Start by finding where the program files are stored on your hard drive. The first step in removing a VPN is to clear away its client. Right now all Malwarebytes is accomplishing is annoying me and limiting my productivity as I try to troubleshoot all these ridiculous false positives.(Image credit: Microsoft) Uninstall VPN clients I bought it to protect the PCs in my house. Rather than unilaterally blocking entire domains or IPs due to one bad actor, shouldn't Malwarebytes be figuring out a way to prevent whatever that bad actor is doing from infecting a workstation currently running Malwarebytes? I didn't buy 10 Malwarebytes licenses for my home alone with the idea that Malwarebytes was going to focus on cleaning up the internet (which is an impossible task). It's simply not a reason for an IP or server to be blocked or considered compromised. That server is no more of a problem than is just because someone sent out a phishing email from an email account. Regardless, it's lazy on Malwarebytes part to simply unilaterally block that server IP as if it was "infected" or a source of malware, ransomware, etc. That's because the "bad guys" are using the same VPNs as the "good guys", which is actually quite the testimonial for a VPN considering privacy and even anonymity is one of the main features/benefits of VPNs. I saw in another thread on this same subject/problem (there are quite a few) that an Malwarebytes support person claimed that a PIA server IP is one being used for brute force attacks. I don't need someone to screen my logs for me to determine if they're false positives or not - they are.Īnyway, the problem here is that Malwarebytes has simply gotten (sorry) lazy lately with their methods.
I am not a Malwarebytes employee. I volunteer my time here to help others." I'm not sure how you're supposed to assist with false positives (even with the logs) if you're not Malwarebytes staff.
UNINSTALL PRIVATE VPN ACCESS WINDOWS
"I repair Windows PC's as my regular job. Cant assist with the other "FP's" you mentioned without logs. If all of these flags were legitimate, I also doubt that Malwarebytes support would keep posting that they've removed them from future updates.Įxcept the IP blocks from pia.exe, some of those cant be lifted. If the PIA network of servers was so infested with malware, trojans, and compromises, I seriously doubt that so many in the IT career field would be using them for VPN services. Since then I put Malwarebytes on all of my family member's PCs so I wouldn't have to go through it again, but I'm starting to regret putting it on my devices specifically for this false positive annoyance. In my entire 30-year IT security career, I've only encountered one malware infection in my home (different story at work), and that was on my then young son's PC. PIA provides me with protection that is more valuable to me, personally, than what Malwarebytes provides. Not all protection to a computer involves malware. PIA is currently using IP's that are blocked for various reasons. There is a long standing issue with PIA having several issues running with MB.
There are other VPN's that do not have an issue.
VPN's do not protect you computer from malware.
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