shruiken15

Oh? I misunderstood, then, and will change that toggle. What does disabling Windows Defender registering Malwarebytes do, functionally?

Yes, I have that feature enabled. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

I have Browser Guard installed as well as the rest of Malwarebyte's features. I just wanted to be sure that Chrome was still safe to use.

So, if Exploit Protection for Chrome is currently turned off, does that mean that it is not secure to browse with Chrome at the moment? I am trying to understand the full scope of the issue, as my work is largely browser-dependent and I rely on being able to use Chrome securely.

My current scan is clean. When I first received the detection alert, I quarantined and deleted the files; I now since know better, but the files are gone. I made the posting here after noticing that, upon quarantining and deletion, Malwarebytes would scan clean; but after restarting, Malwarebytes would detect the four files I mentioned in the scan and would not scan clean. So I would quarantine, delete, scan, restart...and scan again, with the same results. Now I know my Malwarebytes database is up to date; it scans clean; and I expect it to scan clean the next time I restart.

My current version is 1.0.40660. The scan results in my previous response are from earlier today, before I first made my post. I have not restarted my computer since making this forum post, as I was waiting to hear back for a response. I don't think there is currently an issue.

I believe they are the False Positives and Malwarebytes says it is up to date. I was not trying to say that this was a separate event! Rather, that: I received the 47 FPs Quarantined and deleted them Re-scanned; Malwarebytes came up clean restarted my computer re-scanned; Malwarebytes listed the 4 FPs I mentioned in my initial post. Malwarebytes www.malwarebytes.com -Log Details- Scan Date: 5/19/21 Scan Time: 10:40 AM Log File: 1b0d3376-b8b0-11eb-9054-08626637055e.json -Software Information- Version: 4.3.0.98 Components Version: 1.0.1292 Update Package Version: 1.0.40646 License: Premium -System Information- OS: Windows 10 (Build 19042.985) CPU: x64 File System: NTFS User: DESKTOP-ON8A8PN\Owner -Scan Summary- Scan Type: Threat Scan Scan Initiated By: Manual Result: Completed Objects Scanned: 273713 Threats Detected: 4 Threats Quarantined: 4 Time Elapsed: 0 min, 26 sec -Scan Options- Memory: Enabled Startup: Enabled Filesystem: Enabled Archives: Enabled Rootkits: Disabled Heuristics: Enabled PUP: Detect PUM: Detect -Scan Details- Process: 0 (No malicious items detected) Module: 0 (No malicious items detected) Registry Key: 3 RiskWare.Injector.Generic, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TREE\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\PcaPatchDbTask, Quarantined, 11812, 941491, , , , , , RiskWare.Injector.Generic, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\TASKS\{A0DAB0DD-267D-4C7D-BD14-D879C849F76F}, Quarantined, 11812, 941491, , , , , , RiskWare.Injector.Generic, HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\SCHEDULE\TASKCACHE\PLAIN\{A0DAB0DD-267D-4C7D-BD14-D879C849F76F}, Quarantined, 11812, 941491, , , , , , 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 RiskWare.Injector.Generic, C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\TASKS\Microsoft\Windows\Application Experience\PcaPatchDbTask, Quarantined, 11812, 941491, 1.0.40646, , ame, , 9F0ACCD368DEBDA3AA6D8B29423CF3EE, 2E45B19A08F38A948D25B4F8A8459770531DF09A185633D61AE7B9DAC986A1A9 Physical Sector: 0 (No malicious items detected) WMI: 0 (No malicious items detected) (end)

I stated in my initial post that upon restarting, these four files appear as detections: C:\Windows\system32\TASKS\microsoft\windows\application experience\pcapatchdbtaskhklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\schedule\taskcache\tree\microsoft\windows\application experience\pcapatchdbtaskhklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\schedule\taskcache\tasks\{a0dab0dd-267d-4c7d-bd14-d879c849f76f}hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\schedule\taskcache\tasks\{a0dab0dd-267d-4c7d-bd14-d879c849f76f}

So I have learned in following up this issue on the forums. I'm somewhat heartened by the fact that the files (some of them) seem to reappear on restart.

Yes - I'm seeing many posts all of a sudden with the same thing. It looks like this was a false positive and will be patched; many people are being chided for immediately deleting the files (like I have). Since I don't have an active system restore point, I hope I have not deleted anything critical.

My computer is suddenly reporting detections; as far as I am aware, I have not done anything out of the ordinary to cause it. I quarantine and delete what Malwarebytes finds and subsequent scans come up clean, but upon restarting my computer it finds the same files again. Upon the first detection I was informed by Windows Defender that my 'app and browser control' function was turned off, but upon reactivating it it has remained active through multiple restarts. The detections in question are: C:\Windows\system32\TASKS\microsoft\windows\application experience\pcapatchdbtask hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\schedule\taskcache\tree\microsoft\windows\application experience\pcapatchdbtask hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\schedule\taskcache\tasks\{a0dab0dd-267d-4c7d-bd14-d879c849f76f} hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\schedule\taskcache\tasks\{a0dab0dd-267d-4c7d-bd14-d879c849f76f} The heading on the detection is 'Riskware/Generic.' Can someone tell me what this is? Is this an infection, or a disagreeable Windows update?