{"id":200,"date":"2014-02-28T13:42:32","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T13:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adlice.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2022-12-21T10:40:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T10:40:12","slug":"remove-pup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/es\/remove-pup\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove PUP (Guide)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-accent-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">What is a PUP?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A PUP (for <em>Potentially Unwanted Program<\/em>)<\/strong> is a usually a program <strong>you didn&#8217;t install by yourself<\/strong>, or <strong>you did install by error<\/strong>. It often comes in <strong>bundled installers<\/strong>, where several additional programs are installed when you originally wanted to install only one program. This can be the case if you forgot to uncheck some options during the installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-accent-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><br>Several examples:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Capture6.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"996\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Capture6.png\" alt=\" Adobe reader installing McAfee\" class=\"wp-image-202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Capture6.png 996w, https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Capture6-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adobe reader installing McAfee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/no-avg.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"503\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/no-avg.png\" alt=\"Pdfcreator installing AVG-Toolbar\" class=\"wp-image-203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/no-avg.png 503w, https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/no-avg-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pdfcreator installing AVG-Toolbar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/btn4m6rlkttkmc91c.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"503\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/btn4m6rlkttkmc91c.png\" alt=\"Pdfcreator installing pdfforge\" class=\"wp-image-201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/btn4m6rlkttkmc91c.png 503w, https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/btn4m6rlkttkmc91c-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pdfcreator installing pdfforge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/roguekiller\/\">RogueKiller is able to detect<\/a> some of them<\/strong>, especially if they are well-known or if they install web-browser extensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-accent-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><br>Removal<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scan your computer with RogueKiller and remove detected PUP values<\/strong>. If they are in browser extensions, <strong>right click on each of them that are in RED<\/strong> (in browser tab), and remove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 additional scans are suggested:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/download\/adwcleaner\/\"><strong>AdwCleaner<\/strong><\/a><br>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adlice.com\/download\/malwarebytes-anti-malware\/\"><strong>Malwarebytes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got infected with PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program)? 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