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Homer1952
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I ran SASW and got this warning:
I did a community search & I did not find anything. Maybe I used the wrong key words.
I see it is a .dll file & I did not remove it. Anyone else experience this?
Recommendations?
Thanx - Bob W8RMV
I did a community search & I did not find anything. Maybe I used the wrong key words.
I see it is a .dll file & I did not remove it. Anyone else experience this?
Recommendations?
Thanx - Bob W8RMV
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PUP stands for Potentially Unwanted Program. Mindspark is usually bundled with low-quality "toolbars" or with "free software" that can inject ads into your browser and generate popups. The industry calls it adware or spyware, I consider it malware. I'd be looking at the software I recently downloaded and installed.
Personal opinion: SuperAntiSpyware and similar "second opinion" protection software is not required when using Windows Defender and properly maintaining system updates. Some products of the second opinion genre can generate false positives, miss true malware, and reduce performance, especially while browsing.
YMMV
Best,
Dan
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Your anti-virus software is out of date. You need to upgrade to the SUPERDuperAntiSpyware.0
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Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator adminOptionsI followed the lead of many security professionals and use Windows Defender since you would like to think that they know what is correctly signed and valid. WD does not report anything, which I trust.
It also comes free with Windows.
This looks like a false positive.
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I'm all in with the Upgrade to SUPERDuperAntiSpyware It self updates unlike the basic version, huge uptick in aggravation.
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I've found "second opinion" programs like the one the OP posted can generate false positives to try and convince you they are "working on your behalf". That's usually not the case.
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