Generic.Malware.gen.DDS

Generic.Malware.gen.DDS is Malwarebytes’ detection name for malware detected by the Artificial Intelligence component of Malwarebytes’ Katana engine.

The detection names are produced by Malwarebytes 5 and ThreatDown business products. These generic malware detections are due to our new automated signature system called BytesTotal and specifically the DDS engine that are based on Machine Learning technology with 100% autonomous learning which don’t require any human interaction to correctly identify malware. These techniques are part of Malwarebytes’ Katana engine and were developed for automated mass detection of wide ranges of malware and adware.

Items detected as Generic.Malware.gen.DDS can be various types of malware and will be examined and classified at a later stage.

The Malwarebytes’ Katana engine detects unknown threats as Generic.Malware.gen.DDS by using generic detections, Machine Learning, and other Artificial Intelligence techniques to protect users from malware that has not yet been classified.

How to remove Generic.Malware.gen.DDS with the Malwarebytes Nebula console

You can use the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Nebula console to scan endpoints.

Nebula endpoint tasks menu

Choose the Scan + Quarantine option. Afterwards you can check the Detections page to see which threats were found.

On the Quarantine page you can see which threats were quarantined and restore them if necessary.

Malwarebytes can detect and remove Generic.Malware.gen.DDS without further user interaction.

Reboot the system if prompted to complete the removal process.

Please download Malwarebytesto your desktop.

Double-click MBSetup.exeand follow the prompts to install the program.

When your Malwarebytes for Windowsinstallation completes, the program opens to the Welcome to Malwarebytes screen.

Click on the Get started button.

Click Scan to start a Threat Scan.

Click Quarantineto remove the found threats.