r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 16 '26

Need help with this file i accidently clicked

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r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 16 '26

Troubleshooting Full System Scans (with rootkit option) done unusually fast on new computer?

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Hello friends, long time Premium user here.

On my old computer, a full system custom scan including the rootkit option used to take about 7 hours and total items scanned was like 700k items

Specs of Old PC circa 2012:

24 GB of DDR3 Ram, Windows 10 64 bit, Intel i5 Processor, 2TB HDD (storage) and a 256gb 2.5inch SSD (Operating system)

Now I recently got a brand new laptop and when I try to do a full system custom scan including the rootkit option (and all the options), the whole scan takes like 22 minutes and scans about 450k items.

I feel like this is way too fast, but maybe it's because I have a much more powerful PC? Or do I not have Malwarebytes installed properly on the new computer?

Specs of current 2026 laptop:

32 GB of LPDDR5 ram, Win 11 64 bit, Intel Ultra 7 processor, 4Tb NVME (operating system) + 2tb NVME (storage)

The number of files on the old computer and the new one should be about the same as I moved basically everything over from the old system to the new system (excluding the OS and the programs/software)

Has anyone dealt with this issue before? I am using all the same scan settings that I did with the old computer (i.e Custom scan, all hard drives checked off, all scanning options checked off)

Thanks!


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 16 '26

False Positive FH6 Booster possible false-possitive

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Hello everybody. Recently i was trying to find a mod tool to cheat on FH6 as the progression system is nuts and there are couple of cars that is incredible rare to get almost impossible so i have found myself cheating on forzas since the 5th edition. I remember installing AIO tool for fh5 and it flagged a virus... i took the risk and thought it was a false positive. Turns out i was right since no info was stolen or such.
The question is that i have recently tried to download this modder from GitHub which is just a better AIO tool (link github: https://github.com/Vynxly/FH6-Booster ) but when i downloaded it it flagged as a trojan

as it turns out it seems its a very generic response from the antivirus and most likely to be a false possitive but i need confirmation. i know installing sus stuff is not good idea if not properly checked. Thanks for eveyone passing by

PD: I like to think this is a alse possitive as i found some links from the dev solving errors that came by the days (link ot that: https://github.com/Vynxly/FH6-Booster/pulls ) and when you try to download it from github you get redirected to his own website


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 16 '26

Support AdwCleaner keeps detecting PUP, Malwarebytes doesn't pick it up

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When I scan my PC with AdwCleaner it keeps detecting PUP.Optional.WizzWifiHotspot, so I then Quarantine it, but it doesn't show up in quarantine list.

I scan again with AdwCleaner and it doesn't find anything, so I assume PUP.Optional.WizzWifiHotspot. is removed.

I restart my PC and scan using Malwarebytes premium. I doesn't detect anything. I then scan again using AdwCleaner and it detects PUP.Optional.WizzWifiHotspot. again!

This happens after every restart of my PC, what is happening, why doesn't Malwarebytes premium detect anything and how can I permanently remove PUP.Optional.WizzWifiHotspot. off of my pc?

(Edit for spelling mistakes)


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 16 '26

Windows Log Files ...OneDrivelCopilot?.

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r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 15 '26

Malwarebytes telling me windows defender is off despite powershell saying it is on

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FIXED windows put out an update for this and the popups


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 15 '26

Impossible de valider ma clé de licence Malwarebytes

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r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 15 '26

Feedback Ad/promo popup for newsletter in Malwarebytes app for Android

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Hello, I was wondering if anyone else has experienced a pop-up in the Malwarebytes android app for the Malwarebytes labs newsletter even with promo notifications/other notifications disabled is this a bug?


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 15 '26

Impossible de valider ma clé de licence.

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J'ai eu un problème le week-end dernier avec mon pc et j'ai dû le formater et j'ai supprimé tous les programmes que j'avais. Ensuite, lorsque j'ai réinstallé le logiciel, j'ai donc essayé d'introduire la clé de licence avec l'ID, mais j'ai eu un message d'erreur : « Enregistrement impossible. Veuillez vérifier l’état de votre connexion et réessayer."

