Just installed malwarebytes and found infected!

Hey guys,
I’m new to malwarebytes. I’m running my first scan so far and it found 3 infected items! What action should I take when the scan is finished? I’ll post the log when the scan is finished. I’m also running on the WinXP system, not Home Premium (Win7).

Note: Some of the items are registry values and registry data.

click remove selected button…it may ask you to reboot after removal

Thx a lot!

Before doing that take the time to add the three files manually to the avast chest and submit them to the virus labs. Then run MBAM again to remove them.

Always look at detections by other tools as an opportunity to gather them for avast virus labs, before you take action against them.

Sorry, I already removed them. :frowning:

They should still be in the MBAM Quarantine, just restore the files not the registry entries.

There is a very limited risk as they would be restored to the original location, just don’t execute them. Once you add them to the chest, run MBAM again to remove them again.

One other question: If I uninstalled malwarebytes, would the files be deleted or would they be restored?

They shouldn’t be restored, but you must ensure it is a complete uninstall as I don’t know if there is an option to keep settings, etc. if you were going to reinstall.