Dataup

Posted by Max Lehmann on March 22, 2017

What is Dataup?

Users who discover Dataup installed on their computers should be aware of the fact that they have a Trojan infection inside their systems. There is not much information about what its main goal is, but, according to specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com, it might be one of these computer infections created to steal information from computer users. As a consequence, users should not even consider keeping Dataup installed. Luckily, all files of this undesirable application are located in one folder it creates in %PROGRAMFILES% or %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%, depending on the system architecture, so its removal should not be a challenge for the majority of users who have manually erased any kind of program before. Of course, we will not leave you alone in this. The last paragraph of this report contains more detailed information about the removal process, and there is our manual removal guide located below this article. This should be enough to help you erase this Trojan from the computer.

What does Dataup do?

Dataup does not perform many activities. It mainly focuses on the collection of data. Research has revealed that it is interested in private information stored on the computer the most. For the time being, not much is unknown about details it collects, but it might reach anything, including browsing history, contents of important documents, users’ logins and passwords, and even online banking credentials. All this information from a user’s computer is uploaded to a remote website cdnoptim.com, which belongs to a company registered in China. It is not known what this company is going to do with the data it gets, but there is a huge possibility that it may be used for marketing purposes, all kinds of fraudulent purposes, or it might simply be sold to cyber criminals or other third parties having a bad reputation. These privacy-related issues could only be avoided if you go to delete Dataup today. Never trust programs that perform activities on your PC without your knowledge.

Where does Dataup come from?

At this time, specialists do not know what specific details and why they are sent to a remote web page from a user’s computer with Dataup installed, but they are sure that they know enough about its distribution. It has been observed that Dataup acts exactly like other Trojans do. It enters computers illegally, which explains why so many users do not know anything about the presence of this malicious application and thus allow it to send data from their PCs for some time. It usually sneaks onto PCs unnoticed because it is, in most cases, distributed along with other suspicious programs. Most of the time, these are Chinese applications. The majority of these programs that travel with Trojans in bundles cannot be trusted fully either, so their full deletion is highly recommended too. Do this right after Dataup is removed from the computer because these other undesirable programs left working on the system might initiate the installation of bad software. Be more cautious the next time and install a security application on your computer because it is not so easy, sometimes even impossible, to prevent Trojans from entering the system. It is because they are very sneaky threats.

How do I delete Dataup?

You will not find an uninstaller of Dataup in Control Panel, so the only way to put an end to activities performed by this Trojan is to delete its files. Luckily, you will not need to erase them one by one because they are all located in one folder called Dataup. Delete this folder from %PROGRAMFILES% or %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%. The malicious application gathering information about users will no longer bother you after doing that. Unfortunately, it might still be true that your system is unclean because of the presence of other computer infections there. As has already been mentioned, Dataup could have entered your computer in a bundle with certain malicious Chinese apps, so it is a must to scan the computer with an automatic scanner too to find out whether or not it is true. Go to download a reputable diagnostic scanner SpyHunter from our website if you are looking for a powerful and yet trustworthy antimalware scanner.