Severe Virus Notification after launching Chapter 3?!

[Caelum Roxas]

Uhhhh, is anyone else getting a SEVERE virus threat notification from launching Chapter 3?! For some reason I got 5 notifications for the same virus called Trojan Script Wacatac and says it's linked to Poppy Playtime Chapter 3.

Now after taking safety precautions to remove the virus, the game gives me an error screen. Just my luck after waiting 5 whole hours for chapter 3 to download...

Update: I've discovered two other people online reporting the same trojan virus issue as I have, so I'm not the only one, and is absolutely an issue with the game. Plus, so many people in the Poppy Discord server are reporting the same error screen as I am. Mob Entertainment, I beg that you'll be able to fix this soon.

Another Update: Okay, so I just verified the integrity of my game, and it said one file failed to verify, so after a quick update, the game was able to launch again, but then I instantly got 5 severe trojan virus notifications again, and the game closed on it's own. I genuinely don't know what to do anymore, as I'm extremely dumb when it comes to technical stuff.

[lizard tongue]

some people got it and they are fine

[lizard tongue]

pretty sure its used to launch game

[CoolSkeleton95]

Trojan is a Virus

[CoolSkeleton95]

none of us download this

[CoolSkeleton95]

it just wants you to Download "Free Virus Repellent" to Trick you

[76561197977284748]

I checked the file on virustotal.com and it comes back clean. I dont know what the issue is, but its strange.

Results:
No security vendors and no sandboxes flagged this file as malicious

Generated Hash: c2c3c0e9a585cf9a001f670d8e1dda7701ad634b2d8a2b52552116be514c272c

Playtime_Chapter3-Win64-Shipping.exe

All that said, I trust that site enough to create an exclusion in Windows Defender for the file. To add an exclusion do the following:
Select Start , then open Settings . ...
Under Virus & threat protection settings, select Manage settings, and then under Exclusions, select Add or remove exclusions.
Select Add an exclusion, and then select from files, folders, file types, or process.

[CoolSkeleton95]

Originally posted by Mike Hunts:

I checked the file on virustotal.com and it comes back clean. I dont know what the issue is, but its strange.

Results:
No security vendors and no sandboxes flagged this file as malicious

Generated Hash: c2c3c0e9a585cf9a001f670d8e1dda7701ad634b2d8a2b52552116be514c272c

Playtime_Chapter3-Win64-Shipping.exe

All that said, I trust that site enough to create an exclusion in Windows Defender for the file. To add an exclusion do the following:
Select Start , then open Settings . ...
Under Virus & threat protection settings, select Manage settings, and then under Exclusions, select Add or remove exclusions.
Select Add an exclusion, and then select from files, folders, file types, or process.

this is new to me so i am very suspicious about that

[The sovereign]

a mi tambien me salio ese error del virus, aun no encuentro una solucion viable sobre este problema, alguna ayuda?

[Locker47]

Also had the same problem, game showed 50g instead of 35g file found Trojan:Script/Wacatac.B!ml , deleted and redownloaded / installed. Worked fine after.

[CoolSkeleton95]

so is this "Trojan" a Virus in Chapter 3?

[yoshitan0488]

Originally posted by Armisbryan:

a mi tambien me salio ese error del virus, aun no encuentro una solucion viable sobre este problema, alguna ayuda?

Estoy en las mismas, por ahora lo que dicen de crear una excepcion en el antivirus a mi no me ha funcionado. y ya no se cuentos spoilers me he comido ya, si encuentro algo te digo

[76561197977284748]

Originally posted by Pizza Toons:

Originally posted by Mike Hunts:

I checked the file on virustotal.com and it comes back clean. I dont know what the issue is, but its strange.

Results:
No security vendors and no sandboxes flagged this file as malicious

Generated Hash: c2c3c0e9a585cf9a001f670d8e1dda7701ad634b2d8a2b52552116be514c272c

Playtime_Chapter3-Win64-Shipping.exe

All that said, I trust that site enough to create an exclusion in Windows Defender for the file. To add an exclusion do the following:
Select Start , then open Settings . ...
Under Virus & threat protection settings, select Manage settings, and then under Exclusions, select Add or remove exclusions.
Select Add an exclusion, and then select from files, folders, file types, or process.

this is new to me so i am very suspicious about that

As you should be. It's better to er on the side of safety, especially with the cost of equipment. So, when you generate a hash of something it's basically a snapshot of the entire file without uploading the file to spread it around. Sites run checks on the hashed data to compare it to known viruses and malware. If similarities are found, the threat is assessed. By running this hash in particular, no similarities were found. I have also been monitoring my active processes and resources and found nothing out of sort. However, before you jump in and believe some random guy on the internet, do some research on your own. Check how Hash files are made and utilized in relation to virus checking and perform the checks yourself. You need to know very little to understand the feedback from most sites and, if reputable, that information provided by you is logged and monitored by the companies that create anti-virus software. But absolutely NEVER BLINDLY TRUST ANYONE ON THE INTERNET.

[CoolSkeleton95]

Originally posted by Mike Hunts:

Originally posted by Pizza Toons:

this is new to me so i am very suspicious about that

As you should be. It's better to er on the side of safety, especially with the cost of equipment. So, when you generate a hash of something it's basically a snapshot of the entire file without uploading the file to spread it around. Sites run checks on the hashed data to compare it to known viruses and malware. If similarities are found, the threat is assessed. By running this hash in particular, no similarities were found. I have also been monitoring my active processes and resources and found nothing out of sort. However, before you jump in and believe some random guy on the internet, do some research on your own. Check how Hash files are made and utilized in relation to virus checking and perform the checks yourself. You need to know very little to understand the feedback from most sites and, if reputable, that information provided by you is logged and monitored by the companies that create anti-virus software. But absolutely NEVER BLINDLY TRUST ANYONE ON THE INTERNET.

does that include you?

[76561197977284748]

Originally posted by Pizza Toons:

Originally posted by Mike Hunts:

As you should be. It's better to er on the side of safety, especially with the cost of equipment. So, when you generate a hash of something it's basically a snapshot of the entire file without uploading the file to spread it around. Sites run checks on the hashed data to compare it to known viruses and malware. If similarities are found, the threat is assessed. By running this hash in particular, no similarities were found. I have also been monitoring my active processes and resources and found nothing out of sort. However, before you jump in and believe some random guy on the internet, do some research on your own. Check how Hash files are made and utilized in relation to virus checking and perform the checks yourself. You need to know very little to understand the feedback from most sites and, if reputable, that information provided by you is logged and monitored by the companies that create anti-virus software. But absolutely NEVER BLINDLY TRUST ANYONE ON THE INTERNET.

does that include you?

Absolutely. That's why I said it. You don't know if I'm some a hole just trying to screw you over. I just want to spread awareness on how to check files and make an informed decision on your own. Should anything negative happen, I'll report it here and hope others would too. Always cover your ass.

[CoolSkeleton95]

okay i am just worried