A manual Malwarebytes scan today (7/1) displayed:
Malware.Generic.973009392, C:\USERS\AAAAAAAA\DOWNLOADS\FRST64.EXE, Delete-on-Reboot, 1000000, 0, 1.0.26251, A498128EBB792B9A39FEF1F0, dds, 00788654
Does this indicate that it interpreted the Bleeping Computer Farbar Recovery Scan Tool (FRST) as malware?
Have others had similar reports?
Was this a false positive or malware?
Was / is there a way to prevent this type of malware?
Windows defender found no malware (Malwarebytes had already quarantined the above file).
What is the meaning of each part of this report?
Malware.Generic.973009392, C:\USERS\AAAAAAAA\DOWNLOADS\FRST64.EXE, Delete-on-Reboot, 1000000, 0, 1.0.26251, A498128EBB792B9A39FEF1F0, dds, 00788654
This was the full Malwarebytes report:
Code:
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www.malwarebytes.com
-Log Details-
Scan Date: 7/1/20
Scan Time: 12:16 PM
Log File: 939dda6a-bbbe-11ea-a660-5cb901fca2de.json
-Software Information-
Version: 4.1.0.56
Components Version: 1.0.955
Update Package Version: 1.0.26251
License: Free
-System Information-
OS: Windows 10 (Build 17763.1282)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: DESKTOP-9HEBUKS\aaaaaaaa
-Scan Summary-
Scan Type: Threat Scan
Scan Initiated By: Manual
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 281538
Threats Detected: 1
Threats Quarantined: 1
Time Elapsed: 4 min, 23 sec
-Scan Options-
Memory: Enabled
Startup: Enabled
Filesystem: Enabled
Archives: Enabled
Rootkits: Enabled
Heuristics: Enabled
PUP: Detect
PUM: Detect
-Scan Details-
Process: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Module: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Key: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Value: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Registry Data: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Data Stream: 0
(No malicious items detected)
Folder: 0
(No malicious items detected)
File: 1
Malware.Generic.973009392, C:\USERS\AAAAAAAA\DOWNLOADS\FRST64.EXE, Delete-on-Reboot, 1000000, 0, 1.0.26251, A498128EBB792B9A39FEF1F0, dds, 00788654
Physical Sector: 0
(No malicious items detected)
WMI: 0
(No malicious items detected)
(end)
