PUP.Optional.BoostInterProcess.A

[tempaccount87]

This started last night, and has been worrying me. What the heck is a boost_interprocess? From what I have seen online its some sort of coding thing, although their are topics on avast forms that say its a rootkit or something. If this is a false positive what program did I install that caused this to show up?

 

 

 

Internet Explorer 11.0.9600.16518

REMOVED for privacy [administrator]

 

Protection: Enabled

 

2/19/2014 12:02:40 PM

mbam-log-2014-02-19 (12-02-40).txt

 

Scan type: Full scan (C:\|)

Scan options enabled: Memory | Startup | Registry | File System | Heuristics/Extra | Heuristics/Shuriken | PUP | PUM | P2P

Scan options disabled: 

Objects scanned: 483248

Time elapsed: 35 minute(s), 48 second(s)

 

Memory Processes Detected: 0

(No malicious items detected)

 

Memory Modules Detected: 0

(No malicious items detected)

 

Registry Keys Detected: 0

(No malicious items detected)

 

Registry Values Detected: 0

(No malicious items detected)

 

Registry Data Items Detected: 0

(No malicious items detected)

 

Folders Detected: 2

C:\ProgramData\boost_interprocess (PUP.Optional.BoostInterProcess.A) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.

C:\ProgramData\boost_interprocess\20140219024626.610798 (PUP.Optional.BoostInterProcess.A) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.

 

Files Detected: 1

C:\ProgramData\boost_interprocess\20140219024626.610798\plex_frame_mutex (PUP.Optional.BoostInterProcess.A) -> Quarantined and deleted successfully.

 

(end)

 

PUP.Optional.BoostInterProcess.A.zip

[tempaccount87]

I also removed it last night but than after rebooting it came back.

[Fatdcuk]

Hi tempaccount87.

 

This was confirmed to be a False postive and the faulting defintion has since been removed from the database.

 

Please update to the current database and the detection should no longer occur.