WeeJinky Posted August 8, 2020 ID:1399780 Share Posted August 8, 2020 A couple of days ago a notification appeared asking what I wanted to do, I wasn't there to witness this but my relatives who were using the pc at the time seem to think it was a notification like you might get if putting a CD or thumb drive (autorun/play type thing?) they clicked 'do nothing' I wasn't unduly worried about this but having thought about it some, I figured I should get this looked at. BTW. Malwarebytes identified and quarantined FRST as ransomeware so I took it out of quarantine to run it - is this to be expected, if not, what to do please? mwbthreatlog.txt FRST.txt Addition.txt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinf80 Posted August 8, 2020 ID:1399854 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Hello WeeJinky and welcome to Malwarebytes, Your logs are clean, I see no Malware or Infection. Thanks, Kevin.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeJinky Posted August 8, 2020 Author ID:1399867 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Thank you Kevinf80, that's a relief! Would you have any thoughts on what may have caused this notification to pop up out of the blue? Any ideas on FRST triggering a Ransom Agent Generic detection when the exe was run and anything I should do? Cheers..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinf80 Posted August 8, 2020 ID:1399872 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Hiya WeeJinky, I cannot really comment on the popup without seeing it. Regarding FRST, security applications often flag FRST as suspicious because of how it works when searching your system, I do have that mentioned in the instructions... Quote If your security alerts to FRST either, accept the alert or turn your security off to allow FRST to run. It is not malicious or infected in any way... Right click on FRST here: C:\Users\Sinclair\Desktop\FRST64.exe and rename uninstall.exe when complete right click on uninstall.exe and select "Run as Administrator" If you do not see the .exe appended that is because file extensions are hidden, in that case just rename FRST64 to uninstall That action will remove FRST and all created files and folders... Next, Read the following links to fully understand PC Security and Best Practices, you may find them useful....Answers to Common Security Questions and best PracticesDo I need a Registry Cleaner? Take care and surf safe Kevin... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeJinky Posted August 8, 2020 Author ID:1399881 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Thank you again Kevinf80, I appreciate it, unfortunately my rellies didn't think or know how to take a screenshot of the notification, I'll put it down to a glitch and stop fretting over it now, you could close this thread and mark it solved. I'll give the links you posted a look, I'm sure I'll find them useful. Cheers...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinf80 Posted August 8, 2020 ID:1399883 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Glad we could help. If you need this topic reopened, please send a Private Message to any one of the moderating team members. Please include a link to this topic with your request. This applies only to the originator of this thread. Other members who need assistance please start your own topic in a new thread. Please review the following for Tips to help protect from infection Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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