PUP.Optional.FreeCause Issues
Most of the scans come out clean but few flag PUP.Optional.FreeCause. Attempts to disable Chrome plug-ins will not stop the ads (including Multiple pop up ads advertising products to buy and pop up video commercials) that come into the computer along with PUP.Optional.FreeCause. Attempts to exit out of them would sometimes open up a new window directing to a website to buy anti virus software (as a matter of fact some of the program could be rogueware). Besides, additional applications are caught in sight to occupy internal resource without authorization, freecause toolbar and srp.freecause.comfor example.
What Is PUP.Optional.FreeCause
Some consider PUP.Optional.FreeCause mistakenly as Trojan, instead, it is PUP and categorized as adware. It works just like PUP.Optional.Iminent, PUP.Optional.bProtector and PUP.Optional.Conduit that support web applications accordingly. Such PUP is created to help preload corresponding applications into the system configuration and assist in manipulating settings without being flagged by installed security utilities.
Why Anti-virus Program Won’t Remove PUP.Optional.FreeCause?
So why anti-virus program only flags PUP.Optional.FreeCause without removing it? The reason is simple. There’s no vicious attribute code injected into PUP.Optional.FreeCause and vicious attribute code is an important index for anti-virus program to catch and remove virus. Then how PUP.Optional.FreeCause is able to cause additional installation, adware and affections?
PUP.Optional.FreeCause is created to support advertising platform to intercept as many traffic as possible for product promotion. With BHO, Applet, Script and ActiveX technologies, the PUP application is enabled to manipulate searches and destinations.
It is normal to see such application brings in additional web applications to help with more aggressive promotion. Besides, many programs have backdoor program and it is indispensable for PUP.Optional.FreeCause so that its author could gather collected information when accessing the PUP program and gain money by allowing other web applications to share the gathered traffic. What’s worse, once the backdoor program has been attacked by other virus, there could have many more infections destroying the target system altogether, and the BHO, Applet, Script and ActiveX technologies will be utilized maliciously to help preload vicious code without examination, manipulate DNS settings without disturbance, call explorer.exe/dllhost.dll casually and so on. Consequently, log-in credential information and other confidential data will be collected directly and easily.
Therefore, it is wise to remove PUP.Optional.FreeCause as soon as possible. Below is the instruction to show how to remove it. Should you encounter any difficulty in the following procedures, you are welcome to contact security adviser and get quick fix.
Steps to Show How to Remove PUP.Optional.FreeCause
Step ⅠRun full scan with reputable anti-virus program again, try to remove any possible items.
Step ⅡShow hidden files and folders.
Windows 8
Start screen > open any folder > open Windows Explorer > select View tab > Tick ‘File name extensions’ and ‘Hidden items’ options > mainly navigate to C:＼windows＼winstart.bat, C:＼windows＼wininit.ini and C:＼windows＼Autoexec.bat to find and delete every files and folders named after PUP.Optional.FreeCause and were created on the date when PUP.Optional.FreeCause was firstly found.
Windows 7/XP/Vista
Click open ‘Control Panel’ > search for ‘Folder Options’ > tap View tab > tick ‘Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)’ > press ‘OK’ > mainly navigate to C:＼windows＼winstart.bat, C:＼windows＼wininit.ini and C:＼windows＼Autoexec.bat to find and delete every files and folders named after PUP.Optional.FreeCause and were created on the date when PUP.Optional.FreeCause was firstly found.
When done, access the following directories and remove the given items.
C:\Users\Daryn\AppData\Local\Temp\ct2504091
C:\Users\darynspilsbury\AppData\Local\Temp\ct2504091
C:\Users\Daryn\AppData\Local\Temp\ct2504091\ism.exe
C:\Users\darynspilsbury\AppData\Local\Temp\ct2504091\ism.exe
Step Ⅲ Go to Regedit and manage database there.
Windows 8
- Move your mouse over lower right screen
- charms bar appears
- click Search charm
- type ‘regedit’/‘regedit.exe’ and hit Enter key
- navigate to the following entries respectively to find suspicious key value started with “Run” and delete accordingly.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE＼SOFTWARE＼Microsoft＼Windows＼Curren Version, HKEY_CURRENT_USER＼Software＼Microsoft＼Windows＼CurrentVersion and HKEY_CURRENT_USER＼Software＼Microsoft＼Windows＼CurrentVersion＼Explorer＼Shell Folders Startup="C:＼windows＼start menu＼programs＼startup
Windows 7/XP/Vista
- Start menu
- launch Run/ Search box
- type ‘regedit’
- hit Enter key
- the same as the fifth point above in Windows8 section.
PUP.Optional.FreeCause is a tool to support the operation of advertising platform to get traffic aggressively. Be noted that only sites with loose structure and poor content or spam sites need such aggressive promotional way, which indicates that the more sites the redirection to which is made by PUP.Optional.FreeCause, the more fatter the chance is to get additional infection as bugs can be readily found out of loosely programmed sites to be exploited by intrusive virus. I would like to finally advise to remove all the items/virus incurred by PUP.Optional.FreeCause so as to regain a healthy machine and prevent from its re-image.
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