I could not find the answer to this question in my search of the forums:
I got a virus detected warning for EndProcess.exe when I ran a scan. However, I cannot remove to chest or repair. Is this because the file is actually not a virus, or is it a particularly difficult problem to fix.
Thanks.
It was categorized by Avast as Win32:KillApp-W [PUP]. This file appears legit...why would Avast categorize it as a Potentially Unwanted Program?
I could not find the answer to this question in my search of the forums:
I got a virus detected warning for EndProcess.exe when I ran a scan. However, I cannot remove to chest or repair. Is this because the file is actually not a virus, or is it a particularly difficult problem to fix.
Thanks.
It normally comes with the HP recovery data, in c:\HP\bin, or something like that, what was the location ?
It isn't a virus, as the suffix [PUP] Potentially Unwanted Program implies. This is a tool used to kill applications (killapp) and is a tool that can be used for good or evil and your AV is not making that determination.
What I find strange is that it is being detected at all as scanning for PUPs isn't enabled by default. So it looks like you have been tweaking avast or its scan settings without knowing the possible effect.
The default action is NOT to scan for PUPs, so someone has changed this setting.
Full System Scan > Settings > Sensitivity PUP and suspicious files section 'Scan for potentially unwanted programs (PUPs).
The default action is NOT to scan for PUPs, so someone has changed this setting.
Full System Scan > Settings > Sensitivity PUP and suspicious files section 'Scan for potentially unwanted programs (PUPs).
I am the ONLY USER and I know for a fact that I have never changed ANY settings on Avast. Under the circumstances it would HAVE TO BE THE DEFAULT SETTING in my case. I don't even know HOW to make this change actually.
Can you tell me how I can change it back?
I do not know where to find "Full System Scan" in your path that you posted above.
Thanks.
Please stop posting in multiple topic, I can't keep up with the same questions and I have no idea why your Full System Scan is detecting PUPs when scan for PUPs isn't checked. But I can't see your settings of your scan as I'm sure there are other options which may still scan this (e.g. Scan All files).
I certainly haven't seen this where others with their settings on defaults get PUP detections.
I can't see why it would detect it, as I said if the scan for PUPs is off and if Scan All files is also off. I can see no logical reason why it would scan it and even if it did scan it I would think it wouldn't be using the PUP signatures.
I certainly haven't seen and instance of this in the forums, nor have I experienced it.
(I'm not sure why more things didn't show up in the Virus Chest because there were a lot of problems found on the "boot-up scan")what things......scan errors...if so they are not detections so have nothing to do in the chest
So then you are saying that on "boot scans" the PUP setting is ignored even if unchecked and PUPs are always scanned for?
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