PUP.Optional.SystemKeeperPro

Short bio

PUP.Optional.SystemKeeperPro is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that claims to be a system optimizer for Windows systems.

Symptoms

Affected systems will have these icons in their startmenu, taskbar, and on their desktop.

This is the GUI of the program:

Users may notice tooltips like this one:

Type and source of infection

System optimizers like PUP.Optional.SystemKeeperPro are usually installed by users themselves based on false promises.

Protection

Malwarebytes blocks PUP.Optional.SystemKeeperPro

and by blocking their domain;

Malwarebytes blocks systemkeeperpro.us