AVG Virus Alert

[RchiFX]

I can confirm this virus alert is a FALSE POSITIVE. There is no threat.
The Devs of the game have contacted AVG to report the issue.

[Saint Satan]

Kinda obvious but yeah.

[Jomarcenter - MJM]

the engine was used in rpg maker xp which uses game.exe which commonly know as antivirus mistaken as a virus just put game.exe in your trust list for now.

[frostedmist]

Oh. Thanks.

[Z0mBi3]

Thanks for letting us know. I just got a notification from AVG about to the moon as well, so I guess they still haven't fixed the issue.

[Lucetia]

I saw where the devs posted this 2011 on AVG forum. It's still triggering it almost three years later. Guess I won't be touching it sadly until either the developer gets it fixed on their end or get's AVG to bypass it. Won't be recommending it to my friends either. Even if it's a false positive. I'd rather not take the chance especially since they put it in three years ago and it's still doing it. Makes me wonder if something else isn't going on.

[Cr4zYcH1cK3nB0Y]

AVG, really? Who the hell uses AVG still anyways? I mean come on, get a real antivirus that doesn't eat up all your resources and have a ton of false positives like for this game and many others, not to mention all the pop up crap they have. Just sayin. If you dont recommend this game based on that, I recommend uninstalling every game and just sitting there being a negative nancy about them all. AVG is your problem, not "To the Moon". AVG ...

Peace

[Lucetia]

Originally posted by Cr4zYcH1cK3nB0Y:

AVG, really? Who the hell uses AVG still anyways? I mean come on, get a real antivirus that doesn't eat up all your resources and have a ton of false positives like for this game and many others, not to mention all the pop up crap they have. Just sayin. If you dont recommend this game based on that, I recommend uninstalling every game and just sitting there being a negative nancy about them all. AVG is your problem, not "To the Moon". AVG ...

Peace

Except this is the only game that has ever caused it to go off for me and I use it on several PC's. Not to mention AVG doesn't eat my resources, give me several pop ups or anything. I know several other free ones do, but I've had zero issue with AVG.

Also, if a company put in a petition 3 years ago to remove the "false" positive and it's still there then it makes you wonder if there is something there. Sorry if you think it's being a negative nancy. It's called being safe when the developer can't either fix the issue causing the virus alert or convince anti-virus companies that it's not.

[Reives]

This confused me for a moment, but I see what happened now.

First of all, it confused me because AVG actually did remove the false positive 3 years ago; the problem is, that .exe was the one published on http://freebirdgames.com/to_the_moon/ (you can check with that if you'd like; the demo's the same file as the full version.) The game was not on Steam until a year later. The Steam version had to have extra integration with the client added, so it got re-flagged again as it was no longer the exact bit-by-bit file that was already reported back then.

I'll go get that AVG re-reporting thing handled when I get the chance. In the mean time, feel free to avoid the game, Aceso. While the way you said some of the things came off a little insulting, I definitely understand where you're coming from, and there's nothing wrong with taking precautions.

[Cr4zYcH1cK3nB0Y]

Maybe they got into it, who knows, all I know is there are many ways you can fix it.

1. find the allow button
2. stop avg when you play this game
3. contact the developer to change it in a patch
4. stop using avg
5. not play this game anymore
6. contact avg to change their firewall settings
7. have fun at a party
8. enjoy homade chocholate chip cookies...mmmm

I'd probably pick the last one, but the first one sounds reasonable as well

[Cr4zYcH1cK3nB0Y]

There you go, the best thing that could possibly happen that wasn't even in my post, because i didnt fathom what a good developer would do, lol... even better

[Lucetia]

Originally posted by Reives:

This confused me for a moment, but I see what happened now.

First of all, it confused me because AVG actually did remove the false positive 3 years ago; the problem is, that .exe was the one published on http://freebirdgames.com/to_the_moon/ (you can check with that if you'd like; the demo's the same file as the full version.) The game was not on Steam until a year later. The Steam version had to have extra integration with the client added, so it got re-flagged again as it was no longer the exact bit-by-bit file that was already reported back then.

I'll go get that AVG re-reporting thing handled when I get the chance. In the mean time, feel free to avoid the game, Aceso. While the way you said some of the things came off a little insulting, I definitely understand where you're coming from, and there's nothing wrong with taking precautions.

Thank you for the response Reives. My intention wasn't for it to be insulting towards you or anything. It's just one of those things you can never been too safe. I've seen in the past on other things people go "it's a false positive your fine" then find out it wasn't. One of those better safe than sorry deals. I'd just rather not have to go through and reformat my PC again :P

Main reason I said I'd avoid telling my friends and stuff is because they are pretty much the same as me.

I was more or less aggravated at the people who said "Go use another AV". While it's an option it's not one that I'm interested in as I've had better luck with this one despite their claims.

As for the old one getting fixed three years ago that is my mistake as everything I found when searching showed it hadn't been fixed yet. This is why I was kind of irritated at the time.