So like, anyone else get a virus with the .exe file?

[lcephoenix]

Avira noticed the virus "TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen3" that apparently is included in the .exe file. Soo yeah, not cool. Not at all.
I was just gifted the game and now can't even start playing it. Great.

[yuniper]

I'm having the same problem at the moment and I was hoping to find a solution to this here. Well, looks like I'll just have to refund the game.

[lcephoenix]

Originally posted by yuniper:

I'm having the same problem at the moment and I was hoping to find a solution to this here. Well, looks like I'll just have to refund the game.

It sucks that we're both having the same issue but I'm honestly so glad I'm not alone with this. Couldn't find anything regarding this anywhere!

[yuniper]

Originally posted by lcephoenix:

Originally posted by yuniper:

I'm having the same problem at the moment and I was hoping to find a solution to this here. Well, looks like I'll just have to refund the game.

It sucks that we're both having the same issue but I'm honestly so glad I'm not alone with this. Couldn't find anything regarding this anywhere!

I looked it up and apparently it's a real trojan horse but Avira also seems to report this specifc trojan as a false positive somtimes. I wish one of the devs would get on this, I was really looking forward to playing this. :/

[lcephoenix]

Originally posted by yuniper:

I looked it up and apparently it's a real trojan horse but Avira also seems to report this specifc trojan as a false positive somtimes.

I found that out as well, but honestly, I'd rather be safe than sorry - even though I was really looking forward to playing it as well.

[paule]

same here - i think chances are much higher for a false positive so i just deactivaed avira for installation... no risk no fun... xD (but for real, annoying problem)

[Floyo]

i have the same problem

[yuniper]

Okay so I deactivated it too and now the installation worked, seems like it was really just a false positive. I had to restart my PC for the game install tho.

[Alpha-methyl]

Originally posted by yuniper:

Originally posted by lcephoenix:

It sucks that we're both having the same issue but I'm honestly so glad I'm not alone with this. Couldn't find anything regarding this anywhere!

I looked it up and apparently it's a real trojan horse but Avira also seems to report this specifc trojan as a false positive somtimes. I wish one of the devs would get on this, I was really looking forward to playing this. :/

I can't imagine it's a virus. It's definitely a false positive. When I used to use Mcaffee, Norton, Avira, Avast, and AVG, All of them would get false positives with some games (especially some older games circa 2000-2005). Even though this is a newer game than that, I'd say it's definitely, absolutely, 100% a false positive.

I wouldn't worry about it. I'd also switch antivirus programs (I highly recommend Nod32... look into it if you have this problem with other games too or your AV lets you down... it beats 'em all and impacts gaming performance much, much less.)

[Waxom]

Same problem here :(

[comp9]

Try submitting it to virustotal.com it's free and verifies with 50+ scanners at once

[comp9]

Here are my results (on Windows 10):
-Windows Defender, nothing detected
-Malwarbytes 3, nothing detected
-virustotal online analysis 4 of 58 scanners think it may be malicious. Looks like it's a false positive.
These scanners are the lesser known brands which are more prone to false positives Baidu, Bkav, Endgame

Symantec is the 4th though it shows as a heuristics detection, meaning it isn't stated as a certain malware file but the file has code in it that is sometimes in other malicious files. (This is not uncommon for a clean file to share code that a dirty file used.)

You can see the results without uploading the file yourself here:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/56164b8f77ffd68db112f6f1ad52e8512e40dc78562b10cb5750f57ceffbeeed/analysis/

Based on 10 years as a tech fighting malware, I wouldn't have any issue trusting this game.

[Saintniño]

So it is a false positive? Because i cant install the game.

[comp9]

Yeah it's a false positive. That shouldn't prevent you from installing the game though. Try disabling antivirus while it installs, otherwise check if you can install other currently not installed steam games as well.

[Saintniño]

Oh yeah ill try :D Thx

[76561198339493656]

Hey everyone, just want to confirm that occasionally antivirus software will treat games as a virus and you'll get a false positive result, I'll call in the support team to talk to you all though :)