PUP.Optional.Astromenda.A

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Windows 8.1 Pro PC... Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Premium Premium 2.0.2.1012

 

Several weeks ago I downloaded "Adobe Reader" from what turned out to be a "clone" site. As soon as I started the install, Malwarebytes started catching stuff immediately. I then uninstalled it with Windows "uninstall a program" in the control panel, and removed it from my downloads folder.

 

Malwarebytes is now finding "PUP.Optional.Astromenda.A" when it runs a scan. I use the current version of Chrome 64-bit and have read here that "PUP.Optional.Astromenda.A" is a browser hacker. I have seen no evidence that my browser has been hijacked. The only strange thing I see is that even when I close chrome before a PC shut down, the next time I boot and launch Chrome, Chrome warns me that it was not shut down properly and asks if I want to restore Chrome to it's prior open tabs. I do not know if that is related to this bug.

 

After a scan, if I delete this bug, it is found again on the next scan. If I just leave it quarantined, it is not found again on the next scan. (I assume this means that Malwarebytes sees that it is already quarantined and ignores it.)

 

Should I leave this bug quarantined and not deleted, assuming that no harm will come, OR should I find a way to completely remove it?

 

I also tried running AdwCleaner ver 3.310, but this did not stop MalwareBytes from finding the bug again.

 

thanks in advance for some advice.

[TwinHeadedEagle]

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They call me TwinHeadedEagle around here, and I'll be working with you.
 
     
    
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Please re-run Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.

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