Today I started Duplicate Cleaner 5.0.13 and was notified that version 5.14 is available. I downloaded, installed and ran it; found some duplicate photos which I marked for deletion. When I clicked on the Delete Files button, Malwarebytes kicked in and said it stopped a ransomware attack and quarantined 'Duplicate Cleaner 5.exe' . I uninstalled 5.14 and went back to 5.0.13 and all is well. Has anyone else seen this? It's no doubt a Malwarebytes false positive but you never know and I don't want to second-guess ransomware alerts.
Windows 10 Pro 21H2 64-bit
Malwarebytes Premium 4.5.5
Rob
Malwarebytes flags Duplicate Cleaner 5.14 as ransomware??
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robtgordon
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robtgordon
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Re: Malwarebytes flags Duplicate Cleaner 5.14 as ransomware??
Update: Malwarebytes has recognized this as a false positive and whitelisted the program. Sorry for the "fake news". 
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Callistemon
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Re: Malwarebytes flags Duplicate Cleaner 5.14 as ransomware??
Installer download file: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/719 ... ?nocache=1
Zipped copy of Program Files: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/891 ... ?nocache=1
Zipped copy of Program Files: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/891 ... ?nocache=1