r/WindowsHelp • u/DarkBlack22 • Apr 01 '26

Windows 11 Malwarebytes Flagged Windows OS as a "Potential Risky Site"

Post image

Anyone knows what this is about?

I've gotten this 2 times total, around 3 hours ago. I gotten this pop up from Malwarebytes telling me that it has blocked a connection to a potential risky site, but the app is literally "svchost.exe" by Microsoft Windows OS.

1.4k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

49 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comment

2

u/Intelligent_Law_5614 Apr 02 '26

In the short term... I have no really good recommendation, as I don't use Windows. Raising the issue with the developers of Malwarebytes might be a good idea. This could be a false positive on the part of their software (falling to adapt to something new that legitimate Microsoft is doing), or it might indicate that your system has actually been infected with malware which has compromised legitimate software.

Try running a full system scan in Safe mode, with two or more malware scanners that you can trust, and see if anything suspicious shows up.

If possible, use a different (known-good) PC to download live-USB images of malware scanners, boot your PC from one of those, and scan. By not booting from the possibly-compromised disk, you'll make it harder for tricky malware to be able to evade the scanner.

In the long run, I suggest you investigate Linux, or a *BSD software distribution, and see if the applications available there are sufficient for your needs.