# Trojan Detected **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [September 17, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/trojan-detected/462855 "2019-09-17T13:41:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FrankJr35521](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@FrankJr35521](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FrankJr35521)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/trojan-detected/462855/1 "2019-09-17T13:41:18Z")
malwarebytes is detecting plex as a trojan here is the log taken from malwarebytes this is the first time im seeing this Malwarebytes -Log Details- Protection Event Date: 9/16/19 Protection Event Time: 10:49 AM Log File: 22a46952-d891-11e9-9638-c8d3ff41ae7a.json -Software Information- Version: 3.8.3.2965 Components Version: 1.0.625 Update Package Version: 1.0.12501 License: Premium -System Information- OS: Windows 10 (Build 18362.356) CPU: x64 File System: NTFS User: System -Blocked Website Details- Malicious Website: 1 , , Blocked, [-1], [-1],0.0.0 -Website Data- Category: Trojan Domain: IP Address: 193.188.22.12 Port: [32400] Type: Inbound File: C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Plex Media Server.exe (end) ---
**Author:** ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/trojan-detected/462855/2 "2019-09-17T13:46:47Z")
Malwarebytes does this from time to time! It’s a false alert ---
**Author:** ![FrankJr35521](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@FrankJr35521](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FrankJr35521)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/trojan-detected/462855/3 "2019-09-17T14:46:40Z")
ok thx ---
**Author:** ![XweAponX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/xweaponx/32/81758_2.png) [@XweAponX](https://forums.plex.tv/u/XweAponX)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/trojan-detected/462855/4 "2019-09-17T16:50:55Z")
You should be able to add an exclusion for Plex media server into malware bites. Check in the app settings and exclude the main Plex executable process and maybe some of the other processes related to Plex. Actually I think the portion of the log that you posted includes which process was affected so just make an exclusion for that process. All of the executables for Plex media server are in c:\program files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server, just choose the executable that was listed in the log. Screenshot of executables: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/c/8/c8f7a67c559aa8200451a1569c2eac4d681932a4.png) ---
**Author:** ![nibbles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/nibbles/32/150497_2.png) [@nibbles](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nibbles)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/trojan-detected/462855/5 "2019-09-17T17:15:55Z")
There’s a Plex article on Malwarebytes, and it’s covers whitelisting because their software doesn’t behave. [https://support.plex.tv/articles/windows-transcoder-failures-during-playback-live-tv-or-dvr-recording/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/windows-transcoder-failures-during-playback-live-tv-or-dvr-recording/) ---
**Author:** ![XweAponX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/xweaponx/32/81758_2.png) [@XweAponX](https://forums.plex.tv/u/XweAponX)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/trojan-detected/462855/6 "2019-09-18T17:52:52Z")
Yep, that’s it, they say to exclude all of the executables. I think with Malware Bites, you can choose the whole Plex folder, so just exclude the folder itself. I removed MWB a log time ago because of this. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/trojan-detected/462855/7 "2019-12-17T17:53:00Z")
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