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Adware/Growtopia

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Adware/Growtopia is classified as a type of adware.
Adware is any software package that automatically displays advertisements while the program is running. Adware is often not malicious, but unwanted, and a user is often unaware of its being installed on the local machine.
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  • Make sure that your FortiGate/FortiClient system is using the latest AV database.
  • Quarantine/delete files that are detected and replace infected files with clean backup copies.

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Version Updates

Date Version Detail
2023-06-13 91.04163
2023-04-23 91.02621
2023-04-21 91.02572
2022-04-05 90.01122
2022-01-31 89.09207
2021-10-05 89.05661
2021-08-10 88.00269
2021-07-26 87.00910
2021-05-30 86.00549
2021-02-23 84.00249
ID 8168620
Released Jan 11, 2020
Description
Updated		 Jan 11, 2020
Platform Profile Adware typically display advertising content to the user. This advertising content may take many forms, but is typically in the form of web browser pop-up advertisements. In most circumstances, the user is not aware of the Adware component being installed on the local machine.