Question:
Malwarebytes Trojan Detection?
anonymous
2012-11-18 00:17:19 UTC
So, I updated Malwarebytes today and ran a full-system scan (which I do about two times a week), and it picked up a positive for a trojan. Funny thing is, the thing it was claiming was a trojan was an old mod for a game I downloaded (It was the Darthmod for Shogun 2: Total War). Now, it was an older version of the mod that I downloaded last year and never used, so it obviously had been scanned by Malwarebytes many, many times. So at first I just figured it was a strange false-positive. But, I don't really know too much about the evil trickery used by malware. Is it possible that a malevolent file was downloaded onto my computer which then copied an existing file name and then replaced it? Or am I being paranoid? As a final piece of information for those of you unfamiliar with the mod, it is fan-made and contains an installer.

Either way, I let Malwarebytes remove it (as I wasn't using the original file anyways), but I'd like to know for future reference. Thank you for your time.
Four answers:
?
2012-11-18 00:39:43 UTC
I think you did the right thing ... cant say if it was a false positive or not, but It's better to quarantine it if your not sure (at least in my opinion it is) ...



(Just a suggestion~~>) if you still have the file backed up somewhere, you could put it on your system again and then e-mail it/submit it directly to Malwarebytes (removing this file after you do) and then they may get back to you saying "oh we are sorry ..that is a safe file and this is a false alarm" and they would even update the database NOT to detect that file in future updates ... that sort of thing. You do not have to of course



-Xmetalfanx
?
2016-08-27 10:30:14 UTC
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Sly_Old_Mole
2012-11-18 03:09:30 UTC
Malwarebytes has a very good free forum where there answer any questions about Malwarebytes.
?
2012-11-18 00:25:05 UTC
I run a Purchased version of Malware Bytes in protection mode, the best $24.95 I ever spent, I also Run Norton Internet Security, I have been using Norton products for over a decade and they haven't failed me yet. Trojans are self replocating and self learning so no you did the right thing. I nornally run a scan in safe mode as trojans are still dormant, being a selective start up at this stage and easier to remove


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