Malware Alert

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The latest patch seems to have come with an added Malware alert...

[Bishop-Six]

No it doesnt...

[Zebedee]

Not for me it hasn't, either as patch or a full reinstall... You been downloading pr0n from teh interwebz there, sir?

[p00se2]

i just hope its not avira

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https://i.imgur.com/E5g25OD.png

According to the free version of Avast there is. I'm just reporting what I've seen so please don't shoot the messenger.

[p00se2]

pretty sure its known for its false positive reportings

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Originally posted by p00se2:

pretty sure its known for its false positive reportings :lunar2019grinningpig:

In all my years of using it this is the first time its ever gone off whilst Steam was installing an update. That's the only reason I've felt obliged to bring it up to see if anyone has experienced the same. Agree though, it is most likely a false negative.

[Hyperion]

Like other users have stated, it could be a false positive from the AV you’re using but (and this is a pretty important but) it could *possibly* be that an actual piece of malware (of unknown source/origin) has somehow infected the Cyberpunk executable file and poses a legitimate threat.

Whatever the truth is, run a full system sweep for your PC to be safe (as opposed to sorry).

[Empukris]

Is it modded?

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Originally posted by Hyperion:

Like other users have stated, it could be a false positive from the AV you’re using but (and this is a pretty important but) it could *possibly* be that an actual piece of malware (of unknown source/origin) has somehow infected the Cyberpunk executable file and poses a legitimate threat.

Whatever the truth is, run a full system sweep for your PC to be safe (as opposed to sorry).

Good shout. I've run system scans, all have come back clean, and have also sent the quarantined suspect file to Avast to investigate and confirm.

[pull my finger]

Originally posted by Empukris:

Is it modded?

Nope, its 100% vanilla

[Digislaw ◢ ◤]

The executable is clean: VirusTotal scan[www.virustotal.com]. Perhaps it's a bug with your Avast version (it found nothing @VirustTotal) or something has been injected to your .exe.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

My Avast detects nothing, nor do other antimalware apps I've run. As Hyperion said, I would suspect either a false positive, or malware that has taken up residence in that directory or a file therein. One way to test for the latter would be to completely remove the directory or the file (in this case the executable) showing up as a positive detection, and then verify integrity or completely reinstall the game. (Saves are stored elsewhere, so you shouldn't lose them.)

[dulany67]

You are not getting malware from steam.

[SkunkWerks]

Originally posted by dulany67:

You are not getting malware from steam.

Well, I mean, there were people saying "You are not getting malware from Solarwinds"...

https://apnews.com/article/solarwinds-hack-email-top-dhs-officials-8bcd4a4eb3be1f8f98244766bae70395

...At least till a few months ago anyway. Welcome to the age of the Supply Chain attack.


But if that were the case here I'd expect we'd be seeing more people with various AV software claiming the same.

This still feels like a false-positive to me.