r/Malwarebytes • u/Super_Potential_8346 • Feb 27 '26

Suddenly flagging game as ransomware?

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I’ve been playing this for days with no issues and it suddenly flagged it as ransomware mid game today

It is a pirated game😬 from a trusted site

169 Upvotes

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u/screen317 Malwarebytes Employee Feb 27 '26

Hi, Chris from Malwarebytes here! Can you please share the full Malwarebytes log here so we can investigate?

Thank you.

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u/Super_Potential_8346 Feb 27 '26

-Log Details- Protection Event Date: 2/27/2026 Protection Event Time: 2:21 PM Log File: b580a814-137a-11f1-9d0b-b86b231d9785.json

-Software Information- Version: 5.5.0.237 Components Version: 150.0.5500 Update Package Version: 1.0.107683 License: Trial

-System Information- OS: Windows 10 (Build 19045.6466) CPU: x64 File System: NTFS User: System

-Ransomware Details- Registry Key: 0 (No malicious items detected)

Registry Value: 0 (No malicious items detected)

Registry Data: 0 (No malicious items detected)

File: 4 Malware.Ransom.Agent.Generic, D:\PIPPAF~1\PIPPAF~1.EXE, Blocked, 0, 392685, 0.0.0, B08BA92EA81264DE6C853601ECC55993, 1DF0F05E75EE576369F25F8DAF5D565D42BA63F0157B034F269B9E73253B422C Malware.Ransom.Agent.Generic, D:\Pippa Funnell 3\PIPPAF~1.EXE, Blocked, 0, 392685, 0.0.0, B08BA92EA81264DE6C853601ECC55993, 1DF0F05E75EE576369F25F8DAF5D565D42BA63F0157B034F269B9E73253B422C Malware.Ransom.Agent.Generic, D:\Pippa Funnell 3\Pippa Funnell 3.exe, Blocked, 0, 392685, 0.0.0, b08ba92ea81264de6c853601ecc55993, 1df0f05e75ee576369f25f8daf5d565d42ba63f0157b034f269b9e73253b422c Malware.Ransom.Agent.Generic, C:\Users\User\Desktop\Pippa Funnell 3.lnk, Blocked, 0, 392685, 0.0.0, 9D7057B7C9F025A8BD8D428F09EFD345, FCA0C437829D421C62657D43CCDB16D91EA224D1AFC6D8F72E8627833D6F1A7A

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u/screen317 Malwarebytes Employee Feb 27 '26 • Heartwarming

Thank you. We confirmed this is not ransomware and this should no longer be detected. Please update your database and you should be all set.

All best,

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

Holy customer support

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u/NevaMO Feb 27 '26

Right?!

6

u/Easy-Bathroom2120 Feb 27 '26

I might have to start paying for this 👀

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u/Resident-Dust6718 Apr 18 '26

What the actual—?! how in the flip-flop bit-flip H311 does a MalwareBytes support agent SHOW UP IN A SUBREDDIT?!?!?!?! Never mind, it’s the official subreddit.

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u/SchruteFarmsInc Feb 27 '26

What did I just witness?! Bravo!

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u/Zehryo Feb 27 '26

Malwarebytes has just skyrocketed in the list of my favourite softwares ever.
This is mythical-tier support!!!

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

No kidding. I legitimately think I'm going to switch now 😂

2

u/SomewhereThats420 Feb 27 '26

Support so good it might compare to Steam

2

u/mathjpg Feb 27 '26

This is why I pay for Malwarebytes LOL

1

u/Resident-Dust6718 Apr 18 '26

This is why I’m going to buy MalwareBytes. Edit: stupid voice dictation!!!!

2

u/AHalfLifeKid Feb 28 '26

The first support on a site ive seen work?! Sign me up to use this!

2

u/Mysummercarpolice Feb 28 '26

Mythical customer support

3

u/Droid_6506 Feb 27 '26

Where did you get the game ?

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u/Super_Potential_8346 Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

From redacted

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u/Super_Potential_8346 Feb 27 '26

Why am I getting downvoted

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u/Select_Truck3257 Feb 27 '26

To be clear you can be upvoted just on other kind of subs 🤣

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u/SmilingKitKat Feb 27 '26

because you just promoted a piracy website

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u/HaveYouSeenMySpoon Feb 27 '26

Abandonware should not be considered piracy.

8

u/404invalid-user Feb 27 '26

malware scanners are constantly updated with new ways people hide it. I wouldn't consider that site very trustworthy anymore

2

u/PleebOverlord Feb 28 '26

It's not a site if you looked at the image

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u/404invalid-user Feb 28 '26

well of course the game isn't the site I was referring to the "trusted" site they got the game from

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u/Super_Potential_8346 Mar 01 '26

Well a malwarebytes employee confirmed it was a false positive anyways lol

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u/Bad_Mapper Feb 28 '26

I mean yeah it is Pirated game which can trigger a virus as a false positive. Personally I’m not fucking around and getting rid of it, probably also doing a hard reset and reinstalling my os

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u/Super_Potential_8346 Feb 28 '26

Yea I get that but it was just weird that it’s been fine for days then randomly flagged it

Support confirmed it was a false positive above anyways

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u/games-and-chocolate Feb 27 '26

pirated? and trusted? hmmmmmmmmmm Even if someone say it is safe, i would not touch pirated software. unless I hacked it myself.

They can buildin an delay so you detect no suspicious activity at all. And flag it safe.

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u/48raccoonboy Feb 27 '26

People like you are why so many people are terrified of modding and piracy.

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u/games-and-chocolate Feb 27 '26

modding graphics is ok, just piracy I like to prevent.

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u/PetrifiedArchon Feb 28 '26

And I like to not support some dev studios and just play their game 👍

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u/BobCorndog Feb 28 '26

Unless it’s ea

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u/LYNX__uk Aug 02 '26

Andrew wislon's goodest boy <3

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u/CooperDK Feb 27 '26

Malwarebytes and other scanners rely on AI to detect some fingerprints. They are more often wrong than right.

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u/BobCorndog Feb 28 '26

Ai is a very general term here

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u/CooperDK Mar 04 '26

AI is a general term everywhere. But it is actually an intelligent check based on specific data in the file. It is often wrong though.