Author Topic: Just a Heads Up - Snap.do PUP/Adware  (Read 1842 times)

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jake2034

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Just a Heads Up - Snap.do PUP/Adware
« on: March 11, 2014, 12:10:21 AM »
Just giving you guy a heads up, if your Internet Browser (for me Chrome) keeps opening new windows/tabs with a "Snap.do search engine" look for anything related to "Linkury" installed on your computer.



I couldn't find what was causing it in my extensions, and none of my Chrome settings had been touched. But I noticed the two most recent programs installed were "QuickShare by Linkury" and "LPT System Updater Service (unofficially linked to Linkury, Google search only linked to SafeFinder)". After uninstalling these with Revo Uninstaller, my browser is back to normal.

Question, though: Is there anyway to get these associated as malware? I had Avast do a scan, and it said I was clean.

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Re: Just a Heads Up - Snap.do PUP/Adware
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2014, 12:53:46 AM »
As your topic title say snap.do  is classed as PUP = not virus / Possible Unwanted Program

avast PUP scan is default off exept in boot scan.....so if you want pup detection, turn it on
Or remove pup with malwarebytes...