My understanding is that Webroot does not take any action until a file or process starts to behave in a manner considered to be malware.
Does this mean that Webroot will alow an infected file (be it a trojan, virus, whatever) to load and be saved, and only complain when program start to behave in a suspicious way ?
The reason that I ask this is:
I purchased Webrrot on 19 August 2014
On 21 August 2014, I ran a Webroot Scan with no issues.
Just for peace of mind sake, I also ran an anti malware bytes scan which found a heap of 'infected files' named 'Price.Optional.PriceGong.A' which is apparently a PUP.
This really made me feel uneasy. The coincidence of the date of the infection and when I installed Webroot was too much of a co-incidence to be 'chance'
I had to use anti malware bytes to remove this PUP.
The pupose of this question is try to understand if I need to be alarmed, and to ask for help to fathom out why this occurred.
Many thanks indeed.
Best answer by Rakanisheu Retired
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