Antivirus detected Win64:Evo-gen [Trj]

[Nerakai]

When I was trying to install the game my Antivirus detected Win64:Evo-gen [Trj]
Has this happened to anyone else?
I presume its a false positive

[Kerry]

Escrito originalmente por The Big Brzezinski:

Make an exception, report the false positive, and get back to it.

Done and done.

[last light of the library]

Avast, Norton and AVG, are really bad for false positives they have been for years. Hell at one point AVG would nuke the OS if you tried to uninstall it.
You quite literally only need defender which covers everything they do on the free versions of all of them.
That and running a secondary AV on the OS Disables Defender Detection as it's built in BUT doesn't disable the database/updates etc. creating conflicts which in the end makes you LESS safe.

[Kerry]

Escrito originalmente por last light of the library:

Avast, Norton and AVG, are really bad for false positives they have been for years. Hell at one point AVG would nuke the OS if you tried to uninstall it.
You quite literally only need defender which covers everything they do on the free versions of all of them.
That and running a secondary AV on the OS Disables Defender Detection as it's built in BUT doesn't disable the database/updates etc. creating conflicts which in the end makes you LESS safe.

Windows Defender does not have a boot time scan, Avast does. Also, Defender is imperfect/flawed in terms of protection. Here's a link to a PC Security Channel YouTube video that illustrates this:

https://youtu.be/PEQ7G3XQsIA

As in the video I just linked, ransomware can bypass Defender's controlled folder access by pretending to be a trusted process. Meaning ransomware protection through Defender is useless unless the ransomware is quite poorly coded.

In fact Defender is as useless as it's always been. For me, it's AVAST or nothing.

Trusting Defender is like having a plywood door on a brick house in a bad neighborhood. Just asking to be broken into. You might as well have an open and unsecured port that leads directly to your OS's most critical systems.

[Vault Traveler]

Avast has false positives windows defender does not.

[DaBa]

If you really care just get something actually good like Bit Defender. It's not that expensive if you go for the yearly plan and grab it on a sale which they host all the time.

Or alternatively just... use your head. Knowing basic things about computer/internet safety and not being stupid in general + your built in Windows Defender is more than enough to protect you from anything relevant. I have never used any additional anti virus software on my personal PCs and never had a single issue with any viruses, security and whatnot. I'm pretty sure Windows Defender didn't have anything to do with that either, you literally just use your head and don't do obviously dumb things.

[Kerry]

Escrito originalmente por Vault Traveler:

Avast has false positives windows defender does not.

Windows Defender has zero protection. Avast does not.

[Kerry]

Escrito originalmente por DaBa:

If you really care just get something actually good like Bit Defender. It's not that expensive if you go for the yearly plan and grab it on a sale which they host all the time.

Or alternatively just... use your head. Knowing basic things about computer/internet safety and not being stupid in general + your built in Windows Defender is more than enough to protect you from anything relevant. I have never used any additional anti virus software on my personal PCs and never had a single issue with any viruses, security and whatnot. I'm pretty sure Windows Defender didn't have anything to do with that either, you literally just use your head and don't do obviously dumb things.

The high initial cost is still a thing. And I'm not paying over fifty dollars for a subscription that isn't a lifetime one - as in pay once and never again - because I simply can't afford it. Even yearly.

While using your head is good, it can't protect you from everything, especially not social engineering. Until they invent an antivirus that is no-cost, built-in, and catches everything instantly without fail or false positive, I'll stick with the one I have. It's worked for me so far.

Better to have a few false positives (Avast) than to have a worthless antivirus that doesn't actually do anything and lets the most dangerous threats on the internet (like ransomware) slip through (Windows Defender).

[ikeaman]

Escrito originalmente por Kerry:

Escrito originalmente por Wishbone:

Then teach us, sensei. What do you suggest?

Probably something with a ten thousand dollar daily subscription fee that none of us antivirus plebes can afford.

Or something like that absolute scam Norton, which nobody uses anymore.

I know for a fact that it'll be something with less features than AVAST, which has one thing no other antivirus has, a boot-time scan feature.

Just don't use any, windows defender is enough nowadays. Anti virus companies try to scare us into buying them so they keep reporting BS.

[Kerry]

Escrito originalmente por ikeaman:

Escrito originalmente por Kerry:

Probably something with a ten thousand dollar daily subscription fee that none of us antivirus plebes can afford.

Or something like that absolute scam Norton, which nobody uses anymore.

I know for a fact that it'll be something with less features than AVAST, which has one thing no other antivirus has, a boot-time scan feature.

Just don't use any, windows defender is enough nowadays. Anti virus companies try to scare us into buying them so they keep reporting BS.

Windows Defender's "protection" is fake and can be easily bypassed.

https://youtu.be/PEQ7G3XQsIA

I don't think the PC Security Channel on YouTube works for any anti-virus company.

[leindlar]

Are you sure that it is false positive? is steam guarantee the downloaded SW virus safety?

[conetopia]

AVG Ultimate, didn't have a problem.
Its possible that your windows is out of date.
If you see anything that says .net framework 2.0 , 3.5 , 4.0 ect ect , update it.
Probably a security certificate related issue or something.

[Odinmask 風之力]

I have the paid version of Norton, and I got the same Trojan report. This virus can be traced back to 2014 or earlier.

Typically, false positives occur with new files, not viruses that have been around for over a decade, so the chances of a false positive are low.

[Kerry]

Escrito originalmente por Odinmask 風之力:

I have the paid version of Norton, and I got the same Trojan report. This virus can be traced back to 2014 or earlier.

Typically, false positives occur with new files, not viruses that have been around for over a decade, so the chances of a false positive are low.

Having played the game, scanned it repeatedly and etcetera, I can confirm it is indeed a false positive.