Malware Categories: PUP

TweakBit Driver Updater is a third-party utility for Windows. It tells you that drivers on your computer are obsolete and that your PC performance may be compromised because of that. If you use the paid version of TweakBit Driver Updater, it then downloads and installs new drivers from its database. Most cybersecurity experts seem to … Continued

TweakBit PC Repair Kit (aka PCRepairKit) is supposed to make a slow PC run like new with its fixes, but it’s labeled as a potentially unwanted program . Although it is not malicious, most people will probably not benefit from TweakBit PC Repair Kit; PC optimizers often have problems with making their findings look more … Continued

Tweakerbit Registry Optimizer by Auslogics Labs Pty LTD. is an optimizer for operating systems and it specializes in making high-quality innovative software that lets you easily tweak, clean, speed up, fix and optimize your computer without having to learn any special technical skills. Even though they describe themselves as professionals, security researchers regard products by Tweakerbit … Continued

Universal PC Care is a fake system optimization software. According to the reviews by many reliable anti-virus programs and computer security blogs, the application uses intentional false positives in order to persuade users that their systems have got serious problems. This is done in order to convince the people to pay for the so-called licensed … Continued

“Update Driver” app is a potentially unwanted software currently spread through bundling with many other cost-free utilities. The software is promoted as a helpful tool that is supposed to help you keep your hardware drivers always up-to-date by giving you access to the latest drivers. However, in order to use this functionality, paying the money … Continued

URL:Blacklist is the detection name for a dangerous website. It is used by a few antivirus programs, including AVG and Avast. The URL:Blacklist detection is meant for a website that is potentially dangerous in some way. As such, the URL:Blacklist alert should be taken seriously. To stop the URL:Blacklist pop-up, you need to find what’s causing … Continued

US System Care (by Pcvark Software Pvt. Ltd.) is promoted as a system optimization tool available at uspcworks.com. It is regarded as an updated version of Advanced PC Care and is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 (32& 64 bit). US System Care is claimed to have triple functionality: a malware, … Continued

Video Browse is constantly advertised on a few free movie sites, but it’s just a totally useless browser extension. In fact, all it does is hijack your search, leech off of your search, and mess with your browser settings. But the way that Video Browse is advertised tricks people into thinking that they must install … Continued

Video-privacy.com is the site that may appear in your address bar when you search for something online. It’s related to the Always Incognito extension. Through this extension, Video-privacy.com receives the search queries and some technical data about each user, which it can use for advertising purposes. About Video-privacy.com: Type of threat Browser hijacker, potentially unwanted … Continued

Vnlgp is a computer program designed to “mine” digital currency like bitcoins utilising computer’s graphics card. Sometimes, the application is installed without user consent and is hidden from the PC owner. This is done by cyber criminals to misuse computer resources for monetary gain.  This miner will sap the Decred cryptocoin operating 70 % of the … Continued

VPNTop scam is one of those services that offer free-trials and could require credit card information. Recently, a lot similar hoaxes have been circulating around. PCProtect also promised to function like a VPN tool, but turned out to charge users’ credit cards without permission. In addition to this, we have Nonestops.biz is also a similar … Continued

VScreenshot (also called vSnapshotTool) states that it provides the most convenient way to take a customizable screenshot. At the bottom of the official page Vscreenshot.com, it is indicated that the copyright is assigned to ZinZhidao, Inc. In the end user license agreement, ownership is indicated to belong to Wisemana Inc. Surprisingly, the setup’s copyright is … Continued

VuuPC might seem as an useful and powerful tool that allows users to connect to their computers remotely. However, it is listed as a PUP (potentially unwanted program) and we do not recommend installing or keeping it on your computer. This is because it’s bundled with malicious software. I.e. when you download and install VuuPC, … Continued

Vuze Driver Booster is a potentially unwanted program that offers to update your drivers. Vuze Driver Booster gets flagged by antivirus scanners and it changes money for the completely unnecessary function of updating your device drivers. It is not dangerous, but you might want to avoid it. About Vuze Driver Booster: Threat type Potentially unwanted … Continued

