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massive mail alerts : dnsapi.dll

Hello,

since this morning we have a lot of alert on PC:

File "C:\Windows\winsxs\Temp\PendingRenames\75f17bdfbd1dd401621600005c0e040d.x86_microsoft-windows-dns-client_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.24168_none_e4412749f9de6871_dnsapi.dll_c81f5791" belongs to virus/spyware 'Mal/Generic-S'.

If we open the status of a PC in the console we have this entries:
Items detected Date/time Type Name Sub-type Details Reference Action taken Username
17/07/2018 09:18:02 Virus/spyware Mal/Generic-S C:\Windows\winsxs\Temp\PendingRenames\da32d2489e1dd40162160000a001140c.x86_microsoft-windows-dns-client_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.24168_none_e4412749f9de6871_dnsapi.dll_c81f5791 Removed from quarantine listNT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
17/07/2018 09:17:57 Virus/spyware Mal/Generic-S C:\Windows\winsxs\Temp\PendingRenames\da32d2489e1dd40162160000a001140c.x86_microsoft-windows-dns-client_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.24168_none_e4412749f9de6871_dnsapi.dll_c81f5791 Blocked NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

If I do a manual scan, nothing detected. Is there a chance of a false positive?

All the best.

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0 BPAC_NM over 6 years ago

We are getting the same alert from Sophos here. It seems like a false positive on that dll, which looks like it is being updated as part of a Windows Update.
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0 BPAC_NM over 6 years ago

We are getting the same alert from Sophos here. It seems like a false positive on that dll, which looks like it is being updated as part of a Windows Update.
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0 PeterM over 6 years ago in reply to BPAC_NM

Can you tell what Windows Updates were pushed out today.

Also other than the detection is there any impact caused by this? does the Windows Update break for example?
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0 BPAC_NM over 6 years ago in reply to PeterM

We pushed out this months batch of Windows Updates, and we only saw it on our Windows 7 installs (all x64).

Doesn't appear to be affecting the computers as far as I can tell, plus we haven't had any more alerts since the initial batch all between 12:04pm and 12:08pm. Enterprise Console isn't listing any computers with alerts, so maybe it was just a temporary moment of confusion.
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0 PeterM over 6 years ago in reply to BPAC_NM

The following KBA has been published to track updates: https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/132417

The issues is believed to be resolved. Other than alerts being reported there was no known impact caused by this issue.
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