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Athena87 2024 年 2 月 9 日 下午 5:32
Malware Virus In The Game___(It's Fixed)
(I'm going to keep this post for anyone else that might have the same issue as me. But after talking to some people on here and then the security software suddenly flagging almost all of my steam games I have installed. Even ones I've had on here for years with no problems before. It is my security software that is the problem. I have un-installed it and going with something else that isn't going to give issues.)

I just recently bought the game Core Keeper. After I downloaded and installed it my computer security popped up saying that there was a Malware Trojan virus in the game. If I click for the computer to get rid of it. It fixes the virus issue but then the game won't start at all. It will act like its going to, but then just quits. An then if I want it to play it then I have to uninstall and reinstall it again. But then the security virus pops up again, if I ignore the virus pop up...I can still play the game though. Which is bad because I don't want viruses on my computer.

I don't know what else to do except to see if the creator will fix this..if not then I will have to get my money back. Which I'm not ready to do yet, because I want to play this game. Could the creator of the game get rid of the malware so I can play the game, please?

I also did fill out the form for issues/bugs as well. I posting the issue on here as well for just in case and also for if others are having the same or similar problem as I am.
最后由 Athena87 编辑于; 2024 年 2 月 26 日 上午 11:05
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Diarmuhnd 2024 年 2 月 15 日 上午 6:36 
引用自 Athena87
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I don't choose the security software ...
Just learn how to use it.

Learn how to make your security software exempt games from giving you false positives.

Watch a tutorial, read one, or contact customer support and have them help you.

Its really not hard.
EVILE-VON-OVERKILLE 2024 年 2 月 16 日 上午 11:10 
I have not used an AV software in many years and have had ZERO issues...You dont need them and besides there very intrusive as this post has shown.
gitarrlillan 2024 年 2 月 16 日 下午 9:16 
引用自 Athena87
引用自 maestro
Kinda need to know what AV software you were using, and when's the last time you did a full scan of your computer, and whether or not you tried using Malwarebytes to make sure you don't have something on your computer that your AV software doesn't know about?

If the files downloaded from Steam (assuming you're not playing a pirated version) had a virus in them, it would have been found very quickly by the community. So it's unlikely the virus came from the game itself as downloaded by Steam.

Maybe it came from a mod? Or something else on your computer. Also, you didn't say which virus your AV software is telling you it thinks the game is.


My dad put a really good AV software on my laptop, which is AdvancedVPN and Advanced System Repair Pro. It scans every time I turn my computer on. The security virus only pops up when I launch the game. An will continuously pop up throughout the game if I ignore it, saying there is a Malware Trojan Virus. All my games are through Steam, I can play all my other games except Cozy Grove with no issue. I have never had an issue like this before until I bought the recently both of these games and tried playing it. If I click for my computer to get rid of the virus, it does. But then the game won't start. It will act like it is going to launch but then just stops and then nothing else happens.

I've also uninstalled and reinstalled Core Keeper and Cozy Grove many times. An I still get the same issues on both. So you would think if I uninstalled it and then reinstalled it would help, but it doesn't.

Sounds like something in the programming for those 2 games are just close enough in simmilarity to look like a threat to the antivirus. It's what is usually called a false positive, a snippet of code that is not actually a malware or trojan or other type of virus but that is interpreted by the antivirus as one because it contains the wrong line or lines of code.

As someone else said you may need to make an exception in your antivirus for those games or files or however your exact antivirus wants to do it.
最后由 gitarrlillan 编辑于; 2024 年 2 月 16 日 下午 9:18
Burchmeister 2024 年 2 月 17 日 下午 1:26 
Don't worry about it, also the anti-virus software is a far bigger security threat than anything it will probably be able to correctly identify these days.
Blue 2024 年 2 月 18 日 上午 2:53 
引用自 Athena87
引用自 Azure Fang
Advanced System Repair is one of MANY "digital snake oil" apps. The service it provides is to run tools that already exist on your PC (cleanup, malware protection using Windows Defender definitions, etc.), but they throw false positives every once in a while to convince you to stay subscribed because it "proves the software works". It's a scam.