WashAndGo by Abelssoft is a system optimizer – a program that promises to make your computer faster and more stable by deleting unnecessary files. WashAndGo offers to delete browser cache, cookies, and history. It also offers to scan your registry and delete unnecessary entries from there. WashAndGo has some problems, though: like many optimizers, it deletes harmless … Continued

Weatheronlinenow.com is a new tab page that gets installed by a browser extension called Weather Online Now. Weatheronlinenow.com promotes ad-filled clickbait sites, redirects searches to Yahoo, and hijacks the new tab page. If you regularly see Weatheronlinenow.com in your browser, you can stop that by removing the Weather Online Now extension. It’s advisable to let … Continued

Web Companion is a free online security tool. It’s supposed to protect internet surfers from malicious websites, data tracking, advertisements, phishing scams, and other dangers.  In 2014, Web Companion replaced Ad-Aware Security Toolbar and has had pretty good success with users. But right now, Web Companion should not be trusted with your web security. It … Continued

WebExplorer is a potentially unwanted web browser. It tries to replace people’s default web browsers and get them to use the Yahoo search engine. Although WebExplorer is not dangerous, it wastes your time with its search redirects and pop-up ads. Not to mention, it fails to provide any feature that would make it useful. WebExplorer … Continued

Webhelper is a virus that pretends to be a Windows process while spies on everything you do. It can even control other programs. If Webhelper isn’t removed, it can lead to your accounts being hijacked by cybercriminals. The Webhelper virus is widely classified as malware by cybersecurity researchers, shows. If you found Webhelper on your system, remove it as … Continued

WebNavigatorBrowser is a web browser that behaves like a hijacker. It replaces your default browser so that it can log your browsing data and change your search engine. If your browser changed how it looks and how it behaves, then it might have been replaced by WebNavigatorBrowser. It’s not malicious but it’s potentially unsafe and it’s … Continued

WebSecurerr (WebSecurerr Browser Protection) presents itself as a free anti-malware browser add-on. Though it does stop some unwanted sites from opening in your browser, it itself is an unwanted add-on. It forces users to use Yahoo search. It also replaces the new tab page, which is intrusive and very unhelpful. In short, WebSecurerr behaves like a … Continued

Webstart-page.com (and its cousin Web-start-page.com) serves as a new tab page replacement. It looks nice, but it lacks a lot of basic features that a new tab page should have. On top of that, Webstart-page.com appears to be a browser hijacker or a search redirect virus. It serves no purpose other than to spy on its users … Continued

Wildtangent is a legitimate developer of video game software, specifically focused on the production of online games. Their Web Driver platform is considered as bloatware and it was founded in 1998. Until this day, the tool continues to provide gaming enthusiasts with entertaining games. The application called Wajam is also occasionally referred to by the … Continued

Win Magician, or WinMagician, the Windows counterpart to Mac Magician — a program that’s supposed to serve as a PC utility and web and anti-malware protection. It says it will free up drive space, stop scams and infected downloads, clean your registry, and scan for malware. However, this program is . Not malicious, but not … Continued

Win PC Optimizer is a program that is supposed to speed up your computer’s performance and fix various system errors. It looks quite a useful application, at first glance, however, the truth is, it will not solve any of your computer problems. In fact it will only create new issues. It is recommended to remove … Continued

Win Speedup 2018 is a software for Windows operating system. It is supposed to optimize and speed up the PC. However, we consider it to be a potentially unwanted program (PUP) due to several obvious reasons: It gets installed using deceptive methods; It is advertised using excessive and misleading advertisements; It forces users to purchase … Continued

Win Tonic is a Windows app that is advertised as “a complete Web and Windows protection suite that also lets you clean disk space and boost system speed to a whole new level”. However, Win Tonic is really a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that should be avoided. Though, this ight be difficult, as it can appear … Continued

Developers that lack knowledge and skills to produce sophisticated security tools often focus on creating low-quality system optimizers, supposedly fixing Windows Registry errors. Somehow, this direction has managed to be embraced by a number of companies, but most of the production has been identified as a rogue. Win Tuneup Pro optimizer is highly recommended by its … Continued

