trojan attacking malwarebytes anti malware?

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by hugh750, Dec 24, 2010.

  1. hugh750

    hugh750 MajorGeek

    is there a trojan attacking malwarebytes anti malware?
    I'm asking because i've got malwarebytes anti malware installed on two different machines, one a hp dv6000 series laptop running windows xp, and my main gaming rig (home built) running windows vista (both 32 bit) and both with malwarebytes anti malware & avg antivirus free edition 2011 and on both machines i get this error

    i did send the supposedly infected file to avg for analysis.:cry
     

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  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    I suspect this is a false positive from AVG. We are finding that AVG and a few other AV programs are now targeting the software that helps to find malware. It is why we have stopped recommending AVG. If you want to check the file, upload it to http://virusscan.jotti.org/en
     
  3. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Not necessarily a fool proof set of results either. ;) Due to the types of things scanners ( like MBAM ) will do, the actions could always be misinterpreted. The same would be true of scanning files internal to AVG which also makes changes to your registry, to your file system, automatically downloads files in the background without your knowledge.....etc. Get my point. MBAM could just as easily declare AVG to be infected/malware but some companies are a little smarter/careful than others who border on the edge of irresponsible.:(
     

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