Potentially unwanted applications are not necessarily intended to be malicious, but may affect the performance of your computer in a negative way. Such applications usually require consent for installation. If they are present on your computer, your system behaves differently (compared to the state before their installation). The most significant changes are:
- new windows you haven’t seen previously are opened
- activation and running of hidden processes
- increased usage of system resources
- changes in search results
- application communicates with remote servers