Samo 2016 年 10 月 16 日 上午 1:39
Virus found Win32/Vitru, \Steam\Steam.exe
Hey guys, my avg antivirus has recently found a virus that comes up as "";"Virus found Win32/Vitru, e:\Steam\Steam.exe (7912)";"Secured"
once the threat is removed, Steam closes so I have to repopen it. Once I reopen Steam and then see what avg picks up it finds the exact same thing. I have also ran the AVG scan right after removing the threat with steam closed. Please help! :l
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roncad64 2016 年 10 月 19 日 上午 9:37 
Get rid of the AVG a piece of crap for Virus use.
Mighty lop 2016 年 10 月 19 日 上午 11:03 
引用自 roncad64
Get rid of the AVG a piece of crap for Virus use.

DONE! :)
76561198338960201 2016 年 11 月 1 日 上午 7:26 
it's a false positive result from avg. doesn't really matter if avg removes it, as steam will always put it back when you connect to steam. however, if it annoys you, dig into the advanced settings of avg and set steam.exe as an exception - when a scan is run, avg will not remove steam.exe or links to it from your computer and will simply give you a notification that it was ignored in the scan. when avg fixes it's database to avoid the false positive, you can remove the exception.
76561198338960201 2016 年 11 月 1 日 上午 10:52 
it seems AVG has now updated their database to stop the false positive detection of steam.exe
Mighty lop 2016 年 11 月 1 日 下午 12:00 
I don't think so. Even after manualy installed the last update, same problem. Just remove it and install another free program if you don't want to pay for one.
Another option is to turn on Windows Defender. It's not the best option, but it's simple to use. :)
Banteel 2016 年 11 月 2 日 上午 11:05 
Over a week ago, some random girl messaged me on Twitter. She asked me questions. It sounded like she wanted an Internet friend or something. We talked about gaming, she said we should hook up online. I mentioned I use the Origin and the Steam app and that we can connect through those apps to play games together.

This is where she sent me a link to IMVU. Though it wasn't a direct link, instead it was some form of TinyURL or one of those ShortURL thingy. Stupid me, I clicked the link. It didn't say IMVU on it, though it took me to the website. I don't like IMVU so I immediately closed it and wrote back to her explaining that; I only play Second Life it's way better than IMVU. She did not reply back. In fact, ever since I clicked that link she sent me I have not gotten a reply back from her. AND I've been fighting with the Win32/Vitru virus deleting my Steam.exe ever since.

To ReCap: Woman msgs me on Twitter. I click link woman sends me on Twitter. My Steame.exe get a virus shortly after clicking the link. She never replies to another message after getting me to click the link she sent. Fighting with Win32/Vitru ever since.

P.S. Woman's Twitter Name: "Betty Dudit" @bettydoodit According to the correspondence she lives in Kiev central Ukraine. Seems our current Virus Scanners don't have their viruses in our databases. Perhaps this is some new stuff. The opinion on this forum could be right and perhaps it's a false positive. Though, in my case, the twitter conversation and the link that was sent to me and the Win32/Vitru showing up coinciding with her discontinuing to speak with me for no reason, is DEFINITELY real.

Looking forward to reading any comments on this.
Muppet among Puppets 2016 年 11 月 2 日 下午 12:39 
Did you upload the file to virustotal?
最后由 Muppet among Puppets 编辑于; 2016 年 11 月 2 日 下午 12:39
FALG31 2016 年 11 月 11 日 下午 2:21 
Hey guys I'm here to shed some light on the issue if I can, and if not, provide more cases in which the problem originates.

So here's the deal. I've got the same issues as the original post. Steam.exe is infected or something with a Win32/vitru type of detection. The file is located in C:/ProgramFiles(x86)/Steam. It is the real Steam application, and AVG reads it as a virus.

Somebody suggested to analize the file on VirusTotal, and I did, there's no virus to be present in the file either with Steam running or not.
Now I'm going to make an analysis with Microsoft Security Essentials to see if there's a detection in there.

