Moreover, the PUP may install browser hijacker that once started, will change the internet browser’s home page and search engine. Also the “Amazon Assistant virus” can install additional web-browser extensions, addons and modules that will inject ads within the Chrome, IE, Firefox and Microsoft Edge’s screen.
It hides in the system, changes web browser settings and blocks them from changing. The potentially unwanted program is not a virus, but the virus behaves similarly. Moreover, it may lead to the fact that sites are slow to load and the browser interface can even freeze.
It modifies system settings, tracks your Internet activity, slows down the Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and MS Edge and the speed of your internet connection. The Amazon Assistant is a potentially unwanted program (some IT experts named it as Amazon Assistant virus) have a negative impact on the functioning of your machine. There are many types of malicious software and one of them is potentially unwanted program (also known as PUP).
