• A potentially unwanted program (PUP) or potentially unwanted application (PUA) is software that a user may perceive as unwanted or unnecessary. It is...
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  • and anti-virus companies have also used other terms such as "potentially unwanted programs" or greyware to denote these products. In the 2010 WebcamGate...
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    of preventing illicit copying. Potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) are applications that would be considered unwanted despite often being intentionally...
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    specializing in unwanted software which includes advertising and user tracking software, commonly referred to as a potentially unwanted program, adware, privacy-invasive...
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  • after Malwarebytes' software began targeting SpyHunter as a potentially unwanted program. On November 7, 2017, Enigma's case was dismissed by the US District...
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  • low-cost AM radio introduced in 1925 Pup tent, an older tent style Potentially unwanted program, a category of generally harmless software installed on a system...
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  • OpenCandy was an adware module and a potentially unwanted program classified as malware by many anti-virus vendors. They flagged OpenCandy due to its undesirable...
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  • feature. In 2003, antispyware program Spybot classified WildTangent's original WebDriver as a potentially unwanted program. In 2011, WildTangent challenged...
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    Zango (company) (category Articles containing potentially dated statements from April 2010)
    software is listed as adware by Symantec, and is also labeled as a potentially unwanted program by McAfee. Zango was co-founded by two brothers: Keith Smith...
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    Cheat Engine (category Lua (programming language)-scriptable software)
    forums. The installers of Cheat Engine are known to include potentially unwanted programs which are often bloatware or malware, and as a result, most...
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  • be malware themselves. While not a virus, the program is referred to as a "potentially unwanted program" by some in the computer industry. Wonham, Linc...
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  • InstallCore (category Programming tools)
    anti-virus software. The platform and its programs have been rated potentially unwanted programs (PUP) or potentially unwanted applications (PUA) by anti-malware...
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    2022-11-18. "Ease of installation". VPNpro. Retrieved 2022-11-18. "Potentially Unwanted Program". Techopedia. 8 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2022-11-18...
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  • Ask.com to bundle potentially unwanted programs with the browser. Users may be asked to install search toolbars or adware programs during installation...
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  • The Unwanted Undead Adventurer (Japanese: 望まぬ不死の冒険者, Hepburn: Nozomanu Fushi no Bōkensha) is a Japanese light novel series written by Yū Okano and illustrated...
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  • extension. Internet portal AdGuard Adware Advertising management Potentially unwanted program "Index of /releases". Index of /releases. Adblock. Archived from...
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  • MegaPanzer – Trojan horses that used file binders for distribution. Potentially unwanted program – sometimes have used file binders for distribution. "What Is...
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    an advertising software module classified as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) or potentially unwanted application (PUA) by some anti-malware products...
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    MalwareBytes has adopted the stance, as of 2019, that CDex contains potentially unwanted programs and thus flags the CDex package as malware. The rolling back...
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  • applications. The toolbar program appears to cause significant RAM issues and can be considered an intrusive potentially unwanted program (PUP). Once installed...
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    pop-ups can be used to coerce users into downloading malware or potentially unwanted programs. The chatbot technology can improve security by cyber defense...
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  • transfers it to a third party. This toolbar has been identified as Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) by Malwarebytes and is typically bundled with free downloads...
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  • of the two earliest internetworking communications protocols Potentially unwanted program, computer malware COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment, available...
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  • permission. It is classified as "aggressive adware" for installing potentially unwanted program applications and serving ads. As of April 2016, Shedun malware...
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    Proxy server (category Articles containing potentially dated statements from September 2021)
    have identified and analyzed logs that have been classified as potentially unwanted program and exposed a range of unauthorized activities conducted by RESIP...
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  • reminiscent of a potentially unwanted program (PUP), problems uninstalling the add-on have been widely reported, and the add-on could potentially make a web...
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  • with Foxit PDF Editor. The Foxit installer was bundled with potentially unwanted programs like the Ask Toolbar and OpenCandy which installed the browser-hijacking...
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  • Potentially Unwanted Program borrows tricks from malware authors, Malwarebytes unpacked (blog), Jérôme Segura, 31 December 2014 Potentially Unwanted Programs...
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  • and/or unanticipated components and offers (which are known as potentially unwanted programs) are marked as such. Softpedia does not repack software for...
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  • many, if not all, of Mindspark's programs and toolbars were commonly classified as potentially unwanted programs, which may be installed without the...
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