GHOST SPECTRE


jajk said:
Before I leave the G-S community, here is what Malware bytes picked up:
View attachment 179775
The MyASUS Installer.exe is self-explanatory what it is (if you have an ASUS Laptop). It is one of those unsolicited self installing useless Apps that MS is complicit in pushing.
The NavigationUpdateInstaller.exe is an app for updating the nav maps in my Hyundai vehicle.
The windowsdesktop-runtime file is directly downloaded from MS (.NET ver 10 install)
The other 3 reg values are straight from the install of Ghost Spectre IoT ver 9 iso.
I will leave it up to others to decide if these are real threats or just overselling the virus scanner's prowess.

I said 8 detentions but 2 of these are known to me and in legacy files unused in this situation. I plead the 5th on those 2 ;-)
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How can policies made by MS be detected as threats?
The first and third .reg entries disables any Windows Update via MS Update while the 2nd disables task manager.

"The windowsdesktop-runtime file is directly downloaded from MS (.NET ver 10 install)"
Just to show you that Malwarebytes is a bit overzealous on its detection of so-called threats.

The others are user induced as I don't have them on my test system.


In truth I have long uninstalled Malwarebytes as too many false positive flagging was happening.
It used to be excellent and truthful though so I don't know what happened there.
 

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OAT said:
How can policies made by MS be detected as threats?
The first and third .reg entries disables any Windows Update via MS Update while the 2nd disables task manager.

"The windowsdesktop-runtime file is directly downloaded from MS (.NET ver 10 install)"
Just to show you that Malwarebytes is a bit overzealous on its detection of so-called threats.

The others are user induced as I don't have them on my test system.
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I have not have the opportunity to dig in to it (install a VM) so i cant say much.. what i did find interesting was the infatica_agent.exe
Did you test G-S too and did you find that file?
 

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Marie SWE said:
I have not have the opportunity to dig in to it (install a VM) so i cant say much.. what i did find interesting was the infatica_agent.exe
Did you test G-S too and did you find that file?
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Don't have that file which is usually within some codec packs. (K-Lite Mega Codec Pack)
The process list also indicates nothing of concern for now but the test is on going as I am monitoring network activity.
All tools used for testing are within the WSCC suite.
 

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OAT said:
Don't have that file which is usually within some codec packs. (K-Lite Mega Codec Pack)
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I wonder what K-light.. i running that on my Win7 computer i have to my TV and home cinema system.. and i dont have that one.
But Jajk did install a nav maps software.. perhaps it followed that one. :think: I have Asus and Asus don't install proxy/residential bandwidth-sharing software with their products as far i know. *lol* 😅
 

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jajk said:
Before I leave the G-S community, here is what Malware bytes picked up:
View attachment 179775
The MyASUS Installer.exe is self-explanatory what it is (if you have an ASUS Laptop). It is one of those unsolicited self installing useless Apps that MS is complicit in pushing.
The NavigationUpdateInstaller.exe is an app for updating the nav maps in my Hyundai vehicle.
The windowsdesktop-runtime file is directly downloaded from MS (.NET ver 10 install)
The other 3 reg values are straight from the install of Ghost Spectre IoT ver 9 iso.
I will leave it up to others to decide if these are real threats or just overselling the virus scanner's prowess.

I said 8 detentions but 2 of these are known to me and in legacy files unused in this situation. I plead the 5th on those 2 ;-)
Click to expand...
I can pretty much guarantee you WXL will also have those since it's modifications to make Windows as small as possible. I wouldn't trust Malwarebytes as far as I can throw it. Way too many false positives
 

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EchoJPR said:
I can pretty much guarantee you WXL will also have those since it's modifications to make Windows as small as possible. I wouldn't trust Malwarebytes as far as I can throw it. Way too many false positives
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Thanks for keeping up with this thread.
 

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I downloaded MWB and (while it also installed crapass Edge somehow.) I got the same things you got 1786885529997.webpand this is from ESET Smart Security Premium which I trust a hell of a lot more than MWB. Just sounds like MWB is being MWB and thinking every possible thing is wrong 1786885479473.webp
 

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1786890110242.webpUpdate 10 is coming at some point today!
 

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25h2
 

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EchoJPR said:
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G-W11-25H2-PRO-U10

WPE+ Bootable —————————With Update (26200.9168) - U10(Based on the official ISO version 25H2 with updates.)Datavaults:UPLOADING..UserDrive:DownloadSwift:DownloadDLsurf (2 Part): UPLOADING.. Download all Part, then extract .001 with 7-Zip to get the ISO file.File Size : 5.22GB For...
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Thank you. No issues this far.
 

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