Malware found after scan

gamerfan

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I ran a full scan with Microsoft Defender on my PC and it found the file AppData\Roaming\secure\QtWebKit4.dll (Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.C!ml).

But before using Defender, I had run a full scan with Malwarebytes Free and Kaspersky Free and found nothing. Why did it detect this now?

Is this type of malware the kind that modifies, deletes, or corrupts files on the PC?
 

lxskllr

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Might be a false positive. You'll have to research further. Figure out when and where it came from. A quick search says it's a legit file, or can be. Doesn't mean legit files can't be compromised or spoofed.
 
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Steltek

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It was likely a heuristic detection that resulted in a false positive.

Happens a couple of times a year for me with subscription Malwarebytes, but I've never yet had one turn out to be an actual malware infection.
 
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mindless1

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Ahem! This is excessive. I'll eat my hat if you didn't post at least 90% of these, and among them, you surely have enough^2 answers already:














HOW DO YOU FIND THE TIME TO DO THIS?!!
 
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