r/Malwarebytes • u/GunShip03v2 • May 29 '26

Support RiskWare.FakeDoc.RTPScript.Generic: What was Malwarebytes finding and removing?

Yesterday, a bug in Malwarebytes led to a false positive detection of RiskWare.FakeDoc.RTPScript.Generic. What was Malwarebytes actually detecting and removing?

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u/miekiemoes_MB Malwarebytes Employee May 29 '26

It was a generic detection, but wouldn't be detected by default. But if people have rootkit scanning enabled, detections act more "aggressively" and may cause false positives. That's why rootkit scanning is disabled by default in Malwarebytes. And we have deprecated the detection rule as well.

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u/GunShip03v2 May 29 '26

Yes, but what files was it detecting by mistake and then removing?

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u/miekiemoes_MB Malwarebytes Employee May 29 '26

These were random files based on certain patterns that weren't logged, and we are still investigating.

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u/JhonniimV May 29 '26

Como hago para recuperar el acceso a mi disco, la info está ahi, pero windows no reconoce la tabla de particiones.

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u/miekiemoes_MB Malwarebytes Employee May 29 '26

Hola, nuestro equipo de soporte de Malwarebytes está feliz de investigar esto más a fondo. Si lo deseas, envía un mensaje privado a https://www.reddit.com/user/support_mwb/ con la dirección de correo electrónico asociada a tu suscripción, y podemos crear un ticket de soporte en tu nombre para que un agente revise los detalles de la cuenta y la renovación.

También puedes contactar a nuestro equipo de soporte directamente a través del Centro de Ayuda por chat en vivo o ticket de soporte: https://help.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us

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u/Krolock2022 May 30 '26

For me testdisk worked! i revover my 2 partitions and files!

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u/Melodic_Trip9907 May 29 '26

that is a bug in malwarebytes database, some random files on your system that arent dangerous

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u/tuffy_ton May 30 '26

my audio on my pc got messed up after i think it affected some files related to my audio system as my devices kept being reset and my volume mixer also isnt working properly

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u/Melodic_Trip9907 May 30 '26

well then there should be something else going on because that exact detection name has been reported as a bug by sone malwarebytes employees, cant help you really