Beyond Compare 4 False Positive

[ChrisScooterSoftware]

Several of our mutual customers have reported Malwarebytes Premium detecting Beyond Compare 4.2's executable "c:\program files\beyond compare 4\bcompare.exe" as Malware.Ransom.Agent.Generic. I tested a trial version of Malwarebytes on a Windows 10 virtual machine but I've been unable to duplicate the false positive.

I've attached a screenshot of the false positive sent to me by one of our mutual customers.

The customer reported the false positive didn't trigger during software installation, but afterwards while copying or moving files using Beyond Compare.

If you'd like to evaluate Beyond Compare on a test system, the download page is: http://www.scootersoftware.com/download.php

The direct link to the version of the software reported by our mutual customer is: http://www.scootersoftware.com/BCompare-4.2.0.22302.exe

I'll monitor this forum thread, but you're also welcome to contact us by email at support@scootersoftware.com.

 

Chris Kennedy

Technical Support Team Lead

Scooter Software

[miekiemoes]

Hi Chris,

I actually use Beyond Compare as well (great software, btw) and could reproduce this earlier already, so this has been fixed already as well.

Thanks for reporting though!

[ChrisScooterSoftware]

We just released Beyond Compare 4.2.1, it was again falsely flagged as ransomware. 

Log from our mutual customer:

-Log Details-

Protection Event Date: 5/11/17

Protection Event Time: 8:28 AM

Logfile: bc.txt

Administrator: Yes

 

-Software Information-

Version: 3.0.6.1469

Components Version: 1.0.103

Update Package Version: 1.0.1915

License: Premium

 

-System Information-

OS: Windows 10

CPU: x64

File System: NTFS

User: System

 

-Ransomware Details-

File: 1

Malware.Ransom.Agent.Generic, C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\BCompare.exe, Quarantined, [0], [-1],0.0.0

[miekiemoes]

Thanks.

This has now been fixed. 

[BobbyCFromEP]

Apparently not fixed yet...

Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com

-Log Details-
Protection Event Date: 6/14/17
Protection Event Time: 9:23 AM
Logfile: mbam event.txt
Administrator: Yes

-Software Information-
Version: 3.0.6.1469
Components Version: 1.0.103
Update Package Version: 1.0.2150
License: Premium

-System Information-
OS: Windows 10
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: System

-Ransomware Details-
File: 1
Malware.Ransom.Agent.Generic, C:\Program Files\Beyond Compare 4\BCompare.exe, Delete-on-Reboot, [0], [-1],0.0.0

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[miekiemoes]

Hi,

Please download the latest version of Malwarebytes (3.1.2) from here: https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/thankyou/

This also has the fix so this won't be detected anymore.

Thanks!