PREMIUM ver 3.0.5.1299 Reporting PUP for Iobit

[EruditeMike]

The newest update package (1.0.1524) and component package (1.0.43) keeps reporting PUPs (many) for Iobit Advance System Care (ver 10.2.0.721) ... believe FALSE positive ... 

[Porthos]

4 minutes ago, EruditeMike said:

The newest update package (1.0.1524) and component package (1.0.43) keeps reporting PUPs (many) for Iobit Advance System Care (ver 10.2.0.721) ... believe FALSE positive ... 

This is the position that Malwarebytes is taking.

Next not that it has anything to do with your issue but your Malwarebytes is out od date. Current version is 3.06 1075

 

[Telos]

@EruditeMike In addition, you'll find PUPs associated with many Auslogics and Wise programs. It's your choice to ignore/whitelist. For the most part, these PUPs are harmless beyond their propensity to seek to install additional programs from their respective developers.

[Porthos]

36 minutes ago, Telos said:

or the most part, these PUPs are harmless

These optimizer and registry cleaner tools have the potential to do more harm than good. And it is recommend even by Microsoft not to use them..

Personally I am in full agreement with this stance.

Edited March 17, 2017 by Porthos

[EruditeMike]

Thanks for all the advice ... I did update to the newest version of Malware 3.0 ... still reports .. but not as many ... didn't in the past ... 

[Porthos]

7 minutes ago, EruditeMike said:

Thanks for all the advice .

Your Welcome.

 

8 minutes ago, EruditeMike said:

didn't in the past ..

The detection's  are added and removed as needed. The keep a close watch on these types of programs.

[Zxel]

I've got no problems with ASC being detected as a PUP, however, I have found you can't whitelist it. These are the problems:

1. You can't exclude a registry value.
2. You can't exclude a link/shortcut.
3. You can't exclude any file system tasks (usually in "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\TASKS").

It would be nice if you could just pick from a list of PUP's that MWB detects, so you can exclude the one(s) you want. It would also be acceptable to use the MWB identifier for the PUP ("PUP.Optional.AdvancedSystemCare" in this case). I don't want to turn off all detection of PUP's - I just want the ability to whitelist ones I use.

ASC is an excellent solution for certain situations - although it does take some heavy configuration to keep it from messing up your computer (as with any powerful tool, improperly used it can damage your system).

I'm assuming the above issues would apply to ANY program you wanted to whitelist.

[Porthos]

3 hours ago, Zxel said:

1. You can't exclude a registry value.
2. You can't exclude a link/shortcut.
3. You can't exclude any file system tasks (usually in "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\TASKS").

You can but it us not a straight forward process. Basically turn off Malwarebytes, Install blocked program you wish to exclude the turn it back on and run a scan. When the list of detection's is displayed uncheck all of them and click next and choose ignore always.

 

 

Edited March 18, 2017 by Porthos

[Zxel]

You're right, it is not a straight forward process - but it did work.

Thank You!

[Porthos]

Your Welcome. Thanks for reporting back.

[EruditeMike]

Thanks for all your advice ... problem fixed ....