Overview of PUP.Optional.Spigot.A
Type:adware
Alert level:high/severe
Targeted OS: Windows XP/ Vista/ 7 /8
Targeted Browsers:Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.
Transmission Modes: Trojan horses, spam emails, shared free files, corrupt Websites, unknown links, or pop ups.
PUP.Optional.Spigot.A (Adware.Win32.Spigot/ spigot.com) is an unwanted adware programs which is promoted by a third party and can get access a computer stealthily. Once installed, PUP.Optional.Spigot.A may deliver spam content and displays ads from third-party via which it can generate income for its developers. But to you, it just performs malicious actions such as install useless toolbar onto your browser, reroute your search result to irrelevant pages that tricks you into paying for its products and so forth.
