Greenbergman2 Posted October 17, 2020 ID:1414756 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Malwarebytes is flagging this every two minutes: Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Macrovision Shared\FlexNet Publisher\FNPLicensingService.exe. Anyone know why? It appears to be something related, maybe, to Acrobat. It just started this morning. The only modification to anything on my computer, ASFAIK, is a Windows Update yesterday. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenbergman2 Posted October 17, 2020 Author ID:1414758 Share Posted October 17, 2020 additional: I just tried to delete the file and the error message is File In Use. The action can't be completed because the file is open in Flex Net Licensing Service. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIWI Posted October 17, 2020 ID:1414762 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Hi Greenbergman2. Same thing is happening to me, as of a few hours ago, nothing newly installed here either apart from a Windows Update the day before. I opened up the XML file and found that there was something referencing 'Autodesk' in it. That makes sense as I own a version of their software called Maya. I have known licensing software (particularly Autodesk's) to cause and flag up issues before and as FNPLicensingService.exe is a licensing software it checks out on my end to be legit to me, so I have added it to my Exclusions list. Just wanted to share that with you until someone more experienced or a member of staff can get back to you with clarification or more details. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trokat Posted October 17, 2020 ID:1414763 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Same here. Every two minutes. I've tracked it down to Final Draft 11 on my system by opening the XML file. I tested by stopping the FlexNet Publishing Service via Task Manager, deleting the files, and then Final Draft 11 refused to launch because the service was unavailable. I think this is a False Positive on the part of MalwareBytes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foffvirusesforeverplease Posted October 17, 2020 ID:1414764 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Doing the exact same thing with me. Ran adware cleaner and several rounds of MBAM. Nothing. Just checked the XML and it references Autodesk, and I have Fusion360 installed, so it’s either a false positive or their service has been compromised and it really is blocking a Trojan. Hopefully it can be resolved soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted October 17, 2020 ID:1414769 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know that this appears to be a false positive and I've requested that this thread be moved to the appropriate area for confirmation and correction by the Research team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foffvirusesforeverplease Posted October 17, 2020 ID:1414773 Share Posted October 17, 2020 1 minute ago, exile360 said: Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know that this appears to be a false positive and I've requested that this thread be moved to the appropriate area for confirmation and correction by the Research team. Thanks. That’s good news to hear it’s probably nothing actually malicious. Hopefully the experts can check and make sure. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted October 17, 2020 ID:1414801 Share Posted October 17, 2020 I've notified Research via their FP escalation system and someone should be along to review and confirm soon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted October 17, 2020 ID:1414845 Share Posted October 17, 2020 A member of Research has responded and this should be fixed in the next database update. Thanks to all for reporting this and for your continued patience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenbergman2 Posted October 17, 2020 Author ID:1414855 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Thank you for the quick response. Until the update, do I just ignore the warnings that come in every two minutes (which are very distracting) or do I make it an exclusion? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile360 Posted October 17, 2020 ID:1414861 Share Posted October 17, 2020 You can create an exclusion for the process as indicated under the Allow an application to connect to the Internet section of this support article while you await the database update which includes the corrected rule. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Solution Atribune Posted October 17, 2020 Staff Solution ID:1414864 Share Posted October 17, 2020 New database is available, please update. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenbergman2 Posted October 17, 2020 Author ID:1414874 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Installed. thanks. (The warnings had actually stopped a little while ago. Not totally sure why, but there had been a Malwarebytes error note. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenbergman2 Posted October 17, 2020 Author ID:1414894 Share Posted October 17, 2020 And thanks again for the quick response. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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