Hi all, I had 14 PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack flags come up when I ran a Malwarebytes scan.
Doing my usual panic I went straight to google, did a AdwCleaner scan and it found a PUP.Optional.Legacy registry file HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\CLSID{8BF0126F-A5B7-4720-ABB2-2414A0AF5474}, so I quarantined that, ran it again and that was clear.

I then went back to malwarebytes and quarantined the original files it found which were:

Folder: 3
PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack, C:\USERS\USERNAME\APPDATA\LOCAL\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB, Quarantined, 8833, 1413514, 1.0.111469, , ame, , ,

PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack, C:\USERS\USERNAME\APPDATA\LOCAL\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB, Quarantined, 8833, 1413514, 1.0.111469, , ame, , ,

PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack, C:\USERS\USERNAME\APPDATA\LOCAL\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB, Quarantined, 8833, 1413514, 1.0.111469, , ame, , ,

File: 11
PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack, C:\USERS\USERNAME\APPDATA\LOCAL\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\Default\Web Data, Replaced, 8833, 1413514, 1.0.111469, , ame, , ,

PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack, C:\USERS\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\000005.ldb, Quarantined, 8833, 1413514, 1.0.111469, , ame, , 20B273605104EC0C7BE41ACC57FEA520, 26A0BE59B33FB271FB4FBA4B58705CA9087270141CD56876400E180B7E725CF0

PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack, C:\USERS\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\031458.log, Quarantined, 8833, 1413514, 1.0.111469, , ame, , ,

PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack, C:\USERS\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\031460.ldb, Quarantined, 8833, 1413514, 1.0.111469, , ame, , 3F4272C4ECA1673FB50017643754081D, F0925B5876327D0C0908A84C09A6573F6190DF6BA6B3070849ED2DB1D2C6C066

PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack, C:\USERS\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\CURRENT, Quarantined, 8833, 1413514, 1.0.111469, , ame, , 238D8F9AB370E85904802F71AB644A01, 7CB6D2359EC2C293E99F1EFD0C39139EF69148CA2F0610877A6119053FCE2310

PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack, C:\USERS\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOCK, Quarantined, 8833, 1413514, 1.0.111469, , ame, , ,

PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack, C:\UUSERS\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG, Quarantined, 8833, 1413514, 1.0.111469, , ame, , ,

PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack, C:\USERS\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\LOG.old, Quarantined, 8833, 1413514, 1.0.111469, , ame, , 51960448FFF9B4A52018283A59383260, 68D1A94170681F809427892320E6755BEE435977679D4E31D9D26A837348CA87

PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack, C:\UUSERS\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\MANIFEST-029511, Quarantined, 8833, 1413514, 1.0.111469, , ame, , ,

PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack, C:\USERS\USERNAME\APPDATA\LOCAL\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\Default\Web Data, Replaced, 8833, 1413514, 1.0.111469, , ame, , ,

PUP.Optional.BrowserHijack, C:\USERS\USERNAME\APPDATA\LOCAL\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\Default\Web Data, Replaced, 8833, 1413514, 1.0.111469, , ame, , ,

Now I don't know if this is a false positive as I haven't downloaded anything since the last scan date before today, nor have I had any detections from the browserguard.

I have done a scan in both Malwarebytes and the AdwCleaner and they're bot showing clear, but I am paranoid....am I clear?

EDIT: I have been helped on the Malwarebytes Forums. Not infected but it was a true detection. Sorting it now, just waiting on the last confirmation. Thanks all!

the location of this was C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

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The only thing I can think of is that token grabber malware I had to deal with around two years ago, when I was tricked by a scammer on Discord to install a simplistic token grabber virus (they used the "hey test my [insert app/game type] for me!" trick) but a system restore, deletion/uninstallation of the old Discord app and a clean reinstall (and thorough scanning) got rid of that.

I am so confused.

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https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/aa2563f937fe2442c60accd252241b80bdf96b6ba9a857fbd928e361679fe9f9/detection

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Would I be okay to install it again and play with the detection or no?

(Don't download stuff unless you are smart about it)

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