About PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program)

[ikedervaals]

Hi Avast Forum Team

                  I just wanna ask about PUP options, options in a sense that there are many tick-able options in avast itself, it can be seen on general section in settings and it can also be seen in components section, in file shield, web shield and etc. I just wanna ask these questions: Where is the best option to tick the PUP? My last question is for example you scan a newly downloaded program or installer, if you didn't tick any PUP option on avast, can you be infected by a PUP? Thanks in Advance Avast Forum team 

[Pondus]

if you didn't tick any PUP option on avast, can you be infected by a PUP?

as the name say Possible Unwanted Program, PUP is not a infection.
For some it is wanted, for others unwanted

[REDACTED]

"Having specifically purchased Avast to get rid of rubbish, it's all still coming through! I am not interested in dating sites, casino sites, you have won a lottery sites or any which come up with jumbled letters such as DszyNvjbgSSO@sleepwalking.infostockprice.eu or anything from Russia or any other former Eastern Bloc country!"

[Pondus]

"Having specifically purchased Avast to get rid of rubbish, it's all still coming through! I am not interested in dating sites, casino sites, you have won a lottery sites or any which come up with jumbled letters such as DszyNvjbgSSO@sleepwalking.infostockprice.eu or anything from Russia or any other former Eastern Bloc country!"

have you turned on PUP detection?

No security program have 100% detection or zero false positives
You may clear your browsers for crap with AdwCleaner  https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/

Also run a scan with Malwarebytes Antimalware and remove any crap it find


If you need help, follow instructions here  >>  https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=194892.0