About PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program)

General Topics
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Hi Avast Forum Team

              I just wanna ask about PUP options, options in a sense that there are many tick-able options in avast itself, it can be seen on general section in settings and it can also be seen in components section, in file shield, web shield and etc. I just wanna ask these questions: Where is the best option to tick the PUP? My last question is for example you scan a newly downloaded program or installer, if you didn't tick any PUP option on avast, can you be infected by a PUP? Thanks in Advance Avast Forum team  ;D
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if you didn't tick any PUP option on avast, can you be infected by a PUP?
as the name say Possible Unwanted Program, PUP is not a infection. For some it is wanted, for others unwanted
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“Having specifically purchased Avast to get rid of rubbish, it’s all still coming through! I am not interested in dating sites, casino sites, you have won a lottery sites or any which come up with jumbled letters such as DszyNvjbgSSO@sleepwalking.infostockprice.eu or anything from Russia or any other former Eastern Bloc country!”

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have you turned on PUP detection?

No security program have 100% detection or zero false positives
You may clear your browsers for crap with AdwCleaner https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/

Also run a scan with Malwarebytes Antimalware and remove any crap it find

If you need help, follow instructions here >> https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=194892.0