Launcher virus?

[Stupid Jerk]

The launcher EXE got quarantined by my antivirus as an IDP.Generic. I'm assuming this is a false positive, but what does the launcher do that causes this?

[hcl]

0 / 58 detections on Virustotal for the launcher exe.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ede987fea410faab02fad1e1d3c5690d45d01cd426836a693a62972d09b31eb0

so the problem is on your side, sure its from a legit source?
if so, either redownload, or make an integrity check via steam or gog galaxy.

[Stupid Jerk]

Originally posted by hcl:

0 / 58 detections on Virustotal for the launcher exe.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ede987fea410faab02fad1e1d3c5690d45d01cd426836a693a62972d09b31eb0

so the problem is on your side, sure its from a legit source?
if so, either redownload, or make an integrity check via steam or gog galaxy.

I got it from Avast, which is pretty prone to false positives (especially IDP.Generic), so I assumed that was the case. I mostly just wanted to know what behavior the launcher was doing that would prompt that.

[hcl]

got it from Avast, which is pretty prone to false positives (especially IDP.Generic), so I assumed that was the case. I mostly just wanted to know what behavior the launcher was doing that would prompt that.

with source i meant the game itself :) . sometimes ppl use pirated versions, that sometimes carry unwanted stuff and then blame the game for it.
avast should be in the virustotal mix too, agreed, false positives are a thing but never seen anyone complaining about when it comes to 9thd. if you have the latest virus definitions and your copy is legit, id do an integrity check as mentioned above, steam and gog galaxy both offer that option.

[Stupid Jerk]

Originally posted by hcl:

got it from Avast, which is pretty prone to false positives (especially IDP.Generic), so I assumed that was the case. I mostly just wanted to know what behavior the launcher was doing that would prompt that.

with source i meant the game itself :) . sometimes ppl use pirated versions, that sometimes carry unwanted stuff and then blame the game for it.
avast should be in the virustotal mix too, agreed, false positives are a thing but never seen anyone complaining about when it comes to 9thd. if you have the latest virus definitions and your copy is legit, id do an integrity check as mentioned above, steam and gog galaxy both offer that option.

Within the game itself? It was quarantining the launcher EXE, and I had to add an exception to get it out. According to the list you posted, Avast resulted in "Timeout", not "Undetected", so it probably just sees some activity from the launcher as suspicious but can't confirm it.

Avast auto-updates, and I am playing with a legit copy (It's in my library).

This is the alert I get.[i.imgur.com]

I tried removing the exception I placed and verifying, but Steam gets stuck in the updating process while trying to download the file, because Avast won't let it through.

[hcl]

hm, yea, that looks like some avast false positive BS. After whitelisting the file in avast (and a system scan is fine) it should not block a re-download from steam (just to be sure to have 100% clean files from steam).
Why avast flags it- no clue.