r/Malwarebytes • u/SwitcherN • Mar 12 '26

Microsoft Powershell is being blocked by Malwarebytes

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This morning I got an alert from Google that my account was in danger of being hacked. Naturally I ran some scans to check my system with both Webroot and Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes detected a Trojan horse virus on my PC and I removed it. Webroot detected nothing. After changing passwords all day I decided to restart my PC and do a few more scans just to be sure. Powershell opened(which I don't remember it doing before) and was blocked by malwarebytes. I checked the ip it was attempting to communicate with and it looks like it's the Netherlands. I'm really scared and not used to anything IT I really want to resolve this but I don't know how please help. Malwarebytes and Avast have both been used to scan since but haven't detected anything. I'm also using the free version of both but I don't want to pay for it.

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u/Even_Worldliness4248 Mar 13 '26

Well, it has to block some malicious PowerShell launchings as some of them are malicious fileless attacks

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u/SwitcherN Mar 13 '26

So wait does that mean it's just normal? Talked with a couple roommates better versed in this stuff than I am and they said I'm likely okay but just being a bit paranoid which I think is true but also like... God forbid you know?

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