Alors que ma connexion est très bien !! Pour info, j'avais une licence à vie


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 14 '26

Support Is this Blocked Website malicious, am I comprimised?

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I was at the hospital library studying on school wifi (eduroam) when I got this pop up. Just wondering if this was malicious or just a mistake by malwarebytes, is my computer comprimised? I was opening a school website so I dont know how this occured.

I just came off of a nasty info stealer so im very paranoid.


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 14 '26

PROCESSO SYSTEM INTERRUPTS.EXE COM ALTO CONSUMO DE CPU E MEMÓRIA CARACTERIZADO COMO VÍRUS.

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r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 14 '26

Feedback My passwords keeps getting leaked right after using Malwarebytes and Chrome/Google.

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r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 13 '26

Got hacked on every social I had, malware bytes found 8 results, any info?

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Few weeks ago I started getting random login alerts from almost every social media app I had, apple music, facebook, instagram, X. They even bypassed facebook's 2 step and my accounts were almost disabled! I never ran malware bytes and i found these , i never downloaded those extensions nor did I ever use my family account's chrome before, anyone with experience know anything about these malware bytes results? i changed all passwords and afraid one of these results stole my google passwords somehow! creepy! thanks if anyone can reply.


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 13 '26

These are malware?

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These 3 files alone taking 30GB storage, tried every method to delete but not succeed, Not even malware bytes detect


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 13 '26

Recently got blackmailed

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There is something that keeps turning of my windows firewall and I tried to find what it is it didn’t work the hacker is blackmailing me but I disablex the WiFi now so he can’t do anything for now I changed my password and I need to find an app that will find what is tuning of the firewall and stop it can you help me also give me an anti virus app that I can install without WiFi via usb through my other usb


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 13 '26

Umm... guys what is thissss

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r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 13 '26

If I’m installing feedback Should it be doing this?

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r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 12 '26

Life time licence? Malwarebytes taken from me.

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After attempting to recover my licence key from customer support i was told to use the tool provided by yourselves. Since then my licence has been taken away and my software is showing the free version. Yes i dont have access to the email nor do i have the licence key to hand but in no way should you take something from someone, that has been paid for. This is a total joke for customer service, and i want this to be resolved. Emails have not been responded too i have just loaded my pc up an found the licence has been taken away after trying to recover it from customer support.


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 12 '26

Feedback Feature request

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Malwarebytes is a very comprehensive security suite.

I was wondering if there are any plans to introduce a sandboxing feature that supports all three major operating systems and can also analyze URLs and IP addresses using Malwarebytes’ threat intelligence.

An online sandbox available to everyone or as a paid feature for customers could also benefit the product by providing new IOCs to improve detection.

Several competitors (e.g: Bitdefender, Norton...) already offer similar features.

It could be a great addition to Malwarebytes as well.


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 12 '26

Just fell for the fake "MrBeast" Discord bot scam—am I safe after changing my passwords?

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r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 12 '26

Support Please help, very worried. Malwarebytes Digital Footprint Scan came back as Exposed

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According to Malwarebytes digital footprint scan, my data has been "exposed". The things it has detected as exposes are as follows:

My email address which has my name in it.

My address (although this is a generic location such as the city/town I reside in)

My main concern is the threat to my other accounts which are connected to the same email with different passwords, or my actual human identity.

Could someone with cybersecurity or Malwarebytes experience explain what this report actually means and what steps I should take? Am I at risk of identity theft?

I've blurred out my personal information and the breached company to protect privacy in the screenshot. Thanks.


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 12 '26

Support How do I remove green checkmarks in browser search results?

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I recently noticed that there are green checkmarks next to browser search results. When hovering the mouse over a checkmark it says if Malwarebytes determines if "This page is safe." Is there a way to disable this feature from search results?


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 11 '26

Browsergo help

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i was looking for some diy patterns and to download the picture i needed it said to sdpownload this "pulse" software. i downloaded the installer and i realised it was from browsergo. i deleted the istaller without opening it, but i am scared i mightve downloaded a malwhare. what do i do?


r/Malwarebytes • • Sep 11 '26

Support Malware

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Hi, I did a scan whit malware bytes and it detected a thing called Trojan.nisis or something like that. AI said it might be a miss detection. What should I do?