Attack of the PUPs
As reported on the previous page, the biggest individual threat to consumers these days comes from adware. In the past, adware tended to simply mean ad-supported software, and later it evolved to include so-called PUPs (potentially unwanted programs), which are offered alongside the original program during installation. Sometimes these unsolicited extras are flagged and easy to avoid, but some use deliberately misleading language and confusing options to trick you into installing them.
These days, PUPs are better known as bundleware, and are usually more annoying than outright malicious – most) offers limited free protection, but Malwarebytes Premium is by far the best at blocking these.
