As title, WinSnare can disable Avast Antivirus and it appears Avast can’t clean up WinSnare at all. I always got my Avast disabled by WinSnare then everything that I don’t want starting to flooding my computer.
When you run avast in PUP-mode it will detect and remove WinSnare risktool Adware.Searcher.2467 aka PUP.Optional.Wajam.A.
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Can you tell me what PUP-Mode is/what PUP stands for?
Can you tell me what PUP-Mode is/what PUP stands for?PUP = Possible Unwanted Program > usually crap that comes bundled with free programs you find settings for enabling pup in all shields / scan types pup is off by default, in boot-scan it is default on
Some PUP info from Malwarebytes >> https://www.malwarebytes.com/pup/
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/malwarebytes-news/2016/10/malwarebytes-gets-tougher-on-pups/