Winner Media Player is an intrusive program that is promoted as a video player, but that also displays numerous ads and advertises questionable websites and programs. It usually comes bundled to other software and is installed without asking users permission. If you have noticed this program on your computer although you don’t remember installing it, … Continued

WinSnare virus is a illegitimate copy of Snare application. Official Snare tool is supposed to help users collect their logs and combine them for analysis. After these logs are gathered, they are sent to Snare servers. However, this article will discuss a rogue software that enters devices similarly to Windows Quick Manager. But what is … Continued

WinThruster software is developed by Solvusoft Corporation, a US-headquartered company. It is advertised as a registry cleaner and a system optimizer. The developers of the program promise that by installing and activating its full version users will be able to improve the functionality of their computers and the systems will function in a faster way. … Continued

WinZip Disk Tools is a PC optimizer that some anti-malware scanner consider to be risky. WinZip Disk Tools offers to make your computer run better and you might find some use in it, but many of its features are already available for Windows users for free. Really, WinZip Disk Tools is not nearly as useful … Continued

Wise Care 365 (or WiseCare365) is a PC optimizer that has a poor reputation and is by a few anti-malware programs. The reasons include it offering a memory optimizer, registry cleaner, and a few other features that have been abused by malicious programs before. In the end, Wise Care 365 is not malicious, but it … Continued

Wise Ghost extensions are Total Security for Chrome™, Total Privacy for Chrome™, and possibly other browser add-ons that can be installed on Google Chrome and Chromium (for example, Edge) browsers. Wise Ghost extensions can force your browser to open Wiseghostapp.com to deliver your search results. There’s nothing dangerous about Wise Ghost, but the extensions in this family are … Continued

Wise System Mechanic is a potentially unwanted program. It is officially described as a system optimizer for Windows OS. The program is supposed to speed up your PC, work as a registry cleaner, add-on remover and startup manager. We downloaded the setup.exe of this Wise System Mechanic: reliable anti-malware tools detected it as Win32:Malware-gen, malicious_confidence_6% … Continued

Xbits Speedup Pro is a Windows utility, an optimizer and a registry cleaner that helps speed up your PC – or at least it wants you to think so. This application shows false positives and misleading scan results to convince you that your computer needs repairs. Like many fake optimizers, Xbits Speedup Pro performs scans … Continued

Xtron System Care looks to some like a trustworthy and professional product. It promises to make your PC reduce errors and improve PC performance. Some who’ve noticed their machine running slower than before are on the lookout for a program to help them make their PC run better than before. That search won’t end with Xtron … Continued

Y2search.com is a web search site. It lacks unique features, but it still receives hundreds of thousands of visits per month. Y2search.com is promoted by other search sites and it shows ads next to its search results. If Y2search.com appears on your screen unexpectedly, then there may be an adware infection on your device. If … Continued

Yontoo Layers Client (aka Yontoo) is a platform for building applications that modifies the way specific webpages look. The application is distributed as browser extension and might display advertisements served through Yontoo and not original page. Thus we classify this application as adware and potentially unwanted program. One of the “famous” applications using Yontoo platform … Continued

Youtube Accelerator is a potentially unwanted program that is promoted as a tool for Windows, to accelerate the speed of videos and improve Youtube videos performance. It mainly affects Internet Explorer, but in some cases, it may affect Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome as well. Youtube Accelerator displays a popup on infected computers asking if … Continued

Zenya.com is a search engine website. It might appear unexpectedly on your screen and, in some cases, the cause of that might be a malicious browser extension. If you experience browser redirects, a hijacker is the most likely cause. In short about Zenya.com: Classification Potentially unwanted program, adware. What causes browser redirects to Zenya.com Browser … Continued

ZipCloud is a cloud storage program that used to be found in fake software updates. It is not necessarily malicious, but due to the way it was distributed, it is detected as malware by some antivirus programs. If you found ZipCloud installed on your computer even though you didn’t download it, check it for other … Continued