Results for 'potentially unwanted program'
Potentially Unwanted Miners – Toolbar Peddlers Use Your System To Make BTC
November 29, 2013 - Potentially Unwanted Programs or PUPs as we like to call them, are things like Toolbars, Search Agents, etc. Unnecessary junk for...
State of Malware 2024: What consumers need to know
February 6, 2024 - The State of Malware 2024 report covers some topics that are of special interest to home users: privacy, passwords, malvertising, banking Trojans, and Mac malware.
“I’ll miss him so much” Facebook scam uses BBC branding to lure victims
January 16, 2024 - We found a Facebook scam that aims to redirect victims to sites promoting PUPs, adware, or other fraudulent sites.
YouTube launches “global effort” to block ad blockers
November 2, 2023 - The ongoing struggle between YouTube and ad blockers is turning ugly. Users are left with the choice between paying for Premium or watching ads.
Mobile PUP
Short bio PUPs use the mobile platform and trusting nature of users to install an app which might have cool functionality...
