ytr.email

[RetiredChief]

I am starting here, as I really don't know what this is about. Perhaps a false positive, perhaps a non-false, perhaps something else.

Starting several weeks ago, Malwarebytes starting blocking ytr.email. A search of my computer found that in Firefox.exe, but a search on-line found no relevant information. I did find that ytr.com itself is blocked by MWB, which may in fact be a correct blocking, but if not, then perhaps a post in the false positive module would be appropriate.

There was then a period of perhaps two weeks with no MWB blocking, and the computer search did not turn up anything, so I surmised that whatever ytr.email might be had gone away, only to have it reappear yesterday, but now in Thunderbird.exe rather than in Firefox.exe. Adding further to the curious nature of this, the computer search still does find any such entry. It has arisen once so far today.

Thus, I think you can understand why I started in this forum, given that I cannot find out what ytr.email on my computer is nor where it comes from, nor much of anything else. That led me to start here, to see if anyone knows about or can find anything about this oddity.

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[exile360]

Greetings,

Since the blocks showed up for both Firefox and Thunderbird it's likely something in Mozilla's plugins, extensions or allowed notifications causing the blocks.  To investigate further I'd recommend working with one of our malware removal specialists to diagnose what's going on.  To do so, please follow the instructions in this topic then create a new topic in our malware removal area by clicking here and a malware removal specialist will guide you in checking and cleaning your system of any threats.

It may be that this is indeed a false positive, however I use both Firefox and Thunderbird and have never experienced these blocks so it is likely due to something unique on your system (though not necessarily an actual threat/infection), but either way, they should be able to help you track down precisely why the blocks occurred and advise you on the necessary actions to take based on their findings.

Good luck, and if there is anything else we might help you with please let us know.

Thanks

[RetiredChief]

Thanks, exile360 (of a total of how many?)

Precisely the information I was seeking; I shall post the logs, etc., after this.

FYI:

1. MWB runs a scan automatically every day, and I often see the popup result information, which is rarely other than 'nothing found'; ytr.email is among the things not found.

2. I forgot to state that there is nothing quaranteened by MWB.

[Maurice Naggar]

Hi.  Answered the thread in malware-removal-help section.  I need to see the actual Block-event-logs of Malwarebytes, which is why I asked for a report from the Malwarebytes Support Tool. Will work with you on this.