Trojan Horse warning on MuseHub
I just got a Trojan Horse warning on MuseHub by MalwareBytes. Although it must have been used (?) for downloading Musescore, I don't know what it is. I've only had it loaded a couple of days. Has anyone else had it identified as a threat?
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Came up before. You may want to turn off "Enable community acceleration" which acts in a torrent fashion
In reply to Came up before. You may want… by Jojo-Schmitz
I have the same problem. I disabled community acceleration, and am still receiving multiple messages from Malwarebytes (which I have had for years) about trojan and compromises.
Do I disregard these notes from Malwarebytes?
In reply to I have the same problem. I… by lisaviolin
It may be worth contacting Malwarebytes for advice. Maybe they can tell you whether it is a false positive before you add it to Malwarebytes list of exclusions.
In reply to It may be worth contacting… by yonah_ag
Yes, I will do that. I have tried adding the various IP addresses to my list of exclusions, but I still get the same amount of compromised and Trojan notices.
In reply to Yes, I will do that. I have… by lisaviolin
You should only add exclusions to Malwarebytes if you trust the site to be excluded. Whilst it seems very unlikely that MuseHub would be malicious, it does run with elevated system privileges and therefore poses a risk to your computer if it contains any coding flaws which could be exploited by a third party.
See: https://musescore.org/en/node/341517