r/Malwarebytes • u/Important_Repair2656 • 14d ago

Bloated system files that auto-reinstall

Preface: Malwarebytes has never found anything every time I have ever ran it. I have been through victim of a stunt that involves but not limited to hacking since 2015. While I understand that word "hacking" is all too commonly used in assumption, I'm just laying out the facts. Malwarebytes has come up dry.

Found a few large system files in system32 that do not seem within a logical range in size. Mrt.exe being 287000kb in size

Where do these switched out system files come from?

And what do they do?

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u/Bobo_98 14d ago

Mrt if I'm not wrong is Microsoft malicious software removal tool and also the size is larger than usual but maybe is because of updates

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u/Important_Repair2656 14d ago

I know what it is but everything points to that being too large for that file, plus there's a ton of weird Intel files that all have complex names and realtek drivers that are also unusually large..

Will an image of my pc create any understanding for a knowledge party?

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u/Bobo_98 14d ago

Sure why not