PUPs

Short bio Toolbars are software extensions that are visible in the GUI of the host program. In the case of PUPs,…

Short bio Commercial keyloggers are applications designed to harvest user interactions with a computer. These interactions include the capture of keystrokes, usernames and…

Short bio Browser Helper Objects (BHOs) are add-ons or plugins designed for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE). Designed to enable COM objects…

Short bio Browser extensions are computer programs that add functionality to existing browsers. They come in as many kinds (and more)…

Short bio Adware, short for advertising supported software, is arguably the forerunner of the modern day PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program). Adware…

Short bio Advertising (ad) fraud, also called click fraud or click spam, is a practice by bad actors, specifically dubious advertising networks,…