Here is when things start to get strange. I uninstalled Steam completely (did a backup of my games just to be safe), and then reinstalled it with the same setup file I had when I first installed the app. But AVG detects it again. So I uninstall it again, and erase the setup file, download a new one from the Steam site, and I still get the detection with Steam installed.

So maybe it's a problem with my PC that got infected and then reached out to Steam. I did try to download a P2P software to download songs for a special occassion but since it started making detections out of nothing I uninstalled it and analyzed the whole PC again. And then it's when Steam started showing up problems.

Maybe it was that shady software? Before it went shady it was a really known P2P program (oh and it's called Ares by the way). But it can't be the case, because I have a notebook that has both that program and Steam, and AVG doesn't see any detections or anything.

So I have two cases, one in which Steam is regarded as a virus in my desktop PC (which could be caused by the P2P software), and one in which my notebook regards Steam as nothing to be worried about and also has the shady P2P (I checked just in case, Steam as a whole is not in the exceptions list, only L4D is, which in itself is weird because I have several other Steam games which didn't give me any problem, and they were installed before L4D).

I checked Steam Support, and it explicitly says that "We encourage protecting your PC from viruses, spyware and other forms of malicious software. [...] Anti-virus applications often interfere with Steam and can cause a range of problems from connection issues to games not launching correctly." and they recommend to either shut down the antivirus or set it to "Game-Mode" (didn't know that was an option).

That's my oddissey so far, and it all began today when I got back my internet (well, the virus showed up a week before, I just started going at it again today trying to find out what the crud is going on).

EDIT: Ok, AVG doesn't recognize the virus if I scan just the Steam folder, but if I do a full scan of the whole PC then it does recognize it. I checked the full details on the detection, and there's a second detection that goes c:/ProgramFilex(x86)/Steam/Steam.exe:/memory which is regarded as an element strapped in the file. I believe that's the source of the problem.
最后由 FALG31 编辑于; 2016 年 11 月 11 日 下午 2:54
Muppet among Puppets 2016 年 11 月 11 日 下午 6:05 
So, virustotal says, nothing is detected.
AVG says something.

AVG makes you write and worry a lot.
My suggestion?

Uninstall AVG to solve your problem.
最后由 Muppet among Puppets 编辑于; 2016 年 11 月 11 日 下午 6:06
FALG31 2016 年 11 月 11 日 下午 7:12 
So, virustotal says, nothing is detected.
AVG says something.

AVG makes you write and worry a lot.
My suggestion?

Uninstall AVG to solve your problem.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GENIUS

Ok that aside, a friend just told me that it's common for antiviruses to read gaming platforms (Steam, Origin, Uplay and the sorts) as a virus, so I'm almost certain that AVG is reading a false positive. I just wish it wasn't the case
Muppet among Puppets 2016 年 11 月 11 日 下午 7:20 
Why did you feel the need for an insult?

Its "common" for avg.
Bad 💀 Motha 2016 年 11 月 11 日 下午 7:39 
Delete those Steam files in the root Steam folder; then do a full in-depth virus scan using ESET Free Online Scanner (remember to check the Advanced options)

Get rid of AVG and get something good for a paid AV, such as:
- Kaspersky
- ESET NOD32
- BitDefender
^ All 3 are good; then ontop of one of them, get Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Premium. Look for discount codes online; there are usually ones available to knock a decent % off the price for that app at their checkout.
Muppet among Puppets 2016 年 11 月 11 日 下午 8:21 
引用自 Bad-Motha
Get rid of AVG and get something good for a paid AV
So paid means good? Doesnt that mean the most expensive is better?
Bad 💀 Motha 2016 年 11 月 11 日 下午 8:35 
It's just a fact; AVG, AVAST, MSE don't do anything good that is worth using it.
They rarely catch stuff.

No to be honest; u don't need any AV; if u'd practice some common sense when online you won't get viruses.
Muppet among Puppets 2016 年 11 月 11 日 下午 8:44 
What about sophos?
Free versions could be seen as a good way to get samples of malware, to have an advertisable paid product.
Should not allways mean its a bad offer.
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