Home Malware Programs Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) PUP.337Technologies.A

PUP.337Technologies.A

Posted: October 16, 2013

Threat Metric

Ranking: 14,753
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 138
First Seen: October 16, 2013
Last Seen: September 16, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

PUP.337Technologies.A is a potentially unwanted program (PUP), which may be advertised via other freeware and shareware downloads (PDF creators video, recording/streaming or download-managers) that might have bundled into their installation PUP.337Technologies.A. Once installed on a computer, PUP.337Technologies.A may embed its own toolbar and replace the default start page and search engine with a specific commercial website, and install the relevant toolbar. PUP.337Technologies.A may display annoying pop-up advertisements and sponsored links in search results of any legal search engine, and may gather search terms from an Internet user's search queries. PUP.337Technologies.A may be used to boost traffic of the particular advertising website by using deceptive tactics and benefit from click fraud. PUP.337Technologies.A may also be bundled within the custom installer on many unprotected download websites, so if the computer user has downloaded a certain application from these unprotected download websites, PUP.337Technologies.A might have also been installed during the application setup process.

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