Message boards : Questions and problems : Primegrid.com - Malwarebytes blocking it
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Send message Joined: 15 May 20 Posts: 8 |
Malwarebytes Premium just started doing this Website blocked due to a Trojan Your Malwarebytes Premium blocked this website because it may contain a Trojan. We strongly recommend you do not continue. |
![]() Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15625 ![]() |
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/d0d21ab35ec8a038ff3a3c8d010937c7a4fd8cf907ce6fcc9f641cb646fa829c/detection (main site) reports everything clean. https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/37a2e7abbcca38d4cfaf7b4ff11de784f16a3458be2bfa5514e14272335e830a/detection (forums) reports everything clean. So you have a false positive, which you'll have to report at Malwarebytes. |
![]() Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 2829 ![]() |
Malwarebytes Premium just started doing this Not that unusual, all it takes is for a small fragment of code to match that in a known virus or other piece of malware. It has happened with CPDN and a number of other projects over the years. I don't know how many lines of code are involved in the Prime Grid executables but the CPDN ones can have over a million lines of code so there are lots of chances for a match. |
Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 5149 ![]() |
The report, as with many of these, was about the website - not about any downloaded executables. Please have a look at my message 100040 (July 2020, a similar event concerning a different project). If you have a premium subscription, you can raise a ticket - give them as much detail as possible - and they really will look into it and let you know the outcome. |
![]() Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 2829 ![]() |
The report, as with many of these, was about the website - not about any downloaded executables. That will teach me to read the OP properly. (Hopefully!) |
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