Pc App Store

The Pc App Store is an application that promises its users to help them keep their installed software products up-to-date, by conveniently finding and offering relevant updates. While such functionality is undoubtedly rather convenient, the Pc App Store itself comes with some important caveats. Indeed, analysis of the application has confirmed that it acts as adware, delivering unwanted and dubious advertisements to the computers and devices it is installed on.

Users are likely to be presented with advertisements for software updates that may come with various, intrusive PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) attached to them. The operators of PUPs and other dubious applications similar to the Pc App Store often rely on questionable distribution tactics to mask the installation of their products. One of the most commonly exploited methods is known as 'bundling' - the PUP would be added to the installation options of another more desirable product and placed under the 'Advanced' or 'Custom' menus as a preselected item to be installed. In practice, when users install an update suggested by the Pc App Store application, they might be dealing with exactly such software bundle and may unwittingly allow various, questionable applications to be delivered to their device.

PUPs are notorious for often having data-tracking capabilities. They may spy on the browsing activities carried on the device and collect the IP address, device type, browser type and more. Some PUPs are even capable of extracting sensitive details from browsers' autofill data, potentially compromising users' account credentials, banking details, payment info, etc.