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WinThruster is promoted as a PC repair and optimizer tool that maximizes your PC performance my repairing and optimizing the system registry. It claims to reduce startup, program loading, and shutdown times. It also claims to easily fix hundreds of errors involving the hard drive, system components, installed software, hardware, and more.
What is WinThruster? The Malwarebytes research team has determined that WinThruster is a 'system optimizer'. These so-called 'system optimizers' use intentional false positives to convince users that their systems have problems. Then they try to sell you their software, claiming it will remove these problems.
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Short bio

PUP.Optional.WinThruster is Malwarebytes’ detection name for a potentially unwanted program (PUP) called WinThruster, which is published by Solvusoft.

Symptoms

Users of affected computers may see this entry in their list of installed Programs and Features:

and these icons on their desktop,in their taskbar, and in their start-menu:

icons PUP.Optional.WinThruster

and they may have seen these warnings during install:

main screen PUP.Optional.WinThruster installer

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Type and source of the infection

System optimizers use exaggerated scan results and sometimes even intentional false positives to convince users that their systems have problems. Then they try to sell you their software, claiming it will remove these problems.
PUP.Optional.WinThruster is usually installed by the users themselves as a result of aggressive advertising.

Protection

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Malwarebytes protects users from PUP.Optional.WinThruster by using real-time protection.

Remediation

Malwarebytes can detect and remove PUP.Optional.WinThruster without further user interaction.

Please download Malwarebytes to your desktop.
Double-click MBSetup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
When your Malwarebytes for Windows installation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.
Click on the Get started button.
Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.
Click Quarantine to remove the found threats.
Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.

Malwarebytes removal log

A Malwarebytes log of removal will look similar to this:

Add an exclusion

Should users wish to keep this program and exclude it from being detected in future scans, they can add the program to the exclusions list. Here’s how to do it.

Open Malwarebytes for Windows.
Click the Detection History
Click the Allow List
To add an item to the Allow List, click Add.
Select the exclusion type Allow a file or folder and use the Select a folder button to select the main folder for the software that you wish to keep.
Repeat this for any secondary files or folder(s) that belong to the software.

If you want to allow the program to connect to the Internet, for example to fetch updates, also add an exclusion of the type Allow an application to connect to the internet and use the Browse button to select the file you wish to grant access.

Traces/IOCs

Winsweeper Solvusoft

You may see these entries in FRST logs: