A little question!

[Ivy]

Hi ,

I have a little question to ask, my AVG has a PUP HackTool BVP, Can this be harmful?

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[Aegis]

From what I could find on the 'net, it is a virus.  I would let AVG do it's thing, and make it go away.

[evilfantasy]

It's not a virus. The only thing is a Restore Point so it isn't harmful unless you restore to it. Cookies are harmless.

Disable the System Restore Utility to prevent re-infection from an old one

1) Right click the My Computer icon on the Desktop and click on Properties.
2) Click on the System Restore tab.
3) Put a check mark next to Turn off System Restore on All Drives
4) Click the OK button.
5) You will be prompted to restart the computer. Click the Yes button.

Now re-enable System Restore

To re-enable the System Restore Utility, follow steps one to five and on step three remove the check mark next to 'Turn off System Restore on All Drives'.

1) Right click the My Computer icon on the Desktop and click on Properties.
2) Click on the System Restore tab.
3) Remove the check mark next to Turn off System Restore on All Drives
4) Click the OK button.

[Ivy]

You want me to delete all my previous restore points? I made clean restore points, won't they be deleted?

[evilfantasy]

When you turn it off it will create a new clean one and remove the old (infected) ones.

[Aegis]

My apologies.  I inquired further regarding the .bvp file format and found this:

BlueVoda Publication file. This is a proprietary format which represents an encoded web page. The file can be edited using the bluevoda website builder, but can only be published using the bluevoda tool and to bluevoda hosting only.

[Ivy]

When you turn it off it will create a new clean one and remove the old (infected) ones.

I made them after reformat, are they infected?

[evilfantasy]

According to the screen shot yes.