Hi Support,
I updated to the new version of local this morning and while I was working on flywheel today, Malwarebytes quarantined the local.exe and the local.lnk files as ransomware.
Both were flagged as: Malware.Ransom.Agent.Generic.
Event: RTP detection
Is this a false positive? I am concerned about restoring the files until I am sure.
Here is the log details:
Hi Clay
Thanks for the update. I originally downloaded Local in October and have been been using it the past few months and it has been fine. Yesterday there was a notice in the software that a new version was available so I updated it. Within a few minutes Malwarebytes quarantined those two files.
I am reluctant to release them from quarantine. Is there anything else I can check? If I uninstall and reinstall the software, what is the best way to retain the site?
I’m having the same files quarantined with MalwareBytes. It happens when I try to update WordPress or plugins on any local sites.
Now when I uninstall and reinstall 5.2.8, it won’t run. Nothing happens.
A few weeks ago, I decided to experiment with Local Lighting. I downloaded Local.exe from trusted site https://localwp.com version 5.2.8 +2771 and started creating my local site. Today my favorite program Malwarebytes Premium quarantined the local.exe as ransomware. I released it from quarantine and continued to use it. No damage had been found by me except the program shortcut at the desktop was disappeared. But who knows what I’ll face in the future?
Dear Clay, ransomware is a form of malware that locks you out of your device and/or encrypts your files, then forces you to pay a ransom to get them back. Ransomware can reach systems in many ways from infected email attachments to targeted attacks on RDP ports. Do not underestimate it. You know it better than me as Product Architect, Developer Experience and so on. Fix it. Something is not legal probably in user account control (Windows common processor(?). Otherwise Local Lighting has no future on the market.
