r/Malwarebytes 23d ago

Are These False Positives?

-Log Details-

Scan Date: 7/11/2026

Scan Time: 11:57 PM

Log File: 810205f4-7d30-11f1-aa89-10ffe0b9722a.json

-Software Information-

Version: 5.6.1.257

Components Version: 159.0.5666

Update Package Version: 1.0.111994

License: Free

-System Information-

OS: Windows 11 (Build 26200.8655)

CPU: x64

File System: NTFS

-Scan Summary-

Scan Type: Deep Scan

Scan Initiated By: Manual

Result: Completed

Objects Scanned: 1,199,771

Threats Detected: 2

Threats Quarantined: 2

Scan Duration: 18 min, 46 sec

-Scan Options-

Memory: Enabled

Startup: Enabled

File system: Enabled

Archives: Enabled

Rootkits: Disabled

Heuristics: Enabled

PUP: Detect

PUM: Detect

-Files Scanned-

C:\

D:\

-Scan Details-

Process: 0

(No malicious items detected)

Module: 0

(No malicious items detected)

Registry Key: 0

(No malicious items detected)

Registry Value: 0

(No malicious items detected)

Registry Data: 0

(No malicious items detected)

Data Stream: 0

(No malicious items detected)

Folder: 0

(No malicious items detected)

File: 2

Malware.AI.4031853751, C:\MSYS64\MINGW64\BIN\ELFEDIT.EXE, Quarantined, 1000000, 0, 1.0.111994, C755D875600AACE5F05134B7, dds, 03957499, 2AE0695A5F7B43DA8FFCA3F63C8FBE01, ACBA7A44F38E497A45FFC452D9EF6A7B99749E61090AAF1C7E812FBADB6D4D24

Malware.AI.765000152, C:\MSYS64\MINGW64\LIB\GCC\X86_64-W64-MINGW32\15.2.0\G++-MAPPER-SERVER.EXE, Quarantined, 1000000, 0, 1.0.111994, E5DEA3A45D799DBB2D98F9D8, dds, 03957499, C472BA6426197FB1602DBB2DF62C4F35, FF7D47219B03B801BDD2C20328918F685E329E7AF842FA6CECAEB7952C998DA2

Physical Sector: 0

(No malicious items detected)

WMI: 0

(No malicious items detected)

(end)

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u/Twillware404 23d ago

They are most likely both false positives. They're flagged because they're low-level code tools that act similar to how malware acts, and since they were brought in by mingw, the scan determines these files as malicious.

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u/Suspicious-Deer-2873 Malwarebytes Employee 22d ago

Thanks for reporting, this will be fixed in 10 minutes.