Why do you use mods if everything has a virus?

[76561198930770037]

Sorry if this is a misconception, I just wanted to hear some opinions on this. I myself have never downloaded a single mod/torrent/anything third-party/ or anything which isn't paid for fear of malware or viruses,
BUT I decided to test download a mod on my laptop which doesn't have steam or any game installed and surprise as soon as it finished downloading I get a virus :( and yes I'm aware it's download at own risk and have bitdefender virus protection.

Mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/monsterhunterworld/mods/672

I guess all I really wanna know is how you deal with viruses and downloading mods? Is it just not caring and ignoring the virus to enjoy the game or what?

Also just a message to if a modder reads this: As respectful as I wanna be I get how hard it must be to make mods and that you wanna improve the game for players or whatever but seriously it disgusts how you can still have the audacity to put in malware or viruses after making something so cool for players , it's private information you exploiting from people who get the mods unaware of viruses, it's like returning a stolen wallet but keeping the money inside it :( scam.

[Zukabazuka]

Nexus isn't a virus site, your anti virus most likely got false positive. There are a lot of people using that site for mods. If it was a virus site it would have that reputation

[Run Ha]

never encounter virus with mods myself, and im using paid karspersky (did i spell it right?)

just keep being vanilla

[Keagian]

Its not a virus, it uses a program that connects to a file that allows you to bypass the the block capcom has on their folder that allows mods to function.

Educate yourself a bit more about these things before throwing out accusations. Some program can give false positives and a firewall may consider it malware when it isn't. Which many peer to peer games suffer from. No mods on Nexus is allowed to be placed up if it contains malware or viruses, they would be taken down immediately as Nexus has a reputation to uphold.

[76561198930770037]

Well yesterday was my first-time downloading a mod and terrible experience I got a trojan through windows virus scanner and bitdefender, mod was listed above if anyone is using it and unknown exe application also cause Windows warnings if I wanna run it or not, mod for that:
https://www.nexusmods.com/monsterhunterworld/mods/43

[76561198930770037]

Sorry I know I'm going a bit far throwing accusations but stuff like this really irritates me and I have zero experience in it:( should I maybe list what the trojan code was ?

[♋Phenex]

Some sites have a fake download button and a real download button. Compare the downloaded files and the files the mod is supposed to contain. Also Windows always warns when opening an unknown .exe for the first time.

[Edifier]

Originally posted by Slasher:

Well yesterday was my first-time downloading a mod and terrible experience I got a trojan through windows virus scanner and bitdefender, mod was listed above if anyone is using it and unknown exe application also cause Windows warnings if I wanna run it or not, mod for that:
https://www.nexusmods.com/monsterhunterworld/mods/43

The mod wouldn't have 184 000 downloads if it had a virus. The person who made the mod would have been banned as well.

You did not get a virus from that Mod. They also virus test all of the files that are uploaded too.

[Dyvawn]

Most anti-virus program categorized unknown sources with or without virus as risk of getting virus just because the anti-virus couldn't identify it.

[♋Phenex]

Preview the file contents and what you downloaded. They should be exactly the same.

[76561198930770037]

Sorry so is it just Windows giving false positives? I used the manual download button and slow 2mb download files were all the exact same, I still have a screenshot of what the trojan was from the mod, is there some way I can post maybe?

[Sniper Bear]

its very possible that the virus could have come from an ad banner on the site. but the most likely case is a false positive.

[Keagian]

Originally posted by Slasher:

Sorry so is it just Windows giving false positives? I used the manual download button and slow 2mb download, I still have a screenshot of what the trojan was from the mod, is there some way I can post maybe?

If your that so unsure about it then don't bother. Take this time to educate yourself on how modding works and some basic knowledge of what red flags to look out for.

[76561198930770037]

Originally posted by Keagian:

Originally posted by Slasher:

Sorry so is it just Windows giving false positives? I used the manual download button and slow 2mb download, I still have a screenshot of what the trojan was from the mod, is there some way I can post maybe?

If your that so unsure about it then don't bother. Take this time to educate yourself on how modding works and some basic knowledge of what red flags to look out for.

Yeah you right I actually first should sorry

[Shichiya]

Originally posted by Slasher:

Sorry so is it just Windows giving false positives? I used the manual download button and slow 2mb download files were all the exact same, I still have a screenshot of what the trojan was from the mod, is there some way I can post maybe?

Sometimes Windows doesn't exactly know what the files do, so it just list it as "potential threat". However only the person who execute the files know what's up.

In most cases it's false positive. If you're still unsure about the files you could always check the properties online. Or if you're unsure about the virus, maybe a few google clicks would give you results if it's a real threat or not.

Usually you don't really need antivirus program other than the windows defender, if you know what you're doing. Most antivirus software doesn't do much anyway apart from hoarding your computer resources. So far if you don't download files from malicious sites or click on the wrong download button (usually redirects you to download a certain program), you're safe to go with your mods.

If you're still unsure, post the so called "Trojan code" and someone might give you some insight about it.

[𝑅𝒾𝒾𝓃𝒶]

Nexus is a pretty safe site and transmog is also safe, the mod is open source and the modding community has a lot of smart people, so there's no way a mod that popular can go with a virus for very long.

You're just paranoid so relax, everything is fine, you don't have a virus.
Enjoy the transmog, it's a wonderful mod.