Advanced VPN is much the same. It's a VPN service that claims a lot of buzzwords, and claims to be headquartered in the BVI (but with all contact in California, USA), but in reality it's just bouncing your traffic requests a couple times and calling your connection "secure". It provides no appreciable security and is doing nothing to prevent malware.

Your protection is, technically, weaker than if you were running vanilla Windows Defender.

All said, it's a safe bet that this is a false positive, very likely generated to make you think the software is keeping you protected so you keep paying its extortionsubscription fee. It would help if you posted the name of the "malware" being detected and the file being blamed.


I don't choose the security software that goes on my computer since I can't afford it. That's why I get what my parents use. An I also use the windows defender software already on the computer too. I posted photos in a previous reply to someone else. That shows what pops up when I launch the game. It says it's Malware.Pk or Malware.Generic and it doesn't show the whole Path file name. Just some of it.

Core Keeper's not malware, it's your "antivirus" that's throwing up these false positives.

I'm going to second the poster above and say that there are better alternatives than Advanced System Repair and Advanced VPN, which rely on scaring you to keep your business. I know you can't afford it and you use what your parents use, but there are better systems which don't cost a penny.

See if you can enable an exception for Core Keeper on your antivirus and if it resolves this issue. If it does, then that's the end of it. However, if you're worried about more false positives for games in the future, I'd advise you to do the following:-
1. Uninstall Advanced System Repair and Advanced VPN. Don't worry, your Windows Defender will keep you safe for now, don't click on suspicious links or Hot Singles In Your Area, etc, etc.
2. Install a decent free antivirus software suite. BitDefender Free's a good one to try out last I checked (https://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html) but it might eat up your RAM. Malwarebytes is a good secondary scanner.

You'll spare yourself the headache and the false positives. And if you don't trust these recs, hop onto Google and find something recommended by others.
Athena87 2024 年 2 月 18 日 上午 3:21 
引用自 Blue
引用自 Athena87


I don't choose the security software that goes on my computer since I can't afford it. That's why I get what my parents use. An I also use the windows defender software already on the computer too. I posted photos in a previous reply to someone else. That shows what pops up when I launch the game. It says it's Malware.Pk or Malware.Generic and it doesn't show the whole Path file name. Just some of it.

Core Keeper's not malware, it's your "antivirus" that's throwing up these false positives.

I'm going to second the poster above and say that there are better alternatives than Advanced System Repair and Advanced VPN, which rely on scaring you to keep your business. I know you can't afford it and you use what your parents use, but there are better systems which don't cost a penny.

See if you can enable an exception for Core Keeper on your antivirus and if it resolves this issue. If it does, then that's the end of it. However, if you're worried about more false positives for games in the future, I'd advise you to do the following:-
1. Uninstall Advanced System Repair and Advanced VPN. Don't worry, your Windows Defender will keep you safe for now, don't click on suspicious links or Hot Singles In Your Area, etc, etc.
2. Install a decent free antivirus software suite. BitDefender Free's a good one to try out last I checked (https://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html) but it might eat up your RAM. Malwarebytes is a good secondary scanner.

You'll spare yourself the headache and the false positives. And if you don't trust these recs, hop onto Google and find something recommended by others.


Thank you for the help. I will try that.

I am not on my computer very often. If I am it's to play Steam Games, Diablo Games through Blizzard, or do something truly important. An I do believe it's the security software now, especially after I downloaded a few demo games and bought a couple more from Steam. A couple of the games were fine but all the others my security software did the same thing that it did to Cozy Grove and Core Keeper. I'm computer savvy, but not that computer savvy to mess with the security software or certain settings in the computer. The weird thing is for why this is happening recently, when I've never had an issue in the past with Steam games or the security software before.

