Malwarebytes flagging decades old files as Malware

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Over the past several months Malwarebytes has been flagging decades old files as malware during its scheduled scans. Rather than report the issue I simply told MBAM to quarantine or delete the file and get on with my day. Today I downloaded an update to a piece of software I used regularly QuickAccess Popup https://www.quickaccesspopup.com/ and the download was fine. I unzipped the file and ran the EXE. No problem. Then the scheduled scan popped up the following detection.

 

Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com

-Log Details-
Scan Date: 2/8/21
Scan Time: 8:04 AM
Log File: 985282ac-6a16-11eb-996e-90e6ba57cdd5.json

-Software Information-
Version: 4.3.0.98
Components Version: 1.0.1157
Update Package Version: 1.0.36831
License: Premium

-System Information-
OS: Windows 10 (Build 19041.746)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: System

-Scan Summary-
Scan Type: Threat Scan
Scan Initiated By: Scheduler
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 371238
Threats Detected: 1
Threats Quarantined: 0
Time Elapsed: 18 min, 32 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: 1
Malware.AI.933796859, E:\DOWNLOADS\QUICKACCESSPOPUP.ZIP, No Action By User, 1000000, 0, 1.0.36831, EA4245633188130637A89BFB, dds, 01106420, 0237442D8B2AB8DE518B8FE0EABF0A69, 5F0C0DBC1256352D4DFF49E16476C745C696C16D7324A0991C3834A17D0CE221

Physical Sector: 0
(No malicious items detected)

WMI: 0
(No malicious items detected)

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Why is there so many false positives coming up with the scheduled scans?

Edited February 8, 2021 by AdvancedSetup
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[TwinHeadedEagle]

Hi,

This is indeed a False Positive by our AI engine and is now fixed.

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Another day another false positive of a file I have had on my hard drive since 2008

Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com

-Log Details-
Scan Date: 2/11/21
Scan Time: 2:36 AM
Log File: 3a8d9690-6c44-11eb-a771-90e6ba57cdd5.json

-Software Information-
Version: 4.3.0.98
Components Version: 1.0.1157
Update Package Version: 1.0.36957
License: Premium

-System Information-
OS: Windows 10 (Build 19041.804)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: System

-Scan Summary-
Scan Type: Threat Scan
Scan Initiated By: Scheduler
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 357718
Threats Detected: 1
Threats Quarantined: 0
Time Elapsed: 18 min, 23 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: 1
Malware.AI.3984573189, E:\DOWNLOADS\KEYTWEAK_INSTALL.EXE, No Action By User, 1000000, 0, 1.0.36957, 2421A61D6C2095BAED7FC305, dds, 01112063, F8E9C59C14B7CF77983A4B54D5349088, 6BDC99E7B954CE14B968185497780866CEBD7D5E73C9E15ED22E9E17DC696DF9

Physical Sector: 0
(No malicious items detected)

WMI: 0
(No malicious items detected)

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This is the 2nd file in as many day that this AI portion of MBAM has flagged. Its getting really tiring.