What are PUPs? PUPs are not things; PUPs is an acronym for Potentially Unwanted Programs. It really should be PUS, Potentially Unwanted Software – but PUS doesn’t sound very nice – though PUS might be closer to what you get when you install PUPs (or malware) on your computer. PUPs are what antivirus/antimalware companies call some malware so… Read More »
Stop: Serious security threats have been detected on your computer I was browsing through some freeware sites the other day (and I’m sorry I can’t remember exactly which one) and I saw the warning below appear. It had my real IP address and my ISP. I wondered how many people have been duped by this advertisement disguised as… Read More »
A last fall we published an article showing how a download site can manipulate search engines, capitalize on the hard work of software developers, and roll up software that belongs to someone else in a nasty installer full of PUPs and malware. This site is called Softonic and it’s one of the biggest, most popular download sites, not… Read More »
Emsisoft stops trojans most other security software can’t stop We have been recommending Emsisoft for quite a while now. We’ve gotten to know the Emsisoft team pretty well. We knew after we spent months testing antivirus and anti-malware software that we’d found a winner: Emsisoft. Over the months and years now, Emsisoft has never let us, our readers… Read More »
We found the following article by Emsisoft very interesting. We’ve seen evidence that some free antivirus programs like AVG and Avast are edging dangerously close to becoming spyware and PUPs. This is extremely disturbing because the essence of security is the expectation or privacy and trust. We are publishing the following Emsisoft article with the permission of our… Read More »
Beware the Big Green Buttons Hello folks. Today’s lesson is called Big Green Buttons. In today’s lesson we’re going to play a game. The rules are simple. If you are careful and you read carefully, you’ll pass our test. If you hurry and make an error, you’ll fail. If you fail, you will have to do 100 pushups… Read More »