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PUABundler:Win32\/MediaGet is a Russian potentially unwanted program<\/strong> designed for accessing pirated content. Like most similar software, it installs some unnecessary programs onto the system during installation and also turns the device into a proxy server in exchange for an ad-free experience.<\/p>\n

MediaGet Virus Overview<\/h2>\n

PUABundler:Win32\/MediaGet is a detection of potentially unwanted software<\/a> associated with the program MediaGet, a BitTorrent client with Russian origin. The program was originally positioned as a torrent client, it now functions more like a player for pirated content.<\/p>\n

The main problem is that MediaGet installs a range of unwanted programs<\/strong>, which an inexperienced user may struggle to cancel. This is accomplished through the use of tricks, which I’ll talk about later.<\/p>\n

Although the program has its own official website, in most cases the user receives it as \u201crecommended software\u201d, bundled with other free programs. Alternatively, they may be recommended to use it on websites that, once again, spread unlicensed software of different kind. Once again: the program is not inherently malicious, it is the additional software it installs that may have undesirable and sometimes malicious properties.<\/p>\n

Even if the user uninstalls MediaGet, the additional software is not removed along with it, and some items are not displayed in the list of installed applications, which makes it very difficult to remove them. Because of these factors, the program has received the status<\/a> of potentially unwanted software and even a separate classifier PUABundler:Win32\/MediaGet.<\/p>\n

How dangerous is it?<\/h2>\n

To avoid making unconfirmed claims, I decided to get my own experience with PUABundler:Win32\/MediaGet behaves, although on a virtual machine instead of a live system. The first thing that catches your eye is that Microsoft Defender immediately flags the downloaded file<\/strong> from the official website. The random character string in the file name appears to be a failed attempt to prevent detection back at the download stage.<\/p>\n