Windows 10: PUPs Found

Malwarebytes just told me it needs to update, but all I could see was to scan, so I did. It found this:





I'm offered the option to quarantine, but I'd rather follow the link and delete the file itself.

Can I safely do that? Any help appreciated.

:)

 

PUPS

Answer-by-number:

1. Is Defender configured to detect PUPs & PUAs?

2. Have you purchased MBAM Premium?

3. Does this concern the same Dell 7559 laptop as in your
11 August 2017 thread and if so, had your Norton subscription already expired by the time you uninstalled it?

4. Have you ever run the Norton Removal Tool and/or the
McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool?

5. What Version & OS Build of Windows 10 is currently installed?

• Press & hold the Windows Key and press the R
  key. In the RUN dialog, type WINVER and press the Enter key.

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COMMENT: There isn't an anti-virus/anti-malware application in the world
that can stop a very determined user from infecting his/her own computer, intentionally or not.

Cite:

• About those Toolbars and Add-ons - Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs)
  
  Answers to common security questions - Best Practices - Anti-Virus, Anti-Malware, and Privacy Software
  

 

McAfee discourages the use of Edge

I meant to say it found lots of PUP's not PEP's

 

PUP.Optional.Mindspark - Malwarebytes Labs | Malwarebytes Labs | Detections

Above is what Malwarebytes says about optional.mindspark.generic; apparently related to browser hijacking and was likely attached to something you downloaded.

I'd quarantine it. After the quarantine, I think you will be able to delete it if you want. I use Malwarebytes but so rarely does it find anything that I'm not highly familiar with it.

 

Thank you. I just let MBAM quarantine them. Now to go in and see if I can delete what's quarantined. I seem to remember you can do that.

 

Yeah, that's my recollection also.

I guess the premise of quarantine is you can let something sit in quarantine for days or weeks and if you can still operate as expected, go ahead and delete. But for a PUP with a tie to browser highjacking, I don't suppose there would be any doubt that you don't need it.

 

They're gone! First quarantined, then deleted. Pretty simple to do.

And now to mark this thread solved.

 

On a side not CCleaner was hacked, I guess only the 32 Bit version

http://www.majorgeeks.com/news/story...ion_users.html