two days ago a warning popped up on my screen a virus called Idle Buddy a Bitcoin miner doesn't AVG protect me from this and a virus hunter scanned and found a 125 other Adware and PUP… items where is the protection?
Hello Ernest,
I would like to inform you that, PUP's are potentially unwanted programs which are not actual threats but unnecessary to run on a computer.
Hence, it is not set as a default search in AVG virus scan.
If you wish to find PUP's, it can be enabled in AVG virus scan settings.
May I know when you received the popup regarding "Idle Buddy"?
Hello Ernest,
I would like to inform you that, PUP's are potentially unwanted programs which are not actual threats but unnecessary to run on a computer.
Hence, it is not set as a default search in AVG virus scan.
If you wish to find PUP's, it can be enabled in AVG virus scan settings.
May I know when you received the popup regarding "Idle Buddy"?
I noticed the pop up on Sunday 1April I looked it up in search engine and read that it could be removed with spy hunter which i did
Thank you for the information.
PUP's can be removed from AVG as well.
We do have an option to scan for PUP's. Open AVG Internet Security, click on "Menu->Settings->General->Check the option "Scan for Potentially Unwanted Applications".
If you face any difficulties, please let us know and we will assist you further.