Windows 10: How was Windows Store app able to download adware to a Windows 10 PC?

Discus and support How was Windows Store app able to download adware to a Windows 10 PC? in Windows 10 News to solve the problem; Apps from the Windows Store run in a highly restricted sandbox and have to be approved before they can be listed. So why was this app able to... Discussion in 'Windows 10 News' started by Brink, May 7, 2016.

  1. Brink
    Brink New Member

    How was Windows Store app able to download adware to a Windows 10 PC?


    Source: How was this Windows Store app able to download adware to a Windows 10 PC? | ZDNet

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    Brink, May 7, 2016
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  3. HOW TO UPDATE WINDOWS 10 PRO
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    There were some problems installing updates, but we'll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help: (0x80070422)
     
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  4. TAIRIKUOKAMI
    TairikuOkami Win User

    How was Windows Store app able to download adware to a Windows 10 PC?

    The author got a little overexcited. For starters it is PUP, secondly, it merely opened a link, the browser downloaded it, so no sandbox was breached. I guess, that the proclaimed update downloaded some script, which caused a link to open.
     
    TairikuOkami, May 8, 2016
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  5. SIMRICK
    simrick Win User
    Yes, but the MS apps are supposed to be "safe". This one reached outside the sandbox in an attempt to harm the system.
     
    simrick, May 8, 2016
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  6. TAIRIKUOKAMI
    TairikuOkami Win User
    The problem is, that it is a download app. The app itself and its content are sandboxed, but not, what it downloads.
    Just like a browser, eg Chrome, it is sandboxed, but a user can download any malware and run it, sandbox does not apply.
     
    TairikuOkami, May 8, 2016
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  7. SIMRICK
    simrick Win User
    Correct, but it gives a false sense of security to unsuspecting, every-day-novice users.
     
    simrick, May 8, 2016
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  8. TAIRIKUOKAMI
    TairikuOkami Win User

    How was Windows Store app able to download adware to a Windows 10 PC?

    Well so do security companies and people then act surprised, how could they get infected with AV installed.
    Accidents happen, but they help to improve safety, I guess, that MS will respond by some nice improvements.
     
    TairikuOkami, Apr 4, 2018
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