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PUP.EnhanceSoft

Posted: March 18, 2014

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 16
First Seen: March 18, 2014
Last Seen: January 10, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows


PUP.EnhanceSoft is a potentially unwanted program (PUP), which may be downloaded from suspicious websites when a PC user downloads free applications. PUP.EnhanceSoft may lead to numerous PC problems when it is downloaded and installed on the computer system. The PC user may agree to download PUP.EnhanceSoft when he is downloading other free programs, or he may download PUP.EnhanceSoft mistakenly by being not enough attentive to the installation process of the free app. When the PC user downloads any freeware from the Internet and does not follow the download agreement, he may not know what other potentially unwanted tools may come packed together with the free program he is downloading. When downloaded and installed, PUP.EnhanceSoft may launch numerous background processes that may decrease the PC's performance. PUP.EnhanceSoft may show non-stop pop-up advertisements and messages on the PC. PUP.EnhanceSoft may hijack the Web browser and lead to continuous redirects to unprotected websites that may be commercial and designed to generate advertising revenue from raised website traffic and ad clicks.

Technical Details

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\EnhanceSoft%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\EnhanceSoft
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