Malware detected - Avast Premium Security

[fredybalaguera]

Avast sent the HumanitZ.exe file to quarantine because it was infected by FileRepMalware [Misc], so I haven't been able to play it since the last update, I've tried downloading it again but it keeps getting blocked.

[Ironwithin]

Sangra69님이 먼저 게시:

wow...yup guess I will start a refund for this game.

That's kind of silly considering it's Avast being at fault and wrongly flagging a gamefile. It has nothing to do with the game.

Maybe consider asking for a refund for your Avast subscription if you have one ?

[Globii]

Why are ya'll even using such a bad Antivirus?
Windows Defender + using your Brain is more than enough in this Day and age.

Get rid of these useless Antivirus Programs, you dont need them.

[Netpirate76]

Sangra69님이 먼저 게시:

anrkyuk님이 먼저 게시:

Devs are on vacation till the new year
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1766060/discussions/0/4031349199261822890/

wow...yup guess I will start a refund for this game.

Hey guys, its the holidays. I can understand everyones frustration, but this is a problem that has a third party involvement and its the "happy holiday" remember. Dev's are allowed to spend some time with their loved ones too, even if that means you have to pick another title out of the Library to play. :))

(Almost) Happy New Year guys.

[WhiteStar]

It's not a false positive. Exe failed to launch and then Avast reported a quarantine of the exe. So I did a boot scan, and had secondary payload hidden in a /documents/pictures/2021/ folder in the form of a legal 'PDF'. That 2021 folder and its 15 or so randomly titled PDF contents did not exist 6 days ago when I reviewed my backup. This is the FIRST malware or virus this PC has 'caught' since I migrated from Win7 to 10 8 years ago. The timing is too close to be discounted. I have uninstalled an will await a final decision on refund based on the DEV's timely and proactive response.

[Lobster]

WhiteStar님이 먼저 게시:

It's not a false positive. Exe failed to launch and then Avast reported a quarantine of the exe. So I did a boot scan, and had secondary payload hidden in a /documents/pictures/2021/ folder in the form of a legal 'PDF'. That 2021 folder and its 15 or so randomly titled PDF contents did not exist 6 days ago when I reviewed my backup. This is the FIRST malware or virus this PC has 'caught' since I migrated from Win7 to 10 8 years ago. The timing is too close to be discounted. I have uninstalled an will await a final decision on refund based on the DEV's timely and proactive response.

I've done the same and had no malware or hidden malicious files on my system.
Are you sure those files are not from something else?

If it was me, I wouldn't connect those two together without some research in the files.
It also raises some questions:
- Are you the only person using that pc? If not, what are the other persons doing on that pc?
- Do you download a lot?
- Do you visit possible dangerous or malicious sites? (or another user maybe?)
- Do you use your AV's browsing protection?
- Do you use mods in your games or addons in your browser or other programs?
- Do you work with Adobe products or are you saving pdf files? Do you share pdf files or are there files shared to you? This could lead to random generated names for pdf files.

I mean, there are tons of possible reasons why those files are there. If it would be from this game's exe file, everybody should have these files. At least a couple.

If the files are really malicious, remove them. But find out for sure if it is this exe file or something else.

[I3eauLeBoi]

Well if all security programs are flarimg up. You know this isn't good.

[Ironwithin]

I3eauLeBoi님이 먼저 게시:

Well if all security programs are flarimg up. You know this isn't good.

And because it seems to be ONLY Avast/AVG (which are the same thing with different names) it makes it very obviously a false positive.

[RTX 5080 FE(Mr Happy)]

Globii님이 먼저 게시:

Why are ya'll even using such a bad Antivirus?
Windows Defender + using your Brain is more than enough in this Day and age.

Get rid of these useless Antivirus Programs, you dont need them.

I agree, but the 2nd part of your solution is lost on many.

Avast is such a trash av and resource hog

[Gillx83]

Globii님이 먼저 게시:

Why are ya'll even using such a bad Antivirus?
Windows Defender + using your Brain is more than enough in this Day and age.

Get rid of these useless Antivirus Programs, you dont need them.

CORRECT, HUMAN!

Antivirus Software (in today's day and age) is like wearing a mask to stop covid even though the science/logic says covid is smaller than smoke particles and cloth masks do not even stop smoke particles.

[N3rdface]

AVG is notriously bad now for flagging up false positives, I can't remember exactly how long ago but they nerfed a lot of their products including the free AV, they made it so useless that you were put in a position to either buy their paid product or leave to find an alternative. I moved over the Kaspersky which has given me no issues at all. Every game I've installed on my computer the Kaspersky AV has done it's job and correctly identified any viruses. To sum up, AVG is no longer an effective AV if you are planning on playing paid and unpaid games in the present and in future.

This my own opinion and in no way is being forced upon the OP or anyone else, it's merely information you may be able to work from in order to improve your gaming experience.

Happy New Year, Folks!

[DBear1980]

Thanks to whoever has sorted this. I am back up and running

[Scwanobi]

Malware detected - Avast Premium Security is in fact, a correct statement.

[GothMommy]

PHRancis_Fluggerbutter님이 먼저 게시:

thats why i cannot play the game because of the virus ...

there is no virus its just your ♥♥♥♥ program that likes to flag everything as a virus till they say its not lol

[Achim_Mentzel]

Please people, just stop using these ♥♥♥♥♥♥ useless snake oils.

[WESTG4M3R4L1F3]

bon , avez vous compris osti , vos yeule.