin Disk MD, Driver Alert, Malwarebytes, Optimize, PC Magnum, PC Matic, PC Pitstop, Potentially Unwanted, PUP, PUP.Optional, PUP/PUM

PC Pitstop makes several products including PC Matic, PC Magnum, Optimize, Driver Alert, and Disk MD. As of a few weeks ago, we detect these products as PUP.Optional, here is why.

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Tags: Disk MD Driver Alert Malwarebytes Optimize PC Magnum PC Matic PC Pitstop Potentially Unwanted PUP PUP.Optional

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