P.S.
I clicked on the link you gave me to try. The site has been flagged as malicious and has been blocked. Doesn't matter what device I'm using.
最后由 Athena87 编辑于; 2024 年 2 月 18 日 下午 6:32
Athena87 2024 年 2 月 18 日 上午 3:23 
Thank you for the advice some of you other gave as well and trying to help me.
Sunny 2024 年 2 月 18 日 下午 12:08 
Something to consider is that the machine itself has a trojan from some other source -- phishing email, problematic website -- and it's infecting your stuff as fast as you're dealing with it.

Most likely though, it's just a false positive. Given it's only particular games, it's probably picking up on those games using one of the Steam API's, identifying the API itself as a problem. Not all games use all connectors, so that would be why it's not on ALL Steam games.

As to why it would suddenly do this when it wasn't before -- antivirus platforms update themselves VERY regularly (or they become useless). Your AV updated and now it's detecting the API as a problem.

https://www.mulesoft.com/resources/api/what-is-an-api

Looking at the games it's happening to, it's not the multiplayer one, and it's not the achievement one. Not sure which it is, to be honest.

(As other posters have said, Windows Defender is really all you need these days if you're not working with restricted information. It's better than the majority of them and you're going to see far fewer of these sorts of problems with it because of the sheer scope of its use.)
最后由 Sunny 编辑于; 2024 年 2 月 18 日 下午 12:15
Athena87 2024 年 2 月 18 日 下午 6:37 
引用自 Sunny
Something to consider is that the machine itself has a trojan from some other source -- phishing email, problematic website -- and it's infecting your stuff as fast as you're dealing with it.

Most likely though, it's just a false positive. Given it's only particular games, it's probably picking up on those games using one of the Steam API's, identifying the API itself as a problem. Not all games use all connectors, so that would be why it's not on ALL Steam games.

As to why it would suddenly do this when it wasn't before -- antivirus platforms update themselves VERY regularly (or they become useless). Your AV updated and now it's detecting the API as a problem.

https://www.mulesoft.com/resources/api/what-is-an-api

Looking at the games it's happening to, it's not the multiplayer one, and it's not the achievement one. Not sure which it is, to be honest.

(As other posters have said, Windows Defender is really all you need these days if you're not working with restricted information. It's better than the majority of them and you're going to see far fewer of these sorts of problems with it because of the sheer scope of its use.)



Thank you. I will try this.

I was able to click on the link and read about API's. It could be that as well, because you are correct not every game uses the same stuff. So something in one game could be sensitive to the security software than in other games. An not able to communicate properly to each other.
Sunny 2024 年 2 月 18 日 下午 10:20 
Yeah. It's not the easiest thing to conceptualize, but it sounds like your AV is picking up on the between you-and-Steam communication and flagging it.

Your dad should be able to fix it if you let him know what's going on (I think that's who you said set it up for you initially?); you haven't done anything wrong to get the flag, it's just a thing that happens sometimes. So if you're worried on that front, don't be. =) It'll take like ten minutes for him to do. No big deal, and if he's anything like most techies, he'd rather you ask for help than accidentally blow something up, especially if he's who you'd ask to help you recover from the blowing up.
最后由 Sunny 编辑于; 2024 年 2 月 18 日 下午 10:25
Athena87 2024 年 2 月 19 日 下午 7:49 
引用自 Sunny
Yeah. It's not the easiest thing to conceptualize, but it sounds like your AV is picking up on the between you-and-Steam communication and flagging it.

Your dad should be able to fix it if you let him know what's going on (I think that's who you said set it up for you initially?); you haven't done anything wrong to get the flag, it's just a thing that happens sometimes. So if you're worried on that front, don't be. =) It'll take like ten minutes for him to do. No big deal, and if he's anything like most techies, he'd rather you ask for help than accidentally blow something up, especially if he's who you'd ask to help you recover from the blowing up.



