Bluebomber4evr

Thanks, glad I asked first! I did all that and here are the logs: Addition.txt FRST.txt FSS.txt

Okay, so I had to work in the office today and just got home, and before I do that, are there any special steps for uninstalling MBAM? I've never had to uninstall it before and I want to make sure I do it correctly. Also, I have the MBAM browser guard installed on all browsers, do I need to uninstall those too? And is there anything I need to do in regards to my premium license when reinstalling? I believe my license only covers one machine so I just want to make sure I'm doing that right as well.

So after a 9-hour scan, it came back with an item that seems like a false positive. The file is part of a legitimate game from a game I bought on GOG.com, and is a game I've had for many years. I have not deleted it yet or run a report. Can I just quarantine this instead?

CureIt! didn't find any threats cureit.log

Here's the new logs FRST.txt Addition.txt

So even though I selected safe mode with networking, I didn't have networking in safe mode. I copied the lines of text to a notepad file and saved it to my desktop, rebooted to safe mode, copied the text and ran the FRST fix. The log is attached below. I had to reboot back into normal mode to get network connectivity, and the Windows Defender warning popped up again, even after running the fix. Fixlog.txt

Here are the results of those scans: FSS.txt FRST.txt Addition.txt

Update: I noticed that Malwarebytes did not actually start when I rebooted, so they were not running simultaneously. When I started Malwarebytes, the Windows Defender warnings went away again.

They are both running now, and the warning isn't disappearing from Windows Defender, but Windows Defender keeps saying that the defendertamperingrestore is a threat even though a Windows Defender scan revealed no threats and I quarantined the defendertamperingrestore entry

Here are the results of the scan: mbst-grab-results.zip

I know from my internet searches on this subject this is a common question and it seems like it might be benign, but I figure it's better to be safe than sorry. Every time I restart my PC, Windows Defender pops up with this warning about the DefenderTamperingRestore, dated 1/09/2024, but as soon as MalwareBytes loads up this disappears from the Windows Security Center completely. I assume that this is because MWB is turning off something to be the main antivirus - I have the Windows Security Center register option turned on. I run multiple MWB scans per day and nothing ever comes up. I don't have any cracked software or game cheats, but I know these days you don't necessarily have to have downloaded something like that to get malware. Any help you can give on this subject would be much appreciated.