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Offline kvintanzil

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PUP: Win32:Agent-BBIU [PUP] a virus or not?
« on: November 30, 2015, 04:13:44 PM »
just finished a full scan on my external HDD today and found 2 suspected virus named PUP: Win32:Agent-BBIU [PUP] with Low severity on my game folders so i was wondering is this a virus? will it do any harm to my computer and can i run my game safely with this?

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Re: PUP: Win32:Agent-BBIU [PUP] a virus or not?
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2015, 04:26:05 PM »
PUP is not virus.  https://www.virusbtn.com/resources/glossary/potentially_unwanted.xml

A very good PUP remover is Malwarebytes

If you need help, follow instructions here   https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0

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Re: PUP: Win32:Agent-BBIU [PUP] a virus or not?
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2015, 10:09:12 AM »
PUP is not virus.  https://www.virusbtn.com/resources/glossary/potentially_unwanted.xml

A very good PUP remover is Malwarebytes

If you need help, follow instructions here   https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0

thank you, so if i want to run my game is it safe to add the pup file on exclusion list?

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Re: PUP: Win32:Agent-BBIU [PUP] a virus or not?
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2015, 10:59:53 AM »
it is probably some adware crap that is bundled with the program

you may upload and test the file here  www.virustotal.com  if tested before, click rescan for a fresh result
post link to scan result here, then we may be able to tell you what it is


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Re: PUP: Win32:Agent-BBIU [PUP] a virus or not?
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2015, 11:34:45 AM »
it is probably some adware crap that is bundled with the program

you may upload and test the file here  www.virustotal.com  if tested before, click rescan for a fresh result
post link to scan result here, then we may be able to tell you what it is

scanned just now and here are the result https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/77cd79eca6854e0b2d5dc00795d45ff82f02e1c9f91443b076deba36ae93f1e2/analysis/1449138762/

thank you.

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Re: PUP: Win32:Agent-BBIU [PUP] a virus or not?
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2015, 11:37:32 AM »
Well, the result speaks for itself.
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Re: PUP: Win32:Agent-BBIU [PUP] a virus or not?
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2015, 12:11:25 PM »
So a hacktool / crack ...   using this is considered stealing, dont be surprised if it containe some other surpises