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Microsoft flags CCleaner as Potentially Unwanted Application, deletes its files
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<blockquote data-quote="Ink" data-source="post: 896682" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>If Microsoft didn't have PUP/PUA protection, what are the chances users would complain about it? I know some members here would make a field trip out of it.</p><p></p><p>You're right it is a grey area, just as taking photos of federal buildings.</p><p></p><p>Majority of PUA detections are subjective (up to the vendor to decide) - just as Malwarebytes flags IObit software (example).</p><p></p><p>Flagging it as PUA is safer than calling it malware (it's not), just because it may tamper or break the OS. It still may be Potentially Unwanted, again subjective.</p><p></p><p>Last I checked, PUP/PUA are still optional protections, disabled by default in Antivirus software.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ink, post: 896682, member: 3"] If Microsoft didn't have PUP/PUA protection, what are the chances users would complain about it? I know some members here would make a field trip out of it. You're right it is a grey area, just as taking photos of federal buildings. Majority of PUA detections are subjective (up to the vendor to decide) - just as Malwarebytes flags IObit software (example). Flagging it as PUA is safer than calling it malware (it's not), just because it may tamper or break the OS. It still may be Potentially Unwanted, again subjective. Last I checked, PUP/PUA are still optional protections, disabled by default in Antivirus software. [/QUOTE]
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