What Causes This?

bigmck said:

Solarstarshines said:

Probably PUP or PUG those things are like lice have to shave your head to get rid of them

I just ran Malwarebytes and there were 322 items removed. Plenty of PUP and PUG. I haven't seen any of the inline text since then. Hopefully that got rid of them.

Wow you need to keep a eye on installs from Cnet they have a little menu with accept or decline when trying to sneak in addware and people think it's just the program asking for permission and it's the total opposite

bigmck said:

Solarstarshines said:

Probably PUP or PUG those things are like lice have to shave your head to get rid of them

I just ran Malwarebytes and there were 322 items removed. Plenty of PUP and PUG. I haven't seen any of the inline text since then. Hopefully that got rid of them.

How often do you run scans? 322 is a awful lot of PUP and PUG. I'm not sure what a PUG is.

Layback Bear said:

bigmck said:

Solarstarshines said:

Probably PUP or PUG those things are like lice have to shave your head to get rid of them

I just ran Malwarebytes and there were 322 items removed. Plenty of PUP and PUG. I haven't seen any of the inline text since then. Hopefully that got rid of them.

How often do you run scans? 322 is a awful lot of PUP and PUG. I'm not sure what a PUG is.

it's along the lines of a PUP program as well attaches itself to the browser a perfect example is pigot.com i think that is what it's called the damn thing is a part of the bing tool bar dang thing is annoying

Thanks Solarstarshines for the information.
I gave up on the Bing thing about 6 mo. ago.
Nothing but problems.

Layback Bear said:

Thanks Solarstarshines for the information.
I gave up on the Bing thing about 6 mo. ago.
Nothing but problems.

Yeah i gave up on IE i always get an error and it pisses me off i think a lot of the times that is where my crash comes from but haven't found a way to fix it fully yet

Layback Bear said:

How often do you run scans? 322 is a awful lot of PUP and PUG. I'm not sure what a PUG is.

Monday was my first day back at work since before Christmas. Everyone had new computers. They were Dell with OEM installs. Who knows what kind of malware was in there.

Here's a site with a list of programs that might be helpful now or in the future.

If you buy new PCs from OEMs, you are probably all too familiar with the plague known as "crapware": the useless applications that come installed with Windows. Crapware wastes space, often ties up your RAM and CPU power, and can be a major hassle to get rid up. Luckily, there's a solution. These five applications will help you deal with the crapware quickly and safely.

Five apps for crapware cleanup - TechRepublic