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French Torrent Portal “Torrent Francais” Serves Shady Applications

11
Nov
2013

Its well known that torrent websites are designed to serve all sorts of dubious applications. A perfect example is the popular French torrent portal Torrent Francais, which experts say is knowingly trying to trick users into installing potentially unwanted applications (PUAs). According to Webroot, the portal uses deceptive social engineering practices to convince internauts to […]

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“Potentially Unwanted Programs”: much more than just annoying – What it is about and how you can avoid PUP on your system

21
Oct
2013

PUPs are not traditional malwareMalware generally refers to software intended to damage the infected device or to steal information that can be used to carry out criminal activities such as identity theft or fraud, without the consent of the user. However, it is not always straightforward to draw a clear line between malware and other […]

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