main.exe malware or not?

[BlackSoul]

Played the game demo, liked it and preordered. But now seeing many reviews about Windows Defender / AV flagging the game's exe as a virus.
VirusTotal says at least one vendor flagged it as a Malware - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/115b4b2477928ea10787634fb5e239725951587b1671274c4eade0846bfa311b/detection

Can devs patch it / resolve the malware problem?
I want to play the game, but don't really want to risk getting a malware.

[Guybrush]

On my pc 0 virus. W11

[Senki]

don't know what that is all about but i've played for 7 hours today and didn't notice anything strange

[Noblemartel]

Similar thing has been happening with the tainted grail game. Every patch the main exe file gets flagged for reasons unknown and then they fix it a while later. Hopefully the devs get it sorted on their end.

[Ellex]

I'm getting the same issue,Windows Defender is quarantining files as soon as they download, what's most concerning is Steam itself is blocking it from launching with a popup saying it contains a virus.

[󠀡󠀡]

Originally posted by Senki:

don't know what that is all about but i've played for 7 hours today and didn't notice anything strange

Its happening now before thsi it didnt

[jims875]

Just downloaded it and win defender flagged the .exe as a Trojan malware and blocked it.

[󠀡󠀡]

guys go update windows defender in the settings it stop marking it as trojan now

[Stevyboule]

Same here

[Ellex]

Originally posted by 󠀡󠀡:

guys go update windows defender in the settings it stop marking it as trojan now

My Win Defender is up to date, redownloaded the game, still reports it as a virus, and so does Steam.

[󠀡󠀡]

Originally posted by Ellex:

Originally posted by 󠀡󠀡:

guys go update windows defender in the settings it stop marking it as trojan now

My Win Defender is up to date, redownloaded the game, still reports it as a virus, and so does Steam.

it just has new update fews hrs ago go check it again

[Guybrush]

People is easy to watch and monitor activies on disks and network while play the game. Do this. I did. Absolute nothing suspicious.

[BlackSoul]

Originally posted by Guybrush:

People is easy to watch and monitor activies on disks and network while play the game. Do this. I did. Absolute nothing suspicious.

Even if it's a false positive, needs to be addressed. We're playing many games on Steam, can't monitor everything.

[Sundowner]

Originally posted by Ellex:

I'm getting the same issue,Windows Defender is quarantining files as soon as they download, what's most concerning is Steam itself is blocking it from launching with a popup saying it contains a virus.

valve just recently sold another game containing custom made malware so i really hope thats not the case here!

[󠀡󠀡]

Originally posted by Sundowner:

Originally posted by Ellex:

I'm getting the same issue,Windows Defender is quarantining files as soon as they download, what's most concerning is Steam itself is blocking it from launching with a popup saying it contains a virus.

valve just recently sold another game containing custom made malware so i really hope thats not the case here!

i just whitelisted the game folder rn ill update if my pc bricked

[kp_johan]

This is a false positive, we're working with Microsoft to have it resolved ASAP.

In the meantime, you can learn more and stay up-to-date in our dedicated sticky thread on the topic.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1721060/discussions/0/603027953652092851/

Locking this thread but feel free to continue the discussion in the dedicated thread!