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DAZ Install Manager flagged as ransomware

dbz91007dbz91007 Posts: 7
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

MalwareBytes flags DIM as ransomware and quarantines it. This happens while I try to install any new modules today. DIM has been fine before today. I'm running on Windows 11. If I tell MalwareBytes to restore the file, it does. But the next time I try and install in DIM MalwareBytes flags again.

I could tell MalwareBytes to trust DIM, but since this hasn't happened before today, it seems better to investigate more.

I'm running Install Manager 1.4.1.67.

Comments

  • ShelLuserShelLuser Posts: 749

    False positives happen with some virus scanners. Even so, this is still an issue with the virus scanner; maybe you could report it to them or.. consider using something that doesn't mess up ;)

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,219

    in the past Malwarebytes kept doing that to Carrara, irfanview and Octane render

    I had to restore them and change the settings to allow them

    I think it killed one of my external drives too quaranteening the driver but have not been able to fix it and can no longer use that hard drive

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,941

    MWB also does it with Daz Connect when updating - it iss eeing the repalcement of oen file with another and taking it as an attempt to encrypt the user files as a prelude to a ransom demand. Security applications really need to be more clear about whether they have detected actual malicious action or just soemthing that might or might not be malicious - these overzealous actions servce only to undermine confidence in the tools (and it isn't just MWB) and make it more likely that a real heuiristic detection of a new piece of malware will be ignored.

  • dbz91007dbz91007 Posts: 7

    I added the following two programs to my Malwarebytes Allow List. MWB treats these as safe, and now I can install my assets through DIM.

    • DAZ3DIM.exe
    • DAZ3DIMHelper.exe
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