PUP.Optional.ChinAd is Malwarebytes’ generic detection name for a family that consists mostly of bundlers containing Chinese adware.
PUP.Optional.ChinAd is usually installed by users themselves. Bundlers like PUP.Optional.ChinAd often contain one program that is appealing and combine it during install with adware and PUPs.
Malwarebytes protects users from PUP.Optional.ChinAd by using real-time protection.
Malwarebytes can detect and remove PUP.Optional.ChinAd without further user interaction.
Should users wish to keep this program and exclude it from being detected in future scans, they can add the program to the exclusions list. Here’s how to do it.
If you want to allow the program to connect to the Internet, for example to fetch updates, also add an exclusion of the type Allow an application to connect to the internet and use the Browse button to select the file you wish to grant access.
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