PUP.Optional.OpenCandy is detected by anti-virus programs
Malwarebytes
or other anti-spyware applications can detect PUP.Optional.OpenCandy after
doing a quick scan or a full scan, I can see 3 files pop up during the scanning,
and the files have 2 separate names. First one is PUP.Optional, the other one
is OpenCandy. In addition, the files are found onboard hard drive, and its
location was found on C:\Program Files\RealArcade\Installer\bin\OCSetupHlp.dll.
PUP. Optional.OpenCandy cannot remove by antivirus software
My antivirus
software Malwarebytes picked up 3 files after doing a full scan and these 3
files related with PUP. Optional, and one of them called PUP.Optional.OpenCandy,
and the other two named PUP.Optional.Conduit.A and PUP.Optional.CrossRider. I
used my antivirus to remove these infections, It appeared to be deleted, but
after rebooting my computer, I did another scan for I wanted make confirm to
keep my computer safe, but the same 3 files pop up again. I removed it again,
but when I opened my computer later, this infection came up again.
A story about PUP. Optional.OpenCandy infection
PUP. Optional.OpenCandy is categorized as an adware, for it will display nagging advertising on the attacked computers,
and it will exhibit plenty of ads on your browsing behaviors. It means that you
will get a bunch of ads which contain malicious links, tricky websites, or sponsored
images. When visitors click those ads, it will inflate a site’s page ranking in
search results. In the end, the creators of these ads will get increasing advertising
revenue in the use of PUP.Optional.OpenCandy program. Otherwise, those
malicious things always have functions like rootkit to sneak deep into the compromised
system and then start to do a lot of horrible things on it. It can hijack your
browser and change the settings of your default homepage and search engine, and
then add the PUP. Optional.OpenCandy on your search box, so each time you open
a new tab search, you will see these key words on the address bar. You cannot
delete them, and every time you will get unwanted results if you search
something by using your internet browsers.
