VIRUS?

[quoman]

hi my antivirus just picked up suspicious file vulkan RT \ 1.0.42.1 after recently downloading doom . Is this ok or should i leave it in quarantine,your help would be appreciated thanks,as after playing for first time in ages my pc tried to config itself after shuttung down

[RocketMan]

A good rule of thumb is if it's a triple A game, And through steam then it's pretty damn close to being a redflag 100% of the time.

Heck I don't think I've ever gotten a virus via steam.

[quoman]

me neither

[Skankhunt42]

It's very unlikely malware.

[rawWwRrr]

The risk of obtaining a virus through Steam is extremely small. It's what we would refer to as a trusted source. Not to say it couldn't ever happen but it would be very well publicized if it did. If Doom had been infected by a virus of some kind through Steam, you wouldn't have to ask here in the discussions. News of it would be plastered everywhere.

[Toasty]

Vulkan RT stands for vulkan runtime, it normally comes down with nvidia or ati driver updates.

Nothing to worry about.

[Seamus]

Get better antivirus. Anything that's picking up vulkan runtime libraries as a virus is garbage tier.

[Skankhunt42]

From my experience the only antivirus software you need, since Windows7, is MS Security Essentials(for 7), or Windows Defender(8/10).
All the other fancy stuff is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, more a malware itself than protection.

[Karlmeister]

Originally posted by Skankhunt42:

From my experience the only antivirus software you need since Windows7 is MS Security Essentials(for 7), or Windows Defender(8/10).
All the other fancy stuff is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, more a malware itself than protection.

Agree 100% with this. Besides that, Windows Defender consumes VERY low resources and, as it's highly integrated to the OS, it doesn't mess with low/mid level OS processes (i.e. installing drivers or Windows Updates).

[Skankhunt42]

Originally posted by Karlmeister:

Originally posted by Skankhunt42:

From my experience the only antivirus software you need since Windows7 is MS Security Essentials(for 7), or Windows Defender(8/10).
All the other fancy stuff is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, more a malware itself than protection.

Agree 100% with this. Besides that, Windows Defender consumes VERY low resources and, as it's highly integrated to the OS, it doesn't mess with low/mid level OS processes (i.e. installing drivers or Windows Updates).

And no bs-ads, which want to sell you the 'even safer' version every time you boot your system.

[quoman]

i,m using bullguard on windows 10, never had a problem in last 5 years

[Skankhunt42]

Originally posted by mike 006:

i,m using bullguard on windows 10, never had a problem in last 5 years

Bullguard. Is this a Serious Sam plug-in? ;) Just kiddin'.
You should get rid of it. Just run Windows Defender. It is very sufficient and won't bother you.