Yes, he is the one to put it on there and he is sort of computer savvy. Only problem is trying to get him to do anything would be waiting years for him to finally deciding to do it. So I will eventually get it done, just don't know when that will be. If I have to I will get my daughter to get him to do it. She's loves her Poppy and he's willing to do things for her more then anyone else.

But thank you again for the help.
Stellar Remnant 2024 年 2 月 20 日 上午 7:53 
引用自 Athena87
My dad put a really good AV software on my laptop, which is AdvancedVPN and Advanced System Repair Pro.
Uninstall that garbage and just rely on Windows Defender. Your dad may have had good intentions but the results were bad.
brittany8671 2024 年 2 月 23 日 下午 8:23 
.generic should tell you all you need to know kid. It's in the name. It doesn't know what it is but it's heuristics picked it up as acting funny. I think it's fine but there is nothing wrong with questioning things off steam. People think everything is a 100% until it isn't. Anyway you can report it to steam support if it bothers you.
Neo Scully 2024 年 2 月 24 日 上午 5:53 
Funny advertising post...
ペンギン 2024 年 2 月 24 日 下午 12:00 
引用自 Athena87
I just recently bought the game Core Keeper. After I downloaded and installed it my computer security popped up saying that there was a Malware Trojan virus in the game. If I click for the computer to get rid of it. It fixes the virus issue but then the game won't start at all. It will act like its going to, but then just quits. An then if I want it to play it then I have to uninstall and reinstall it again. But then the security virus pops up again, if I ignore the virus pop up...I can still play the game though. Which is bad because I don't want viruses on my computer.

I don't know what else to do except to see if the creator will fix this..if not then I will have to get my money back. Which I'm not ready to do yet, because I want to play this game. Could the creator of the game get rid of the malware so I can play the game, please?

I also did fill out the form for issues/bugs as well. I posting the issue on here as well for just in case and also for if others are having the same or similar problem as I am.

If I were you, I would uninstall the software as soon as possible, especially Advanced System Repair itself is being flagged as a Generic ML PUA (Machine Learning Potentially Unwanted Application). In the test, practically everything was classified as dangerous and infected. This includes the Unity development environment, GPG/GNUPG, Kleopatra, UltraEdit, Veracrypt, and so on.

It also spies and post privacy related data to the manufacturer. As example:
computerHwid: Unique hardware ID of the computer ("xxxx"). This ID can be used to uniquely identify the specific computer. computerManufacturer and computerModel: Information about the manufacturer ("xxxx") and model of the computer ("xxxx"). These data can be used to gain specific information about the user's hardware configuration. devices: Contains a list of connected devices with details such as class name, description, manufacturer, hardware IDs, and driver information. Each of these devices offers potentially identifying information, including the specific devices the user is using and their configuration. hwids (Hardware IDs) and cids (Compatible IDs): Unique identifiers for each device that can be used for identifying specific hardware. installed_driver: Information about the installed driver, including manufacturer, version, and release date. This can be used to determine software configuration and potential security risks. os: Operating system version and build ("xxxx"), which gives hints about the system environment and potential vulnerabilities. motherboardModel: Model of the motherboard ("xxxx"), which serves to identify specific hardware configurations. lang: The system language setting ("xx"), which may indicate the geographical region or language preferences of the user.

The complete data span a few pages. These pieces of information can collectively be used to create a quite detailed profile of a user's computer system and device configuration, which is concerning from a privacy standpoint.

Its Spyware, nothing more and from what I can see, the software causes significant damage when used by inexperienced users.

Feel free to show this to your father. I think he has some catching up to do regarding security.

Furthermore:
- Avoid products from Avast and Piriform. They steal and sell data and track users with every click
- Avoid Malwarebytes, they spy on users, give false alarms and modify system files without asking
- Avoid tools like ioBIT software or Wise System Care, which also change important system files without asking, thereby bypassing protection mechanisms.
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