Just got a malware warning (from Malwarebytes) about HTTPPROXY.DAT-SHM... worry?

cfineman

Listed as malware Adware.SpecialSearchOffer.

Should I quarantine this file?

Flexx

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/101535/just-got-a-malware-warning-from-malwarebytes-about-httpproxy-dat-shm-worry

Adware.SpecialSearchOffer is a detection name used by Malwarebytes to identify potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) or adware. It’s typically associated with browser hijackers or software bundled with adware.

If you believe that a website or file is not detected by Bitdefender as malicious or phishing, kindly report it to our malware research team using the forum provided at the link below:

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/29358/

If the website or file is indeed malicious or phishing, detection will be added within a maximum of 72 hours. However, if no detection is available even after 72 hours, please consider the website or file as safe, as determined by our malware researchers, and no detection will be created for them.

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