TF2 update malware

[Bucket]

while i tried to update tf2 for some reason the antivirus detected the update as a virus, anyone else got the same virus alert?

[Dozer]

yes

[RedReimu]

Weird. Mine didn't.

[Legolas]

it happened to me too, I can't play also.

[Striker3]

Yes

[swell proportions]

Same here. Shadercompile.exe and vrad.exe infected with win32:malwarex-gen according to avast.

[Busisness]

Yeah i am getting it flagged as well 2 files, was spooked but hopefully it is a bug and Valve will fix in a hour or a day maybe.

[jackhulkster]

Yeah, same.

Would highly advise people don't bypass it as its flagged as malware.

Just wait out for an official response.

[B]

Me too, what the ♥♥♥♥.

[Bevo]

The antivirus likes to automatically mark new software as malicious when in reality, it isn't. Just give it like a few more weeks or months then the anti virus will mark the application as a non threat.

[Extreme Circumcision]

Originally posted by jackhulkster:

Yeah, same.

Would highly advise people don't bypass it as its flagged as malware.

Just wait out for an official response.

So delete it? Should we even boot the game up?

[DukeyNukey]

what's your antivirus?

[Extreme Circumcision]

Originally posted by ඞ amogus ඞ:

what's your antivirus?

bitdefender, why?

[Pyri]

Windows defender is going off. It's a false positive, it's up Microsoft, as well as other anti virus vendors to catch these new x64 files and mark them as safe.

What seems to be flagging is vrad.exe and shaderscompile.exe.

I highly doubt that Valve will add malicious files.

[jackhulkster]

Originally posted by Extreme Circumcision:

Originally posted by jackhulkster:

Yeah, same.

Would highly advise people don't bypass it as its flagged as malware.

Just wait out for an official response.

So delete it? Should we even boot the game up?

An uninstall shouldn't be necessary as the anti-virus is blocking the two files that need to be installed in order to boot up the game anyway.

Give it a day or week, this is likely a number one issue for bug fixes if it actually is Malware.

[bob]

Originally posted by Sus:

while i tried to update tf2 for some reason the antivirus detected the update as a virus, anyone else got the same virus alert?

ye same think the new update had something to do with it my guess it ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up something on there end which will prob be fix later today or in a few days