This game won't play.

[SargoXIII]

when i click play, it's run but just shutdown.
in task manager, when i run Salt and Sanctuary, it' shows "Salt and Sanctuary(32bit)" and just shutdown in 1 sec.

[SargoXIII]

well, what is PUA:Win32/Presenoker?

[Philobyte]

PUA means "potentially unwanted application". That's what your antivirus says when it is unsure about whether or not it is dealing with malware.

Since you already played the game for 50+ hours in the past, I take it that you are now trying to use some sort of a mod that comes with a .exe or .dll file. If you got the mod from an unreliable source and/or the mod author did not mention the chance of false positives in their readme file, I suggest you just delete it.

Alternatively you could upload the .exe/.dll file to Virustotal[www.virustotal.com]. If only a couple of AV consider it "potentialyy risky" and the most renowned ones don't, add an exclusion for the S&S folder in your AV and reinstall the mod.

[SargoXIII]

Originally posted by Philo8bits:

PUA means "potentially unwanted application". That's what your antivirus says when it is unsure about whether or not it is dealing with malware.

Since you already played the game for 50+ hours in the past, I take it that you are now trying to use some sort of a mod that comes with a .exe or .dll file. If you got the mod from an unreliable source and/or the mod author did not mention the chance of false positives in their readme file, I suggest you just delete it.

Alternatively you could upload the .exe/.dll file to Virustotal[www.virustotal.com]. If only a couple of AV consider it "potentialyy risky" and the most renowned ones don't, add an exclusion for the S&S folder in your AV and reinstall the mod.

I don't use mods because I'm a purist.
After not playing for a long time, I heard the update of this game and ran it, but it didn't run, and malware was detected in the exe file.
The same symptoms even if I delete and reinstall the game.

[Nyu]

disable antivirus or allow the game exe and verify files and start the game. :o
its virus free
and no worries if you are a purist

[Philobyte]

Originally posted by SargoXIII:

After not playing for a long time, I heard the update of this game and ran it, but it didn't run, and malware was detected in the exe file.
The same symptoms even if I delete and reinstall the game.

Again: the positive you are getting reported does not mean that the executable is malware, it means that the AV is not quite 100% sure about it and thus declares it as "potentially unwanted". This leaves it to the user to decide whether they actually want the application and thus installed it themselves.

You are safe to ignore this warning.
But, just out of curiosity, have you ever had a PUA reported for any other game built with the Unity engine?

[SargoXIII]

Originally posted by Philo8bits:

Originally posted by SargoXIII:

After not playing for a long time, I heard the update of this game and ran it, but it didn't run, and malware was detected in the exe file.
The same symptoms even if I delete and reinstall the game.

Again: the positive you are getting reported does not mean that the executable is malware, it means that the AV is not quite 100% sure about it and thus declares it as "potentially unwanted". This leaves it to the user to decide whether they actually want the application and thus installed it themselves.

You are safe to ignore this warning.
But, just out of curiosity, have you ever had a PUA reported for any other game built with the Unity engine?

It's the first time in a case like this, but we can't rule out the possibility that they have a 'bad sponsor' attached to them.

[Philobyte]

Originally posted by SargoXIII:

It's the first time in a case like this, but we can't rule out the possibility that they have a 'bad sponsor' attached to them.

Nor can we rule out the possibility that there are simply AV scanners which suck at the job they are supposed to be doing. ;)

70 out of 71 AV on Virustotal greenlight the S&S executable, which includes absolutely all of the better known and reputable products. Only one single AV flags the exe as "generically suspicious", and that is a scanner I have never heard of before.
So, at least for me, the case is clear.

[SargoXIII]

Originally posted by Philo8bits:

Originally posted by SargoXIII:

It's the first time in a case like this, but we can't rule out the possibility that they have a 'bad sponsor' attached to them.

Nor can we rule out the possibility that there are simply AV scanners which suck at the job they are supposed to be doing. ;)

70 out of 71 AV on Virustotal greenlight the S&S executable, which includes absolutely all of the better known and reputable products. Only one single AV flags the exe as "generically suspicious", and that is a scanner I have never heard of before.
So, at least for me, the case is clear.

Thx man
well, I'll try again later to be more careful.