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Generic malware detection by Malwarebytes (old version, 3.6.0)

Open falcorr opened this issue 4 years ago • 2 comments

OS: Windows 10 64-bit

GPMDP version: 3.6.0

Malwarebytes version: 4.1.0.56 (application last updated 9-7-2020) Update package version: 1.0.26581 Component package version: 1.0.955

Issue descriptions: Up-to-date Malwarebytes has started detecting the following as Malware.Generic.475947316

  • appdata\local\gpmdp_3\app-3.6.0\squirrel.exe
  • appdata\local\gpmdp_3\update.exe
  • HKU\ ... \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GPMDP_3
  • and even a Quick Launch shortcut

Thought it worth a mention.

falcorr avatar Jul 08 '20 21:07 falcorr

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welcome[bot] avatar Jul 08 '20 21:07 welcome[bot]

I'm not sure how we can fix this as it's an outdated version of the app. Any suggestions? Maybe it should be submitted as a false positive to MBAM?

jostrander avatar Aug 10 '20 14:08 jostrander