Potentially Unwanted Miners – Toolbar Peddlers Use Your System To Make BTC

JMH

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Potentially Unwanted Programs or PUPs as we like to call them, are things like Toolbars, Search Agents, etc. Unnecessary junk for your desktop that usually involves monitoring your surfing/shopping habits and slowing down your system with their sub-par software that ends up hurting you much more than helping.

A recent and unfortunate discovery by some of our users revealed that some of these programs do more than just cover your desktop in ads, they also steal your systems resources for mining purposes.
Potentially Unwanted Miners - Toolbar Peddlers Use Your System To Make BTC | Malwarebytes Unpacked | Malwarebytes Unpacked
 

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