When doing a full system scan Avast found KillIt.exe as a virus, which i know is a false-positive. I have added this path to exclusions under general settings but do i also need to add it to the exclusions when creating a scheduled scan?
I notice that under the General Settings/Exclusions Avast states that, 'exclusions specified here will only apply to on-demand scans(manual and scheduled scans).
So, my questions are…
Do i need to add that exclusion to my scheduled scan aswell just to be sure?
If it only applies to on-demand scans what is a non on-demand scan?
It isn’t a false positive, given what it does, avast cannot determine intent, a tool is a double edged sword.
You also don’t give the full malware name and I suspect that it will have [PUP] after it, potentially unwanted program (which by default aren’t scanned for in on-demand scans, see image) ?
No - A scheduled scan is an on-demand scan.
The resident on-access scan when a file is accessed/run - file system shield.
So your custom scan when you elect to scan for PUPs be aware that some of these tools will be detected.
File Behavior
KILLIT.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
KILLIT.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
* Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up
* Created as a process on disk
* Executed as a Process
* Deleted as a process from disk
yes and only HP use that. but if in other brand machine it become poison ;D ;D ;D
this things is not virus nor malware.
is an unwanted software.
hp have this because sometime its hung-up in multi task.
this software its good to make tricks in other brand computer sometimes its always executed accidentally and if you are in the middle of work bye-bye, ;D ;D it does not save your work ;D ;D ;D ;D