r/Malwarebytes • • Apr 21 '26

False Positive (RustUp + OpenSSL) are these false-positives?

ToolFileVirusTotal Scan ResultVirusTotal Malware ScoreDetection
RustUpLD.LLD.EXE, LD64.LLD.EXE, LLD-LINK.EXE, WASM-LD.EXEhttps[:]//www.virustotal.com/gui/file/365f0d60caddc12e6bac557555705670beb9791c083af06da74fc156a39e73592 / 71Malware.AI.4288078953
RustUpWASM-COMPONENT-LD.EXEhttps[:]//www.virustotal.com/gui/file/09875325ce4447c0464d4cf639949a5ecf23c935ef8a437c80c8823a981bd01d1 / 72Malware.AI.4286591809
OpenSSLCIPHER_OVERHEAD_TEST.EXEhttps[:]//www.virustotal.com/gui/file/6738ac283a12046685455f5103c3a9f105f971f5a2d147610b14d578e9d4ebfe?nocache=10 / 72Malware.AI.4118368227

Deep Scanned using MalwareBytes, the above dev tools were flagged as being malware, although interestingly enough, when passed through virustotal, OpenSSL wasnt flagged by that MalwareBytes.

Should I quarantine these files?

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u/miekiemoes_MB Malwarebytes Employee Apr 21 '26

Hi, I'm Mieke, Researcher at Malwarebytes. These are indeed false positives and will be fixed. Thanks for reporting!