Unwanted program removal tool
A tool for removing PUPs using signatures
What is the unwanted program removal tool?
The unwanted program removal tool is a free and open source tool for removing PUPs, which are often missed by antimalware products
How do I install it?
The unwanted program removal tool does not require installation; you just need to download and run it.
Linux
Download the ZIP of this repo and unzip it.
Open Terminal (or another command line tool) and type cd
and then the directory you extracted it to.
Run it using Python.
If you get an error, verify that you have Python 3 installed, and run pip3 install requests
Windows
Download the ZIP of this repo and unzip it.
Copy the directory where you extracted it to (open it in Explorer and verify scanner.py
is in that directory if you are unsure)
Type cmd
into the Windows search bar. Right click on Command Prompt
and click Run as admin
or Run as administrator
. Confirm in the UAC.
Type python3 --version
. If you get an error, download and install it from python.org
Type cd
and then paste the directory you extracted to, and then type python3 scanner.py