PUP.Optional.Conduit refers to an online platform that allowed web publishers to create custom toolbars and apps at no cost. Conduit toolbars may change user and/or browser settings, display advertising leading to other known potentially unwanted programs (PUPs), and cause the overall speed of the computer to diminish.
Conduit was merged with Israeli-based Perion, and the company ceased toolbar operations in 2014.
Conduit was one of the most widely-encountered toolbars of its time.
While the impact of this PUP has diminished with the dissolution of the Conduit brand, detections may remain on legacy systems.
Malwarebytes protects users from PUP.Optional.Conduit by using real-time protection.
Malwarebytes blocks PUP.Optional.Conduit
Malwarebytes can detect and remove PUP.Optional.Conduit 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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