Does/Could SecureAnywhere deal with this and if so how?
Best answer by rayb-baby
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To make sure that your WSA is checking for PUAs proficiently, it sometimes helps to reset the PUA detection within WSA's settings. For PUA's that had previously been scanned and determined to be OK, but have since been added to detection/removal, you may want to complete the following steps:
- Open Webroot SecureAnywhere
- Click on ‘Advanced Settings’ from the top right
- Select ‘Scan Settings’ from the left side
- Unselect the option “Detect Potentially Unwanted Applications”
- Click on the Save button (you may have to enter in a CAPTCHA)
- Reselect the option to “Detect Potentially Unwanted Applications”
- Click on the Save button
- Run another scan with Webroot and remove any items that get detected.
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PS. What I occassionally do is go into the Advanced Settings, Scan settings, and toggle off the Detect PUAs...setting, save the configuration, then go back in and toggle it back on, save once more and then run a scan. This is a tip provided by one of the excellent Threat Researchers, as something that seems to 'bump' the detection of PUAs/PUPs...not sure how or why but it seems to, so yo many want to try it.
Thanks, Baldrick! I'd somehow missed that one. As you may have noticed, I recently reported here on my first ever "infection" since using Prevx/WSA (more than 10 years now) and what I had done to get rid of it. If this ever happens again, I shall first try the hint you give above.
ok well why not add a program to webroot that uninstalls the program, then searchs the computer for other instances of it and/or similar programs/files and allows the person to choose whether or not to have webroot delete/uninstall them and then alerts the person anytime it sees this file or program try to recreate itself and lets them choose to block it or let it thru@ wrote:
On the flipside alot of programs include other downloads as part of the software so are we supposed to blacklist Java/Flash/Adobe etc? Google search results are a common thing that are shown as "Evidence" of malware just because a program is difficult to remove it doesnt mean its malware. I spent ages over the weekend trying to remove .net to get it reinstalled again. Does that mean its malicious because its tricky to remove? Of course not but you can see where I am coming from.
As I have always said with these topics arrive I detest toolbars and these "free" programs you see on a lot of well known sites.
Welcome to the community stephanic !@ wrote:
Hi,
Browser Hijacker is a nasty virus which enters into the system without permission. After that it displays pop-ups and also disable some application and because of this users cannot access the system. But to remove such virus, virus removal tool is used so that it can help you to get rid of virus.
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