Tuesday, November 5, 2013

What is the PUP.Optional.Freemium.A - How Do I Remove the PUP.Optional.Freemium.A?

PUP.Optional.Freemium.A is a bogus antispyware program that comes from the same family of Win 7 AV. Similar to other rogue anti spyware software it also uses malicious techniques to perform false system scan and display fake security alerts to make unaware computer users fool and scars them that their system has security threats and the only way to get out of it is to purchase the registered version of this software. It claims to remove all security threats, malware infections from the system and ensures protection of the system. But it is all untrue and it is not capable of detecting and removing viruses from the system.

The PUP.Optional.Freemium.A may enter into the system via Trojans that may be installed into the system after visiting the malicious websites or through fake online scanners. After installation it starts performing fake system scan for detecting malware infections and displays numerous bogus security alerts and infuriating pop-ups. It claims that viruses has infected has been detected and to protect it you can go for purchasing this software:

"New threads were found
There are 4 undeleted threads. To remove all threads click to Remove All at main window."

How PUP.Optional.Freemium.A is dangerous for the system?

The aim of this counterfeit malicious application is to steal private information and money and for this it performs various malicious actions in the infected system.

• Modifies and corrupts window registry entries.
• Displays various infuriating pop-ups and false error messages.
• Changes browsers homepage and redirects it to corrupt websites.
• Makes the performance of the system slow and poor.
• Slows internet connection.

Get rid of PUP.Optional.Freemium.A as soon as detected on the system. Manual removal can be done but it is very time taking and cumbersome process and also requires technical skills as any slip-up during the process may harm the system. Apart from this it can also be removed automatically using third party removal tool which easily detects and removes it and also boosts up system performance. For more information about its removal please visit the link mentioned below.

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