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Any real-time software that uses non-traditional ways to find malware?
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<blockquote data-quote="roger_m" data-source="post: 915131" data-attributes="member: 31436"><p>I've spent many years testing every PUP I've been able to find. In my opinion anything that is actually malicious can be classified malware, whereas actual PUPs are not malicious and can usually be easily uninstalled. They certainly can be an annoyance, particularly when they come bundled as unwanted with other software and in some cases can cause problems. For example, a cleaning app which has an unsafe registry cleaner, that mistakenly deletes important registry keys. But in that example, any problems caused are not intentional, but rather due to a poorly coded registry cleaner.</p><p></p><p>While it is good to be able to remove PUPs from the point of view they can be an annoyance. On the other hand, if they're not actually doing anything malicious and can be uninstalled, then I don't think the ability to have an excellent detect rate for PUPs is too critical, particularly when it could possibly increase false positives. </p><p></p><p>Can you give some examples of PUPs, which as you said - are closer to real malware? I'm just curious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roger_m, post: 915131, member: 31436"] I've spent many years testing every PUP I've been able to find. In my opinion anything that is actually malicious can be classified malware, whereas actual PUPs are not malicious and can usually be easily uninstalled. They certainly can be an annoyance, particularly when they come bundled as unwanted with other software and in some cases can cause problems. For example, a cleaning app which has an unsafe registry cleaner, that mistakenly deletes important registry keys. But in that example, any problems caused are not intentional, but rather due to a poorly coded registry cleaner. While it is good to be able to remove PUPs from the point of view they can be an annoyance. On the other hand, if they're not actually doing anything malicious and can be uninstalled, then I don't think the ability to have an excellent detect rate for PUPs is too critical, particularly when it could possibly increase false positives. Can you give some examples of PUPs, which as you said - are closer to real malware? I'm just curious. [/QUOTE]
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