ExplorerMax by drivethelifedotcom

[vohuynhminhtan]

When I installed ExplorerMax on website drivethelifedotcom. It helps to bring tab-style like Chrome for Windows Explorer. I want to use it but Malwarebytes marked it as PUP (PUP.Option.DriveTheLife). I don't know exactly it's a false positive or not. Please help to check again this file contains malware or not. I really want to use this application on my machine. Thank you for your help!

ScanLog.txt ExplorerMax_1111_1.0.0.10.zip

[screen317]

Hello and thank you for reporting this.

We have investigated this and will not be detecting this any longer. This will be reflected in our database in the next few hours.

All best,

[dashforth]

I note that drivethelifedotcom is being blocked again. Why is this?

[Porthos]

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/detections/pup-optional-drivethelife/

[dashforth]

Thanks for pointing me to the explanation why traffic to drivethelife is being blocked. I actually don't have Driver Talent installed but I do use another app from OSToto called ExplorerMax. I assume it is trying to contact the mothership to validate the licence. But it could be for more sinister reasons. As I do not want to whitelist the domain I have added it to my host file and it now goes to 127.0.0.1 and the PUP messages have stopped.