{"id":49900,"date":"2015-01-05T23:33:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T23:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=49900"},"modified":"2015-01-05T23:33:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T23:33:32","slug":"pups-pcs-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/pups-pcs-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"PUPs on Your PCs are Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">How PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) sneak into PCs, How to remove, How to avoid.&#8211;PC Pitstop<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<h4>PUPs on your PCs are Dogs<\/h4>\n<p>Bob Rankin<\/p>\n<p>The phrase \u201cpotentially unwanted program\u201d (PUP) is popping up more frequently in discussions of security and anti-malware protection. To me, \u201cPUP\u201d means malware; it\u2019s software that I never wanted, didn\u2019t deliberately install, and that makes my life more difficult. The awkward attempt to avoid offending its developers seems ridiculous. Here&#8217;s what you need to know about PUPs, how they sneak in, how to remove them, and how to avoid PUPs in the first place&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A PUP By Any Other Name is Still a Dog<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The consensus among definitions of \u201cPUPs\u201d is that they sneak into your system; they ride on the coattails of legitimate programs, or pretend to be something they are not, or don\u2019t fully disclose some of the things they\u2019re going to do. Dirty-underhandedness is the hallmark of a PUP. There is no \u201cpotential\u201d about its undesirability; I don\u2019t want sneaky software on my machine, period.<br \/>\nSome PUPs are nothing but adware. They track where you go online, report back to headquarters, and clutter your screen with targeted ads. They may also change your browser\u2019s home page, usually to one that\u2019s serving ads but sometimes to rogue sites that secretly download and install more adware on your machine. Some of the worst offenders tamper with ad-blocking and security software settings. Is there anything potentially wanted about PUPs?<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUPS &#8211; potentially unwanted software<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And yet, what PUPs do is legal in most cases. According to PUP developers, everyone who installed their software did so with full understanding and consent to what it was going to do. If their software invaded your privacy or changed how your computer behaved, it was done with your permission. You checked a box (or left a pre-checked box checked) which clearly confirmed that you had read and understood the company\u2019s license agreement and agreed to it. Obviously, this argument is disingenuous, but it suffices for legal purposes.<\/p>\n<p>PUPs have been around for a long time. In the mid-1990 there were pitched battles between developers of PUPs and antivirus software; the former strenuously objected to being labeled \u201cviruses\u201d or \u201cTrojans\u201d or \u201cmalware.\u201d Some PUP developers threatened to sue for libel, tortious interference with business, and other hyperbolically indignant claims. The belligerent stance of PUP developers is most likely to blame for the insipid, vague label, \u201cpotentially unwanted program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/askbobrankin.com\/alert_potentially_unwanted_software.html?pcp\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continued Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) sneak into PCs, How to remove, How to avoid&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":49906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[4684],"class_list":["post-49900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bob-rankin","tag-pups"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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