![]() Users carelessly clicking next,next,next and not paying attention to what they are installing. I make house calls.99% of malware infections are self inflicted. Just Destarah.I have been repairing pc's for over 15 years now. If you subscribe to Norton's position that PUPs do not cause damage to your system, and some people want the "features" then why on earth are you even using ESET? LabVIEW707, you have been adament that ESET is acting inappropriately regarding the warning for downloading CCleaner, but frankly I find your argument unreasonable given that the user has the options to A) ignore the warning and continue and more importantly B) exclude the download from future notification. Norton's theory that PUPs don't damage your system even though they are suggesting that a PUP may have been responsible for the browser redirection and subsequent popup to call a fake toll free support number seems ludicrous to me. I much prefer ESETs approach of warning and letting the user decide what they consider safe after seeing the warning. I would suggest a second opinion scan using the FREE version of Malwarebytes." Norton products concentrate on malware that can damage your system, that is why some PUPs are not detected. They are usually downloaded alongside a legitimate download when you do not uncheck the option for the additional download. Some people actually want the 'Features' offered by these programs. While they are annoying, they do not cause damage to your system. "It looks like you have picked up a PUP, a Possibly Unwanted Program. I posted a thread on the Norton forum, and their final reply said Only a day after I finished setting it up for her and making sure everything was updated (Windows, Norton etc.) her browser was hijacked by or some such stupid thing. ![]() My sister's laptop came with a 60 day free trial of Norton Internet Security. I feel the following information to be relevant to this thread. It is something different from Potentially Unwanted Application detection that is widely and generally implemented by most of the AVs. IMHO, ESET is the only AV that I have known that provides Potentially Unsafe Application detection. Therefore, I would rather send the sample to ESET and determine whether the app is safe or unsafe. In other words, it could also mean that ESET detects such unsafe toolbar that other AVs fail to detect. The virus total is just for simple and plain reference. Eset is the ONLY antivirus telling people that Google Chrome and or Google Toolbar is malicious. Especially the link I provided to Virustotal. ![]() ESET detects it and does its job as it should, the toolbar is detected as unsafe might be because there are some vulnerabilities which could be led to exploit attack in the toolbar itself.Please read all the replies in this post. Just go for Slim version and you won't get any PUA or PUP warning, problem solved.
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