idp.alexa.51 virus

[EddyNeave]

Hey played through the game for the first time and at the end i clicked the twitter logo with the check stamp and my AVG antivirus detected the game as a virus being infected with idp.alex.51. Could the developer please shed some light on this. I have added it as an exception but i'm going to investigate a bit more.

[Koobazaur]

Eddy,

The only thing that happens when you click the twitter logo is that it opens your default browser, pointing to the URL of our Twitter account (@UnboundCreation). We're using Unity3D and the built-in function[docs.unity3d.com] for opening the browser.

I think there was only one other person who ever reported their their anti-virus flagging the game. Likely, it's just AVG being overly cautious.

I also just googled the "idp.lex.51," and it seems to have generated false positives before, see this thread on AVG forums:

https://support.avg.com/answers?id=906b0000000LTe4AAG

The only other thing the game does using your internet is verify Steam/track achievements and fetch a text from our server to display "The Last Headliner" box in the main menu. It does NOT transmit any info about you or your computer to us.

[EddyNeave]

Thanks for the clarification. I thought as much i ran a full deep scan afterwards and everything came back fine so must of been a false positive. I did look look yesturday online about it and Avast and AVG seem to have the same problem with the "alexa" virus

[BurroSupreme]

My AV did the same thing with the IDP.ALEXA.51 virus. So blocked it until I could research it better. But now that I've made HEADLINER.exe okay with my AV, I cannot launch it through Steam. Steam says the game still needs to update, but it will stop the update and say the Game Content is Locked.

I've cleared the game download cache. I've repaired my Steam files. I've verified all game integrity. I've restarted my computer. The only place I can launch HEADLINER is through finding the file in the windows explorer and opening it directly, but Steam is still giving me an issue.

[Koobazaur]

Sphagnum Force - hmm that's odd. Did you try completely uninstalling/reinstalling the game via steam? And completely delete the folder in Steamapps/common?

[BurroSupreme]

Yes, did all of that.

[Koobazaur]

Hmm... but it runs when you launch it manually from the folder?

It sounds like it might be a Steam issue then (or maybe your AV is blocking Steam from launching certain apps)?

You might need to contact Steam support in this case :/