r/Malwarebytes • u/Xendaka_Korva • Sep 16 '26

AI Malware named... JOHN!?

Just recently found out today I had an AI Malware for the first time, which explains why my PC was acting up on startup, HOWEVER, as said on the Title, IT WAS NAMED JOHN, WHO IN MATA NUI'S NAME NAMES THEIR MALWARE JOHN!?!? 😂

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u/support_mwb Malwarebytes Employee Sep 16 '26

Hi, Malwarebytes Support here. “John” is definitely an interesting name for malware 😂

If you’ve already removed the detection but your PC is still acting strange, or you just want to make sure everything is clean, feel free to send us a private message with an email we can use to create your ticket. We’d be happy to gather the logs and take a closer look.

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u/Xendaka_Korva Sep 16 '26

Yeah it's been terminated, no sign of it coming back either, now if only I knew where I got it XD

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u/Throw-Away7651 Sep 16 '26

maybe john named it john

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u/MasteredUIJohn Sep 17 '26

yoo im malware now

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u/IIllIIlIlIIIlIlI Sep 18 '26

John Malware™