fp or not? need help

[zeni]

Hi really sorry if this is the wrong area to post this, I can't make heads or tails of the forum, and Google is also being a real pain to search this with.

So my problem is that whenever I launch the Steam app, Malwarebytes pops up with "trojan blocked". What can I do?

Here's the report from when I launch Steam:

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Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com

-Log Details-
Protection Event Date: 6/6/21
Protection Event Time: 1:40 AM
Log File: fb170a0e-c64e-11eb-b00a-c4346b802c61.json

-Software Information-
Version: 4.4.0.117
Components Version: 1.0.1318
Update Package Version: 1.0.41355
License: Trial

-System Information-
OS: Windows 10 (Build 19041.985)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: System

-Blocked Website Details-
Malicious Website: 1
, D:\*****in steam\Steam\steam.exe, Blocked, -1, -1, 0.0.0, ,

-Website Data-
Category: Trojan
Domain:
IP Address: 192.223.26.237
Port: 27015
Type: Outbound
File: D:\*****in steam\Steam\steam.exe

 

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Here's the report from when I launched the game Beasts of Bermuda:

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Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com

-Log Details-
Protection Event Date: 6/4/21
Protection Event Time: 2:12 PM
Log File: cdb75d36-c525-11eb-80c6-c4346b802c61.json

-Software Information-
Version: 4.4.0.117
Components Version: 1.0.1318
Update Package Version: 1.0.41295
License: Trial

-System Information-
OS: Windows 10 (Build 19041.985)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: System

-Blocked Website Details-
Malicious Website: 1
, D:\*****in steam\Steam\GameOverlayUI.exe, Blocked, -1, -1, 0.0.0, ,

-Website Data-
Category: Trojan
Domain:
IP Address: 192.223.26.237
Port: 27015
Type: Outbound
File: D:\*****in steam\Steam\GameOverlayUI.exe

 

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And finally here's a general scan I did, that showed up with nothing really:

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Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com

-Log Details-
Scan Date: 6/5/21
Scan Time: 8:53 AM
Log File: 492c630c-c5c2-11eb-a812-c4346b802c61.json

-Software Information-
Version: 4.4.0.117
Components Version: 1.0.1318
Update Package Version: 1.0.41325
License: Trial

-System Information-
OS: Windows 10 (Build 19041.985)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: Tekoneko\chaoz

-Scan Summary-
Scan Type: Threat Scan
Scan Initiated By: Manual
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 345363
Threats Detected: 0
Threats Quarantined: 0
Time Elapsed: 5 min, 33 sec

-Scan Options-
Memory: Enabled
Startup: Enabled
Filesystem: Enabled
Archives: Enabled
Rootkits: Enabled
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: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Physical Sector: 0
(No malicious items detected)

WMI: 0
(No malicious items detected)

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[JPopovic]

Hello,

IP Address: 192.223.26.237 is blocked.

As for why Malwarebytes blocks Steam and other games, this is because Steam is Torrent based software, are what are known as Peer-to-Peer (P2P) applications meaning it connects to many different servers/IP addresses (this is how files are downloaded through Torrent based software) and because of this, sometimes Torrent based software will connect to a server that is also known for hosting malicious content.  This is because servers/IP addresses are often shared by multiple sites, so while what you are Playing/downloading through Torrent based software may be perfectly safe, some of the sites hosted on some of the IP addresses that Torrent based software connects to may be malicious. 

Such connections are not a threat however, and you may exclude Torrent based software from the Web Protection component in Malwarebytes to stop the blocks from happening without compromising your protection (your web browser and other critical web facing programs will still be fully protected from malicious websites and other malicious content).  To do so, add the game exe to your exclusions using the method described under the Exclude an Application that Connects to the Internet section of this support article.

Support article - https://support.malwarebytes.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038479234-Add-to-the-Allow-List-in-Malwarebytes-for-Windows-v4

Thank you!