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InstallCore and its software packages have been classified as potentially unwanted programs (PUP) or potentially unwanted applications (PUA), by anti-malware product vendors [3] and Windows Defender Antivirus [4] from 2014–2015 onwards, with many stating that it installs adware and other additional PUPs. [9]
OpenCandy was an adware module and a potentially unwanted program classified as malware by many anti-virus vendors. [1] [2] [3] [4] They flagged OpenCandy due to its ...
Peer-to-peer file sharing programs are sometimes labelled as PUA and deleted due to their alleged links to piracy. In March 2021, Windows Defender started removing uTorrent and qBittorrent, causing widespread user confusion. Microsoft has since updated the PUA database to flag torrent clients on enterprise installations only. [26]
In Unicode, a Private Use Area (PUA) is a range of code points that, by definition, will not be assigned characters by the standard. [1] Three private use areas are defined: one in the Basic Multilingual Plane ( U+E000–U+F8FF ), and one each in, and nearly covering, planes 15 and 16 ( U+F0000–U+FFFFD , U+100000–U+10FFFD ).
Unwanted programs often include no sign that they are installed, and no uninstall or opt-out instructions. [2]Most hijacking programs constantly change the settings of browsers, meaning that user choices in their own browser are overwritten.
Unicode: Private Use Areas; Definition by character property: General Category=Co Range Plane Block name Number of code points Note U+E000..U+F8FF: BMP (0) Private Use Area
Win32/Simile (also known as Etap and MetaPHOR) is a metamorphic computer virus written in assembly language for Microsoft Windows. [1] The virus was released in its most recent version in early March 2002. It was written by the virus writer "Mental Driller".
The EICAR Anti-Virus Test File [1] or EICAR test file is a computer file that was developed by the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR) and Computer Antivirus Research Organization (CARO) to test the response of computer antivirus (AV) programs. [2]