PUP.CNET.Adware.Bundle
Posted: January 17, 2012
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Ranking: | 10,883 |
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Threat Level: | 1/10 |
Infected PCs: | 1,120 |
First Seen: | January 17, 2012 |
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Last Seen: | September 28, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PUP.CNET.Adware.Bundle is a potentially unwanted adware application and CNET's own installer that wraps a limited number of Windows software downloads in a CBS Interactive/CNET bundle which tries to download and install promoted programs, mainly toolbars (at least it's the Blekko toolbar). When you download an application from download.com, you may receive CNET's proprietary installer, not the program's installer. The downloaded file name begins with cnet_ or cnet2_, for example: cnet2_freeocr_exe. If you install recommended toolbar or any other tool, third-party supporters may keep track of what you do on the web to offer you certain software products. That's the main reason why CNET's installer is detected by some anti-virus programs as adware, PUP.CNET.Adware.Bundle and even a Trojan, although there are others. The exact installation is a 4 step process. The logical progression of CNET's wrapper software makes it very easy to accept supported programs by default, especially for unaware PC users who don't take much notice of installer screens and usually simply click Next. This is the third major issue with PUP.CNET.Adware.Bundle, all the special offers and extras are enabled by default, what is known as an 'Opt Out' system. PUP.CNET.Adware.Bundle may install Blekko toolbar and change the default search engine to blekko.com. You should delete PUP.CNET.Adware.Bundle immediately after detection by using a legitimate anti-malware program.
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