RiskWare.IFEOHijack detected: Sysinternals ProcessExplorer

[asrtv]

Hello,

current MBAM version
(Application Version 3.8.3.2965, Component Package 1.0.613, Detection Package 1.0.11680)

is going to detect legitimate Sysinternals "ProcessExplorer" as RiskWare.IFEOHijack
if ProcessExplorer is registered as replacement for standard Windows Task Manager.

Actually ProcessExplorer Version 16.21 is not yet whitelisted.

 

[cli]

Hi, 

Can you attach the file and logs?

[asrtv]

Hi Eli,

this is not a File but a Reg Key detection.

The corresponding file using said Reg Key can be downloaded here:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

Behaviour is the same, either with version v16.21 or newest, version v16.26.

[asrtv]

Pls. see attached log & screenshot (log is taken from another box but same behaviour, either Intel or AMD)
Mark Russinovich's "Process Explorer" is a legitimate tool that's been here for decades, giving a profound look under the hood.
When having the "Replace Task Manager" option enabled Malwarebytes recently (few days) started to flag those regkeys red.

[RiskWare.IFEOHijack] scanlog.txt

[Gagome]

I see the same result from MBAM verson 3.8.3. It is a false positive because Sysinternals Process Explorer is not malware.

See attached log file from MBAM scan.

The earlier version of MBAM never complained about these registry entries.

RiskWare.IFEOHijack_scan.txt