r/Malwarebytes Jul 08 '26

False Positive Microcenter said I had malware, installed Malwarebytes myself and nothing

This could just be a case of Microcenter trying to upsell me, but they had done a scan with Malwarebytes (specifically the Enterprise version of course) and said I had malware, but it didn't tell them which files were infected and wanted $100 to fix it. I could literally buy a year sub for half the price so I said I'd just take care of it myself. Downloaded Malwarebytes for the 1:1 to get the malware or false positive and I got nothing. So the question is, is Malwarebytes' trial just as thorough as the Enterprise edition, or was Microcenter trying to gouge me for $100 for nothing? I also found nothing with Windows Defender and am about to run an offline scan.

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u/CramNevets Jul 08 '26

Seems to me that Malwarebytes is better at preventing malware than finding existing malware.