LaunchPad.exe detected as a virus after update

[Kebabmaster5000]

When the game had been updated, I tried to start it only to get an error message saying "Access denied." Tried again, and it said a file was missing. Checked my antivirus in case something had gone wrong, and upon looking at quarantined files I find that steamapps\Sid Meiers Civilization VI\LaunchPad\LaunchPad.exe had been detected as a "Coin miner." Now I wonder... Is this a false positive, or is the game now being used to mine cryptocurrency?

[Metalhead123]

Exactly the same issue here. My Anti-Virus alerted me with the same Launchpad.exe issue.

[entry fragger]

damn 2K

[BBQhunter]

IDP:Generic here

[Sirlight]

Originally posted by BBQhunter:

IDP:Generic here

yep same, also when i start game my Ransomeware spy alerts me that is trying to modify something.

[SeenZ]

I confirm this. I use Avast in my case.

[Sirlight]

Yes there are issues with AVAST that must be fixed ASAP.

[Toofou]

Is it a true threat or a false positive ? 2K ANSWER !

[Sirlight]

I think is a false positive but i don't play it untill fixed.

[TheGhostBaby]

I had the same error. Verified the game files and it tried to update but I was getting disk write errors. What ended up working for me was closing steam, disabling my anti-virus (avast) and then re-opening steam. It was then able to update correctly and the game seems to be working fine for me now.

[Burg]

My avast came back with IDP.Generic. I closed steam, turned off avast then reopened steam and ran a file integrity check, which came back with everything is fine. Turned avast back on and game launched normally with no virus detection. This would be a confirmed false positive.

[Sirlight]

Originally posted by Burg:

My avast came back with IDP.Generic. I closed steam, turned off avast then reopened steam and ran a file integrity check, which came back with everything is fine. Turned avast back on and game launched normally with no virus detection. This would be a confirmed false positive.

Also when i start the game, it gives me a Ransomware alert, using AVAST premium security, it says that is trying to modify a file in my documents, should i be worry?

[Qoojo]

Originally posted by Sirlight:

Originally posted by Burg:

My avast came back with IDP.Generic. I closed steam, turned off avast then reopened steam and ran a file integrity check, which came back with everything is fine. Turned avast back on and game launched normally with no virus detection. This would be a confirmed false positive.

Also when i start the game, it gives me a Ransomware alert, using AVAST premium security, it says that is trying to modify a file in my documents, should i be worry?

Keep in mind that the file path to game settings is located under documents folder, specifically, "..\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI" in windows.

[Sirlight]

Yes it try to modify the EOSOptions.txt located in the \My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI

[Qoojo]

Originally posted by Sirlight:

Yes it try to modify the EOSOptions.txt located in the My Games/Civ 6 folder.

Yea, so ignore the AV alert. The game is just updating its settings.

[Sirlight]

Originally posted by Qoojo:

Originally posted by Sirlight:

Yes it try to modify the EOSOptions.txt located in the My Games/Civ 6 folder.

Yea, so ignore the AV alert. The game is just updating its settings.

Now I got this exactly:
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