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  • Microsoft takes PUPs behind the shed with gun in hand ('Potentially unwanted programs', not canines)

    11/29/2015 9:49:58 PM PST · by dayglored · 11 replies
    The Register ^ | Nov 30, 2015 | Darren Pauli
    Cute canines safe, 'Potentially unwanted programs' now nixed by System Centre or Forefront Remond has updated its paid System Center Endpoint Protection and Forefront Endpoint Protection services with a feature to kill spammy and advertising injecting programs operating from within enterprise networks. The upgrades will help system admins to eliminate potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) from networks that are not explicitly malware but at minimum are annoying and will escalate corporate attack vectors. Microsoft security bod trio Geoff McDonald, Deepak Manohar, and Dulce Montemayor say the PUP destroyer will be delivered through automatic updates. "These applications can increase the risk of...