Remove Trojan.Malware.300983.Susgen

Trojan.Malware.300983.Susgen is a detection name used by MaxSecure anti-virus software. Numerous users have reported that scanning certain files on VirusTotal shows that MaxSecure detects them as Trojan.Malware.300983.Susgen. If MaxSecure is the only anti-virus program detecting the file as malicious, it’s more than likely a false positive.

 

 

VirusTotal allows users to upload files and have them scanned with the antivirus programs that are part of VirusTotal’s contribution program. It’s a very useful, easy-to-use tool that users can use to scan their files for malware, whether it’s to check unsolicited email attachments for malware or simply a precautions when downloading something. If a file is malicious, the results will show multiple anti-virus programs detecting it as such. If only one anti-malware program detects the file as malicious, it’s very likely to be a false positive.

As to why MaxSecure detects safe files as Trojan.Malware.300983.Susgen, the file’s pattern or signature matches one in MaxSecure’s malware database. That does not necessarily mean a file is malware; it merely means that its signature/pattern is very common.

Remove Trojan.Malware.300983.Susgen

If you upload a file on VirusTotal and only MaxSecure detects it as malicious, it’s most likely a false positive. If you do not use MaxSecure, you do not need to do anything. If you do use MaxSecure and it keeps detecting Trojan.Malware.300983.Susgen, you will need to whitelist it to stop the detection.