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WinSnare can disable Avast Antivirus
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March 22, 2017, 11:20:53 PM »
As title, WinSnare can disable Avast Antivirus and it appears Avast can't clean up WinSnare at all. I always got my Avast disabled by WinSnare then everything that I don't want starting to flooding my computer.
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polonus
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Re: WinSnare can disable Avast Antivirus
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March 22, 2017, 11:45:13 PM »
When you run avast in PUP-mode it will detect and remove WinSnare risktool Adware.Searcher.2467 aka PUP.Optional.Wajam.A.
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Re: WinSnare can disable Avast Antivirus
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March 23, 2017, 08:38:10 AM »
Can you tell me what PUP-Mode is/what PUP stands for?
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March 23, 2017, 08:39:38 AM »
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Can you tell me what PUP-Mode is/what PUP stands for?
PUP = Possible Unwanted Program > usually crap that comes bundled with free programs
you find settings for enabling pup in all shields / scan types
pup is off by default, in boot-scan it is default on
Some PUP info from Malwarebytes >>
https://www.malwarebytes.com/pup/
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2016/10/malwarebytes-gets-tougher-on-pups/
https://support.malwarebytes.com/customer/portal/articles/1834873-what-are-pup-detections-are-they-threats-and-should-they-be-deleted-?b_id=6438
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