Top 10 Ways PUPs Sneak Onto Your Computer And How To Avoid Them

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Top 10 Ways PUPs Sneak Onto Your Computer And How To Avoid Them
In by slade on January 27, 2015 | Deutsch, English, Français

We recently talked about Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs), what they are and how they are now even brought to you by free antivirus providers. This article goes into more detail on how PUPs are delivered. Again, any application can be considered potentially unwanted when it is installed without a knowledgeable user’s “proper consent”.

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What is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP)? - Techopedia
A potentially unwanted program (PUP) is a piece of software that is also downloaded when a user downloads a specific program or application. PUP is similar to ...
http://www.techopedia.com/definition/4061/potentially-unwanted-program-pup

Spyware - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anti-spyware software programs can be used solely for detection and ..... terms such as "potentially unwanted programs" or greyware to denote these products. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware

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