PUPS Removal

[lfblodgett]

I recently had a severe infection of PUPs. I see that Malwarebyte is increasing the threat level posed by PUPs. Good!

However, I had over 1000 of them in my infection and had to check the box in all of them to get them removed.  Any change in the program for providing a default check in the check box so they can all be removed without a lot of manual work?

lfblodgett
 

[AdvancedSetup]

Please open the program and go to the Settings tab, then "Scanner Settings" and in there you can choose to check for removal on PUP if wanted.

[daledoc1]

Hello and welcome, lfblodgett:

 

EDIT: OOPS! Sorry about that, AdvancedSetup. You posted while I was typing.
 
Yes, MBAM has taken a more aggressive stance towards PUPs: Malwarebytes Adopts Aggressive PUP Policy

This KB topic explains what they are, AND how to decide whether to delete them or keep/ignore them: What are the 'PUP' detections, are they threats and should they be deleted?

To summarize a bit: The default action for PUP detections is 'Show in results list and do not check for removal."
 
There are 2 ways to quickly remove remove all of the PUPs detected on a scan.

If you want Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to remove these PUP detections reported after a scan, each item must be checked.

• To do so quickly, you can highlight one of the detections by left clicking on it.
• Then, right click on the highlighted detection, and select 'Check All Items'.
• Next, click 'Remove Selected'. That should address the PUP entries.

• Another method, which will also edit the way PUP detections are reported in future scans:
• Open Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and click on the Settings tab.
• Click on the Scanner Settings sub-tab.
• Click on the drop down menu next to "Action for potentially unwanted programs (PUP)" and select "Show in results list and check for removal".
• Once that is completed, click on the Scanner tab and select Perform Quick scan and click on the Scan button.
• Once the scan completes, click on Remove Selected and click Yes, if prompted to restart your system to complete the removal process.

 

(If you want to keep/ignore the PUP detections, because they are familiar to you and you use them, you can add them to the Ignore List.)

 

Hope this helps,

 

daledoc1