Removing pup.funwebproducts From Your System

Is pup.funwebproducts spyware / malware / virus? pup is a type of malware, When your system is infected with pup.funwebproducts it usually installs some type of toolbar, Keeps a record of what web sites you have been visiting as well as injecting some ads in to your web pages. pup.funwebproducts is a low risk malware infection but be aware that about 10% of systems infected with pup.funwebproducts also get infected with viruses.

Removing pup.funwebproducts From Your System

Once you have identified that your system is infected with pup.funwebproducts make sure you take action to remove the malware from your system as soon as possible. Failure to remove the malware could put your system at further risk as its possible the pup.funwebproducts malware can inject viruses in to your system. To remove this threat from your system follow these steps


 Step 1 : Download TDSSKiller, Once downloaded rename TDSSKiller.exe to iexplore.exe. Some times malware can stop processes from starting so if you name the .exe as the same name as the internet explorers .exe the pup.funwebproducts malware thinks its internet explorer loading up and not TDSSKiller.

 Step 2 : Double click on iexplorer.exe and click start scan. Then on the next screen select the tick boxes as shown below and click on ok.



 Step 3 : The TDSSKiller program will now run a full scan on your system. The scan can take a long time depending on how fast your system is and how much data you have. When the scan finishes it will show you what it has found and what action it will take on each infection (Shown below). Once the threats have been removed reboot your machine and run the TDSSKiller scan again.




 Step 4 : Download and run Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes is a powerful program which will remove any malware that is on your system. Download the program from http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php and make sure your computer is connected to the internet, as the program will automatically update when you launch it. Now click on the svchost.exe file. A black DOS screen will now pop up, simply follow the prompts. When the scan takes place it will look like below

More Information On pup.funwebproducts Malware

Q : Is the pup.funwebproducts infection harmful to my system?
A : Yes and no. No the pup.funwebproducts malware is not harmful to your system, But the pup.funwebproducts malware could be used by other threats such as viruses to infect your system.

Q : Every time I run a virus scan it find the malware and removes it but it keeps comming back?
A : The malware holds certain locks on system files which means that you can not remove these locks on certain files which means the malware will not be removed from your system. You will need to run the TDSSKiller program which will kill the locks on the files that the pup.funwebproducts malware has which means you will be able to permantly remove this threat from your system.

Q : Is running a virus scan on my system enough to remove this threat?
A : No, The malware holds certain locks on system files which means that you can not remove these locks on certain files which means the malware will not be removed from your system. I hope you found this article on pup.funwebproducts malware useful, I hope you managed to remove it permantly from your system. If you have any feedback on this article please post about it in a comment below. Thanks