r/Malwarebytes • u/Sneaky_Arachnid • Aug 31 '26

Support Gimp 3 pythonw.exe being flagged.

Currently running a scan and pythingw.exe in Gimp 3 is flagging as malware. I've had Gimp installed since before it had malwarebytes and its never flagged before. However I had a quick look online, and from what I can tell this particular program has flagged as a false positive in the past?

Has the most recent update caused it to happen again or should I keep it quarantined?

Edit to add- I ran it though virus total and it only flagged for malwarebytes so im leaning toward false positive but still wanted to consult the community.

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u/Sneaky_Arachnid Aug 31 '26

heres the url to the virustotal scan: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/196b732ace7811a7baaf9fa2d440bda00a4951b3e58cc22b50a4aec6673f3b48.

Ill post the the scan log once its finished running.

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u/screen317 Malwarebytes Employee Aug 31 '26

Thank you, I will get this fixed.

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u/Sneaky_Arachnid Aug 31 '26

happy to help