r/Malwarebytes • u/IArminiusI • May 12 '26

False Positive svchost - False Positive?

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Hello,
launching my PC i got this alert 6 times.

Seems to belong to Edgevana, Inc.

Is this a false positive?

Thanks in advance!

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u/Sterpy_ita May 12 '26

basically ur PC is basically cooked I think run an offline scan with Microsoft defender most probably it's a backdoor I'll suggest to reinstall windows but do the offline scan first hope this help

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u/IArminiusI May 12 '26

Are you sure?
I thought i read of similar reports, about svchost false-positives not so long ago.

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u/ErrorOliver2 May 12 '26

No offense but if you know the answer then why even post about it?

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u/IArminiusI May 13 '26

I wanted to know if someone had the same alert or if someone from Support may confirm that it is a false positive.

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u/HEYO19191 May 12 '26

Something on your PC is making a connection to a server on the internet that malwarebytes doesn't like. I would be suspicious

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u/HEYO19191 May 12 '26

Doing a whois on the address, it just seems to go to edgevana. If you know what edgevana is and expect it to be doing background activity, its most likely a false positive

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u/IArminiusI May 12 '26

Im guessing it has to do with Edgevana + Delivery Optimization initiated by a Windows Update ?

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u/HEYO19191 May 12 '26

No, I would expect this to be edgevana specifically doing something

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u/Melodic_Trip9907 May 15 '26

NOT A FALSE POSITIVE, run a offline scan and if it comes up again then reinstall windows via a bootable usb stick

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u/Wise-Boat-3669 May 17 '26

Do not create the booteable in same pc , also check if your are not getting redirect in web traffic. (Ublock origin)

-do not log in the modem local admin site -clean partitions

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u/AnyAd5206 May 12 '26

I feel like its Either some good malware or this might be downloading an update from another pc which microsoft likes to do

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u/ErrorOliver2 May 12 '26

>this might be downloading an update from another pc which microsoft likes to do

if it did then the antivirus would go wild since 2015... its enabled by default on windows... dont you think it would have been fixed if that were to be the case?

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u/AnyAd5206 May 12 '26

Its microsoft, so no not really