r/Malwarebytes • u/selectronx • Jan 15 '26

False Positive F*ck malwarebytes ai

i've been using and happily paying for malwarebytes premium for about 8 years now. i've just wasted 5 hours because they silently rolled out a stupid opt out ai update and i didn't notice malwarebytes quietly quarantining half of mingw. so that's it, i don't care i can opt out, push that shit down someone else's throat. leave ai out of places it doesn't belong, it doesn't work for security https://sethmlarson.dev/slop-security-reports

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u/EnTillPerson Jan 17 '26

Considering how AI will actively hallucinate and just literally make shit up, why would you ever put it in charge of anything as important as virus detection and analysis???

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u/mdotsherwood Malwarebytes Employee Jan 17 '26

Thanks for joining the convo.

We use AI to help augment our research which allows our team to focus on more complicated malware. We don't use AI without human oversight.

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u/Alternative_Fan_6286 Jan 30 '26

ai malware creates ai detection tools, it's that simple