Tuesday, February 28, 2017

How to Identify and Prevent PUPS and Portable Apps

Image Source: https://www.howtogeek.com/232791/pups-explained-what-is-a-potentially-unwanted-program/ Computer security courses cover malicious software (malware), but the material rarely address Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs). What is a PUP? First, PUPs go by many names, including bundleware, junkware, adware and for mobile devices, Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs). I would actually characterize PUPs into two distinct categories; nuisance programs and security threats. […]

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