RE: The story of the security-plagued cyberisland

From: Shelly Hermia Bhujun <shelly_hermia_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 21:48:22 +0400

Hello SM,
I have read about PUP
Potentially Unwanted Programs sometimes act very similarly to viruses or spyware. They are usually installed legitimately as a part of another program (often designed as an "AD-Supported program" – in which the End User License Agreement typically prompts the user to accept that, in addition to the desired program, an additional program will also be installed).NOTE: Removal of the Potentially Unwanted Programs can result in damage to the AD-Supported program which was installed with them.
 a malware is a 'software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems'
What is the difference between the two?
Kind regards.______________________________________________________________________________________________
> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 05:54:20 -0700
> To: loganaden_at_gmail.com; shelly_hermia_at_hotmail.com; mauritius-internet-users_at_lists.elandnews.com
> From: sm+mu_at_elandsys.com
> Subject: Re: The story of the security-plagued cyberisland
>
> Hi Logan,
>
> A "potentially unwanted program" is not the same as malware. One of
> the issues is that some software installations bundle other software
> which the user might not want. The blog article which you wrote did
> not have enough details for people to understand the conclusion. The
> blog article written by Ish is correct. I read Shelly's
> replies. She asked a question. In my opinion it is a good
> question. You may have noticed that she did not like the response
> which you recommended. You could have written a better story if you
> spent more time on it. :-)
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
>
                                               
Received on Mon Jun 29 2015 - 17:48:36 PST