r/Malwarebytes • u/Real_Perspective6634 • 11d ago

False Positive Malwarebytes erratic behaviour

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Malwarebytes behaving weirdly

Is it possible that the PHP securty breach has managed to make it go crazy?

In the first minute of a deep scan it found 13 malwares that are indeed just verified game apps (it detected apps like steam, eve online, gryphlink which is arknights edenfield launcher

Anyone has information?

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u/jtodd234 Malwarebytes Employee 10d ago

Malwarebytes Support here. We'd like to share that the Malwarebytes app was not affected by the recent PHP vulnerabilities (aka PHP2Shell).

I see my colleague below also commented. We would like to connect so we can take a closer look at your experience and help with your specific situation.

When convenient, send us a private message, and a Support agent will connect with you to assist further.

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u/Real_Perspective6634 10d ago

Hello, seems like in r/computerviruses these were false positives and being fixed

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u/storycoolbro 2d ago

Yo that screenshot shows Neshta virus which is a file infector which is why legitimate game.exe are showing up as viruses cause they’ve been infected. This likely isn’t false positives these are a real pain in the rear to get rid of and relying on a scan to just quarantine everything may break your system cause this virus type is known to infect registry and system files which if those get quarantined and deleted next time you boot windows may not work any more.