Kaspersky finds MBAM as a trojan.

[Roadkil]

hey all i just intalled the new version of mbam 1.31 and my Kaspersky finds the setup file as this....12/4/2008 6:22:30 AM Detected: Trojan.generic Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware C:\PROGRAM FILES\MALWAREBYTES' ANTI-MALWARE\MBAM.EXE

This is the 2nd time it has happened and the second time I submitted the file asking it to be whitelisted. The powers that be might want to contact Kaspersky and ask because i guess they dont listen to me. =(

[Raid]

Hiyas Roady!

Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

[Roadkil]

np brother!!! I think its their heuristics doing it because its d/l inside the MBAM he thinks its a trojan. hopefully they will whitelist it this time. i can post it on their forum and see if i get any replies if you want me to.

[Roadkil]

Hey all

Just got a reply in the kaspy forum they said its prob not the heuristics but is prob trojan-like behavior because it is adding itself to auto-run.

[Roadkil]

so is there anyway we can get kaspersky to white-list the program since it is obiviously NOT a trojan? i asked this in their forum and havnt gotten a reply yet.

[Tigger93]

We'll have to wait until they fix this false positive yet again.

[Roadkil]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr i just got a reply from the kaspersky virus lab that i submitted the mbam setup exe to that they quratined as a trojan and they said this......

Hello.

No malicious software was found in the attached file.

I posted this to the kaspersky forum and they pretty much told me that mbam showed trojan behavior even tho it is not a trojan and it was flagged correctly. they said it prob wont be white-listed and i would have to white-list it locally on my box. **shrug** I vote we sick Marcin on them =)=)

[exile360]

Are you using KIS or KAV? I use KAV 2009 (ver 8.0.0.506) and haven't gotten this detection. It is probably a heuristic/behavioral detection due to the way MBAM installs it's drivers.

[Roadkil]

its KAV

[Tech0utsider]

Like ComboFix, MBAM uses lots of obsecure methods to remove malware. ComboFix implements NirCmd, which is considered a potentially unwanted program.

[exile360]

Hmm, wierd. KAV doesn't detect Combofix as a PUP now and hasn't for at least a month (I download it regularly to update my toolkit). And like I said, it still doesn't detect mbam-setup.exe. I dunno, strange. It does detect some of my other tools though. It was detecting GMER as a trojan till I contacted the creator to ask Kaspersky to whitelist it (I couldn't send it through my email, even zipped and password protected).