Malwarebytes Detecting Home Movies

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by AegisRex, May 28, 2013.

  1. AegisRex

    AegisRex Private E-2

    I ran Malwarebytes today and it found 6 Registry Keys issues and a whole lot of Trojan Agents. The problem is that the 2000 plus trojan agents were either home movie files or the folders that contained them. I searched the web for any known false positives with home movies made from a Sony video recorder, but found nothing.

    I haven't let Malwarebytes take any action because I don't know what it is going to do. I certainly don't want all of my home movies erased because they may be infected with something. How can I tell if these are false positives or if the files and folders are actually infected with something. Does Malwarebytes simply remove the infecting agent and leave the original files intact? Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

    Thanks in advance,
    Aegis
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    Actually it sounds like a false positive. I suggest that you report it to them at their forum. The below is a link into the False Positive reporting forum.

    http://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showforum=42

    They will probably want a log and possibly a sample file.
     
  3. AegisRex

    AegisRex Private E-2

    Thank you very much for your reply and your time.

    -Aegis
     
  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    You're welcome. Surf safely!
     

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