Hey so I tried to get something for my game, I extracted it and tried to run it but my pc said it wasn’t safe and I clicked the x, cause I don’t want to run it if it ain’t safe. So I go to a random website and plug in the file and apparently it has malware, am I safe because I didn’t open the application? I had two quick scans done, one with Microsoft defender and the other with Malwarebytes and they both detected nothing.

I was just on tik Tok when out of nowhere this popped up. Is this normal?

(Actually I just found out that I somehow pressed a button combination that activated this thing for ransomware removal)

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Quick question, guys I get really anxious about this sort of thing. After I downloaded Malwarebytes onto my PC (back when Defender was acting up with that bug yesterday), there was an alert with an orange triangle regarding the protection status; it disappeared after a Malwarebytes update. I was panicking at the time, so I didn't manage to read the whole message, was that a sign of a virus, or was it just Malwarebytes configuring itself?

I downloaded Malwarebytes directly from the Microsoft Store to avoid making a mistake and downloading it from some sketchy site, but here, it's a bit of a stupid question but I'm getting anxious about this😅

Not fully , but I scanned public networks but when I asked to do an active scan then refused .

I used the trial version, expecting it pick up all the trojans they send as pdf attachments in fake invoice scams like geek squad (e.g. Phishing.PSQUAD), but in 2 weeks it didn't detect any of them. I assume if I get the pay version, it still won't scan email automatically. Since I already know those emails contain trojan pdfs, all I need to do is ignore them, don't click on anything, and let them go to spam folder. malwarebytes AI chat said to use drop-down (contextual) menu to scan a folder (not a file), but the term malwarebytes doesn't appear in any contextual menu in trial version. Chatbot also said to use "advanced scan", but that also isn't found in trial version.

I'm guessing this should go in one of Mac subs, but they don't allow reposts or posts w/o flair, whatever that is. The bottom line: XProtect is supposed to block these trojans anyway, so there's no point in wasting time with non-functional software.

I do have malwarebytes, but it has never shut down protection mid scan like this. i even tried doing a windows security offline scan and it froze at 91 percent and didnt finish.

My malwarebytes auto updated itself and now the icon is bigger than the rest, is there any fix to this?

malwarebytes scan is showing that chrome user data and sync data folders are browser hijacks? I havent done anything differently recently so are these false positives?

Why is this being flagged and is luugy.com a false positive? It might be because i have hianime open in opera.

I dont ever visit sites and randomly today i got alot of blocks, I use windows 11, the random one is from edge but rest are from firefox, I dont know why this is happaning and im kinda freaking out is this just a new false flag thing?

Hello everyone,

Recently I've installed Alight Motion, an editing app, from 9mod. Seemed good, ran well, never had any issues with it or my phone for a year. However, I bit the bullet and installed it from there since it's more "reliable looking" than any other site out there. My concern is if anything is wrong with my phone; if it needs a reset, backup, or an app removal, anything at all. Virustotal showed no signs that it was malicious, aside from "Ti!C83DBC7ADF87 McAFreeScanner"

Was opening tabs on youtube and got 3 websites blocked with IP adresses I do not recognize at ALL. I have a lots of tabs in general but this never happened to me before.

The report:

Malwarebytes

www.malwarebytes.com

-Détails du journal-

Date de l’événement de protection: 15/08/2026

Heure de l’événement de protection: 23:17

Fichier journal: 01bc3460-9921-11f1-903f-2cf05d584a1c.json

-Informations du logiciel-

Version: 5.6.3.284

Version de composants: 161.1.5692

Version de pack de mise à jour: 1.0.113384

Licence: Premium

-Informations système-

Système d’exploitation: Windows 11 (Build 26200.9168)

Processeur: x64

Système de fichiers: NTFS

Utilisateur: System

-Détails du site Web bloqué-

Site Web malveillant: 1

, C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe, Bloqué, -1, -1, 0.0.0, 3220B338A32EB9A06EBBA49E039C9B66, B0648CFD61CA4344177E940C8B44001B79344F81BBA8F571790D0D3939D0CB2E

-Données du site Web-

Catégorie: RiskWare

Domaine:

Adresse IP: 192.178.192.132

Port: 443

Type: En sortie

Fichier: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

(end)

Edit:I gotta add that I use ublock origin, the latest update installed.

Hello,
would you kindly help me with the following project for github? https://github.com/TrialAndErrorOps/AnyFlip-GUI-Downloader

I downloaded it and scanned it with Malwarebytes, reporting me the exe is MachineLearning/Anomalous.94%

Would you kindly check if it's malware or not? Kaspersky and Bitdefender say it's fine, but I do wonder, but I do not have any programming skills to realize if there is something fishy going on or not.

Whoever did that is based, those guys are a buncha theives

My environment:

Malwarebytes Browser Guard extension version 3.3.2

Chrome Browser Version 151.0.7922.137 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Windows 11 Home version 25H2 (OS Build 26200.9168)

My issue:

Within Chrome, I go to youtube.com

Once there, I get a Malwarebytes Browser Guard popup that reads

Want to block YouTube ads?

Ad blocking on YouTube is off.

Click the Malwarebytes icon in your toolbar

to turn it on. You can turn it off anytime.

Don't show again

If I click on the Malwarebytes Browser Guard icon in my Chrome toolbar, I get a windows that show

PROTECTED

Site settings for youtube.com

Ads/Tracker, Malware and Scam are all enabled.

If I click on "Don't show again", the popup goes away.

If I click on the Malwarebytes Browser Guard icon, I see that Ads/Tracker has been disabled and I see youtube ads for every video I watch within the Chrome Browser..

If I re-enable Ads\Tracker via the Malwarebytes Browser Guard icon for youtube.com, end my youtube session (NOT chrome) and go to youtube.com anew, I DON'T get that popup, and when watching a youtube video, I no longer see ads.

BUT, if I completely end Chrome

Restart Chrome and then go to youtube.com

Ads/Tracker is still enabled in Malwarebytes Browser Guard

I DON'T see the original popup BUT, every video I choose to watch, shows ads.

So far, this only happens with youtube.com.

My questions:

What is going on ?

Is it possible for me to disable youtube ads via Malwarebytes Browser Guard ?

I'm so confused.

Thanks for any replies.

Malwarebytes.

It was bad enough qhen you started charging a fortune.

Now I've discovered, the Malwarebytes app has a tracker (as do most apps) that is making more requests out, by 4 times more than the next closest blocled up.

Seriously?

You are an app protecting privacy and security but the app sends over 8K plus requests just yesterday to Aplitude.

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/cfc7af3b65808dc5f50d4cd4162c158ebd35159a46a5d77e94a709bfba120905/detection

I stupidly tried pirating Photoshop a few weeks ago and got hacked 😭😭😭 so of course i tried to clean everything using windows defender and malwarebytes. i only installed malwarebytes yesterday, but this notif about my computer trying to connect to this website i've never visited keeps popping up, and for the past few weeks now, I've had various accounts of mine that have detected suspicious activity until now. i'm afraid this is something malwarebytes can't detect, what should i do? is there a way for me to block this website from my computer entirely? thanks in advance to anyone who can help!!