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On the Welcome screen, click UVK tools. The UVK window will be displayed like the screenshot below:

UVK tools 

This section includes several tools for file, registry and system restore information and management..



File tools

To manage a file, first you must enter its path in the File to manage: input box. To easily do it, click Browse, then browse to the path where the file you want to manage is located. Click Open. The path of the file will be added to the input box.

You may now use the options below:





  File information: Will display a dialog box containing information on the selected file. See the screenshot below:

File information

As you can see in the screenshot above, the dialog shows several information fields and some buttons to perform extra actions.

By default, the publisher displayed is not verified. Click Verify to verify it. Click the Check button to check if the file is infected using the VT api.

Click the VirusTotal MD5 report button to generate a html report on your desktop.

Click the File properties button to open the file's properties dialog.

Click the Close button or just press Esc to close the dialog box.

  Perform action: Select the action you want to perform in the drop down box to the left before using this feature. Available actions are:

  • VirusTotal MD5 report: Generate a VirusTotal html report using the MD5 hash of the selected file.

  • ThreatExpert MD5 report: Search the ThreatExpert database using the MD5 hash of the selected file.

  • ThreatExpert file name report: Search the ThreatExpert database using the name of the selected file.

  • Search file name with google: Will make a quick google search using the file name as the keyword.

  • Lock file (deny access): This will edit the file's security descriptor, and deny everyone access to the file. Useful to block infected files when you're not able to delete them.

  • Unlock file (grant access): This will grant everyone full access to the file. Useful to restore acces to files that have been blocked by malware.

  • Unlock and delete file: This will grant everyone full access to the file and the delete it. Use this feature to delete infected files.

  • Scan with the system file checker: This will scan the file's integrty with sfc.exe, and repair it if needed. This feature is only useful for system files and is only available on Vista or newer Windows versions.



Registry tools

To manage a registry key, first you need to enter its name (full registry path) in the Key to manage input box. To easily do it, click Open regedi. On the registry editor browse to the key you wish to manage, right click it and click Copy key name. The key's name will be automatically inserted to the input box.

Be careful when messing up with the registry. If you're not sure of what you're doing, then don't do anything. Changes to the registry can make serious damages to your operation system.

  Perform action: Select the action you want to perform in the drop down box to the left before using this feature. Available actions are:

  • Search key name with google: Will make a quick google search using the key's name as the keyword.

  • Protect key from changes: This will set read only access permissions to the key. Useful to prevent important registry keys from being changed by malware.

  • Unlock key (grant access): This will grant everyone full access to the key. Useful to restore acces to keys that have been blocked by malware.

  • Unlock and delete key: This will grant everyone full access to the key and the delete it. Use this feature to delete infected keys. 



System restore management

  Delete restore points: Select the restore points you want to delete from the list before using this feature. Hold the Ctrl key down to select several restore points.

  Create restore point: Create a system restore point. You'll be asked to enter the name for the restore point.

  Disable/Enable the system restore: If the system retore is enabled, this option will disable it. If it's disabled, this option will enable it.


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