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Some PUPs contain Adware, Malware, and Trojan too.
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The PUP programs mean we don’t need that program on our computer, but they still install it without our permission. the doubtless unwanted program’s short form is PUP.
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AVAST DRIVER UPDATER TROJAN PUP MALWAREBYTES REGISTRATION
That is gone, too, so I can't even get my registration number from the app I do have registered in my laptop. Basically, they don't want to honor the lifetime members anymore and people won't find that out until it is time to reinstall.Īt one time, in the app, there was a tab with all your info. I've seen other lifetime members also upset at suddenly not being found in the system. I chatted online and low and behold, my name or email address could not be found, and I felt they were laughing at me. So now, when i go into the sign in, i only have the option of sending an email and waiting for 48 hours, or chatting online. I've probably had the membership for over 10 years back when it was only DriverUpdate, before Slimware was added to it. However, this month, when I wanted to put it in my new desktop, the ability to log into an account is gone. I put it in my new laptop just a month ago.
As recently as a month ago, I was able to log into my DriverUpdate account and get my registration number anytime I need it. I am a lifetime member of Slimware/DriverUpdate. If Avast has a relationship with a company as shady as Slimware, I don't want to have anything to do with Avast anymore. Having something capable of doing that set to do it automatically is even dumber. It had a particular obsession with updating my main OS USB 3.0 Controller driver, and it seems uninstalling the old one first and then requiring a restart.which is bit tricky when its just disabled every USB 3.0 capable port including those used by the keyboard and mouse.ĭumb behaviour.
AVAST DRIVER UPDATER TROJAN PUP MALWAREBYTES DRIVERS
The IOBitDriver Updater I'll happily admit using helped find me a couple of obscure drivers Windows XP driver updating had not found when I first set up a dual boot PC.īut after that it kept on reporting that I had old or very old drivers on both systems even though I had updated them only a few weeks before. I do not like driver updaters in general either. The question AVAST should answer is whether this tool is actually what their Avast Driver Updater is and why they did not recognise the possibility that other security software might report it as a PUP? That is almost certainly what Malwarebytes is doing and also including the other related files, for the reasons DavidR explained earlier. That means it is on many AV/AM/ADW security programs PUP definitions list and will be treated as potential malware. 'LittleInstaller' is considered a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Software) by some sources. If so then AVAST should answer a few questions because, SlimWare Utilities, Inc. You could upload the file to and see what results you see there, but again watch out for generic/heuristic detections.Īre saying that this 'LittleInstaller' is a legitimate tool that is actually being used by their Avast Driver Updater?
So do you really need a driver updater or not, I'm not sure if the Avast Driver Updater is actually free (or could this be a trial version).
AVAST DRIVER UPDATER TROJAN PUP MALWAREBYTES UPDATE
Personally I'm not a fan of Driver Update software, from Avast or any other source, I tend to leave drivers alone unless there is a specific reason to update one and then I would seek out the driver update file. Generic detections can be sometimes result in false positive detections, based on the non-signature based methods used in generic detections. Having whittled it down to one detection, on a single file, then you have to look at what it has detected 'Generic.Malware.'. It is also the same for the other detections as they all relate to the single file Avast Driver Updater.exe. First I would say that there aren't 8 different instances, it is effectively doubling up as registry keys (for scheduled tasks) in themselves aren't really an issue.