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Grato Scanner

Posted: December 5, 2017

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 5
First Seen: May 18, 2022
Last Seen: June 25, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Grato Scanner is a Korean software product, which is distributed in two versions – one meant for the Korean market and an English version that seems to only be offered by the Korean company's website. The product can be downloaded for free, and it is meant to serve as a PC security application that is able to protect the computer from threats actively, as well as to perform scans to ensure that no unsafe activity is taking place on the user's computer. However, a significant number of anti-virus products detect the Grato Scanner as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), and a portion of them also have tagged this tool as adware. This means that the Grato Scanner may possess the ability to display ads in running Web browsers, therefore having an adverse impact on the user's Web browsing experience.

The Grato Scanner, as well as the website that offers it, don't seem to be reliable at all. The page is not secure, yet the payment page demands visitors to enter their credit card information to complete the purchase of the product. You should never agree to share payment details with pages that are not secured via HTTPS since insecure pages are prone to be attacked by ill-minded users who could use the vulnerability to exfiltrate the information of the site's users.

If you have the Grato Scanner installed, then we advise you to remove it since there are more reliable free alternatives if you are looking for anti-malware software. The removal of the Grato Scanner should be carried out with the help of an up-to-date security tool since manual removal is not guaranteed to remove all of the software's files.

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