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Hola - PUP.Optional.HolaSearch ?


Gt-truth

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a new scan with Adwcleaner come up with this "PUP.Optional.HolaSearch" . could you check ?

so , is this a FP or not ?

Edit : the Hola .setup.exe is not detect by MB !

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# Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 7.2.6.0
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# Build:    12-18-2018
# Database: 2019-01-25.2 (Cloud)
# Support:  https://www.malwarebytes.com/support
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# Mode: Scan
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# Start:    01-28-2019
# Duration: 00:01:23
# Scanned:  31744
# Detected: 1


***** [ Services ] *****

No malicious services found.

***** [ Folders ] *****

No malicious folders found.

***** [ Files ] *****

PUP.Optional.HolaSearch         C:\Users\\Downloads\Hola-Setup.exe

***** [ DLL ] *****

No malicious DLLs found.

***** [ WMI ] *****

No malicious WMI found.

***** [ Shortcuts ] *****

No malicious shortcuts found.

***** [ Tasks ] *****

No malicious tasks found.

***** [ Registry ] *****

No malicious registry entries found.

***** [ Chromium (and derivatives) ] *****

No malicious Chromium entries found.

***** [ Chromium URLs ] *****

No malicious Chromium URLs found.

***** [ Firefox (and derivatives) ] *****

No malicious Firefox entries found.

***** [ Firefox URLs ] *****

No malicious Firefox URLs found.


AdwCleaner[S00].txt - [1249 octets] - [16/10/2018 22:38:29]
AdwCleaner[S01].txt - [1368 octets] - [05/11/2018 12:04:29]
AdwCleaner[S02].txt - [1429 octets] - [30/11/2018 17:49:19]
AdwCleaner[S03].txt - [1490 octets] - [15/12/2018 15:56:27]
AdwCleaner[S04].txt - [1546 octets] - [21/12/2018 13:30:41]
AdwCleaner[S05].txt - [1607 octets] - [29/12/2018 13:28:43]
AdwCleaner[S06].txt - [1615 octets] - [09/01/2019 07:13:29]

########## EOF - C:\AdwCleaner\Logs\AdwCleaner[S07].txt ##########

 

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14 minutes ago, fr33tux said:

Hello,

Sorry for the delay.

This detection is expected and a lot of people are trying to get rid of Hola Search too (see https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/protect_other-protect_scanning-windows_7/how-to-remove-holasearch/23107946-dc99-4484-8900-453d862a41a6 for instance).

Regards,

Hi

thanks . but Hola is a VPN software . I think they offering an offline installer . is this the case or not ? if so , then why MALWAREBYTES have not yet to detect it ?

OK , here is a VT scan link https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/e87ebe658252509ddf145c3b4d4dd6eec48767b7e4f5dcdbe1ba14a23cc41a59/detection

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Yes, Hola provides a VPN service, but they're not the one I would recommend, because of the reasons above (and others that are unrelated to this detection).

8 minutes ago, Gt-truth said:

if so , then why MALWAREBYTES have not yet to detect it ?

The criterias may differ between MB3 and AdwCleaner - see the FAQ for more details.

Regards,

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2 minutes ago, fr33tux said:

Yes, Hola provides a VPN service, but they're not the one I would recommend, because of the reasons above (and others that are unrelated to this detection).

The criterias may differ between MB3 and AdwCleaner - see the FAQ for more details.

Regards,

OK . thanks to you for the Clarifications . have a good day 

and I will delete this Hola installer right now :)

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