Norton is suddenly flagging a deeprock file with multiple flags.

[Runicmyst]

for general access Norton is flagging this for general access, and its trying to use my microphone and webcam
G:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Deep Rock Galactic\FSD\Binaries\Win64\FSD-Win64-Shipping.exe | File | Infected

I use no mods, no overclocking as ive see that come up for this in the past on other forums, game is vanilla DRG and has been scanned for integrity. Obviously its all false positives but why randomly now?

[Suzaku]

If you want to keep viruses off your computer, you can start by deleting Norton.

[myxlmynx]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

If you want to keep viruses off your computer, you can start by deleting Norton.

Yup.

Don't use commercial 3rd party anti-virus. They often contain spyware themselves and are the most virus-like program on your PC (well, excluding the operating system Windows 10/11 which also contains spyware, and your anti-virus probably doesn't flag anything from the OS as malicious, which is already wrong).
If you feel you need anti-virus at all on Windows, use the built-in Windows Defender. That is the least problematic anti-virus you can use.
Ideal case: use an operating system which doesn't act maliciously, like Linux. DRG also runs fine on it.

And to explain the question of "why now": since the game receives lots of updates over its life span, and anti-virus functionality often "relies" on statistics/heuristics (you could also call it guesswork), false positives are to be expected from time to time.

[SCamp]

Put the EXE/folder on Norton's whitelist/no-scan.

[Ser Pounce]

False positive. Get the files out of quarantine and whitelist DRG. Also, get rid of Norton, it's pretty trash.

[le couz du 12]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

If you want to keep viruses off your computer, you can start by deleting Norton.

True dat

[Banaminati]

Originally posted by Runicmyst:

for general access Norton is flagging this for general access, and its trying to use my microphone and webcam
G:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Deep Rock Galactic\FSD\Binaries\Win64\FSD-Win64-Shipping.exe | File | Infected

I use no mods, no overclocking as ive see that come up for this in the past on other forums, game is vanilla DRG and has been scanned for integrity. Obviously its all false positives but why randomly now?

your first issue is using norton

[靐]

Well, stop using virus called Norton and you should be fine.

[Franss the Coffee Addict]

Norton detect mushrum

[Driftkel]

You can start by uninstalling Norton. Piece of trash anti-virus software.

[Spirit]

i use f-secure for years and never had it twitched

[ULTRA]

Well, at least it's not McAfee

[Vibe]

Norton is worse than having nothing.

[Lord Foog The 2st]

Originally posted by Vibe:

Norton is worse than having nothing.

These days the built-in windows defender is modestly on par with 3rd party antivirus softwares.

Couple that with Malwarebytes scans every now and then, and an open source adblocker extension on your web browser.

It doesn't get much more protected than that, as the first bastion of security is common sense!
Look up before you sprint headfirst into the cavern ahead, miner!

[Random Sanity]

Norton's only value is as a dummy detector. If you buy or install it, you're a dummy, simple as that.

[Jimmy Hunter]

Using Norton is a great way to tell us all that you're A-okay with paying for services that do nothing.