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PE Tools, possible heuristic false positive


BFeely

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Downloaded a program "PE Tools" yesterday in order to edit the header of a .exe to run on Windows XP, and today Malwarebytes says the .7z of it is malware:

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Downloaded from https://github.com/petoolse/petools/releases

 

Virustotal report at https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/b831343a1441039c68a60777cef9ecb1f41381bff369c2f993cd3db6bf8c9fb8/detection

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Here's the log:

Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com

-Log Details-
Scan Date: 3/31/19
Scan Time: 8:03 AM
Log File: ef29182a-53ac-11e9-b433-7085c2296f2d.json

-Software Information-
Version: 3.7.1.2839
Components Version: 1.0.563
Update Package Version: 1.0.9936
License: Premium

-System Information-
OS: Windows 10 (Build 18865.1000)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: WILLIAMFEELY\William

-Scan Summary-
Scan Type: Threat Scan
Scan Initiated By: Manual
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 933260
Threats Detected: 2
Threats Quarantined: 0
Time Elapsed: 5 min, 52 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: 0
(No malicious items detected)

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: 2
Generic.Malware/Suspicious, C:\USERS\WILLIAM\APPDATA\ROAMING\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\PE.Tools.v1.9.762.2018.lnk, No Action By User, [0], [392686],1.0.9936
Generic.Malware/Suspicious, C:\USERS\WILLIAM\DOWNLOADS\PE.TOOLS.V1.9.762.2018.7Z, No Action By User, [0], [392686],1.0.9936

Physical Sector: 0
(No malicious items detected)

WMI: 0
(No malicious items detected)


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