TheArfen Posted April 24, 2014 ID:823016 Share Posted April 24, 2014 has anyone heard of a fake malwarebytes app/program ?my old dad just asked for help with this program called malewarebytes that is holding his computer to ransom,i i know for a fact , this is not you but.i have not yet had time to install everything on his computer apart from basic anti virus protection,Malwarebytes (yours) has not yet been installed.so i presume it must be a fake program.a little yes or no from you lot might help in the restoration of his comp.also this info might help you. thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted April 24, 2014 ID:823019 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I have not heard of one, but that does not mean it does not exist. Perhaps providing a screen shot of the app here so we can take a look? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArfen Posted April 24, 2014 Author ID:823021 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I have not heard of one, but that does not mean it does not exist.Perhaps providing a screen shot of the app here so we can take a look?i am not able to take a look till saturday but as soon as i do,i will send in my findings.thanks for a virtually instant answer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornSlippy Posted April 24, 2014 ID:823040 Share Posted April 24, 2014 This is one we should be sorting out www.malwarebytesmac.org/They even use the old icon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted April 25, 2014 ID:823052 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I just knew if there would be anybody who knew of a Fake MBAM it would be BornSlippy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdove83 Posted April 25, 2014 ID:823062 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Does my real pro mbam detect the fake? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdove83 Posted April 25, 2014 ID:823063 Share Posted April 25, 2014 https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/7e500cb16095951133a5e62f7a0e9fda497f447b30868b6437a2a7de2f3307d7/analysis/1398388823/Looks like only bitdefender flags the site as malicious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porthos Posted April 25, 2014 ID:823067 Share Posted April 25, 2014 This is one we should be sorting out www.malwarebytesmac.org/They even use the old icon.It is a spammy affiliate selling IObit's MAC booster program. Yes it should get taken down because its using Malwarebytes in the name and gets SEO results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H. Lipman Posted April 25, 2014 ID:823068 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Does my real pro mbam detect the fake? If there are files associated with what's classed as a "Rogue" then rest assured, BornSlippy is on top of it and has submitted the files for detection. As for Virus Total URL lineups, that is NOT a real indicator. A site that deals with fraud may NOT be classed as a "malicious URL". For example, I deal with many Job Fraud sites. None will show up on Virus Total as while Job Frauds may be deemed malicious, it is not characterized as malicious in the realm of malware foisting and vulnerability exploitation in the computer sense. In the Human sense it is Social Engineering and that is the Human Exploit but it is too subtle for malware related software scanners to throw up a Red Flag on such a site on Virus Total. Some examples of Job Fraud web sites... WWW.SWIFT-DELIVERY.COMwww.shippinglink.us, www.shippinglink.be, www.shippinglinks.net, etc Reference:Work-at-Home Scams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArfen Posted April 27, 2014 Author ID:823960 Share Posted April 27, 2014 OK,seems my old dad was trying to get malwarebytes,but ended up with Dream Aquarium and some desktop help garbage plus the ask toolbar. running the real malwarebytes chameleonit managed to remove virtually everything (123 items),i ran ADWCleaner to grab the rest. job done. Thanks all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted April 29, 2014 ID:825053 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Your welcome, glad we could help, and glad you got it all sorted out... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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