Are steam games virus free?

[Leaflet]

Are games you purchase on steam guaranteed to be virus free? My antivirus flags one of my games as a possible virus. I don't know if it is safe to play the game or if I should get a refund? The game is Amaze lunar. Thank you!

[ReBoot]

Yup, the games are safe. What's the name of the malware? Something in the lines of "heur" or "gen"?

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Some antivirus will flag game files. Norton used to do this a lot to me, almost 1 out of every 3 - 5 games or so would be flagged.

[Leaflet]

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Yup, the games are safe. What's the name of the malware? Something in the lines of "heur" or "gen"?

Says it's ti! something something?

[ReBoot]

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Yup, the games are safe. What's the name of the malware? Something in the lines of "heur" or "gen"?

Says it's ti! something something?

That's what I expected.

[Leaflet]

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Says it's ti! something something?

That's what I expected.

So it means it is nothing to worry about?

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

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Yup, the games are safe. What's the name of the malware? Something in the lines of "heur" or "gen"?

Says it's ti! something something?

Anyways, Steam Valve scans all games that developers create prior to being published and there is also a clause of compliance that developers need to sign pertaining criminal activity and consequence.

[ReBoot]

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That's what I expected.

So it means it is nothing to worry about?

As I said earlier

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Yup, the games are safe.

Are you familair with the concept of false-positives[en.wikipedia.org]?

[Leaflet]

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Says it's ti! something something?

That's what I expected.

You sounded like it meant something to you. Just wanted to know why it was expected. Does that mean heur and gen are bad?

[ReBoot]

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That's what I expected.

You sounded like it meant something to you. Just wanted to know why it was expected. Does that mean heur and gen are bad?

It means "heuristic" and "generic", which is semantically related to the topic of false-positives.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

To make a mountain out of a mole hill  :p

[Leaflet]

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You sounded like it meant something to you. Just wanted to know why it was expected. Does that mean heur and gen are bad?

It means "heuristic" and "generic", which is semantically related to the topic of false-positives.

so ti means...?

[ReBoot]

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It means "heuristic" and "generic", which is semantically related to the topic of false-positives.

so ti means...?

Please read up on the topic of false-positives[en.wikipedia.org].

[Leaflet]

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so ti means...?

Please read up on the topic of false-positives[en.wikipedia.org].

That's what I expected.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

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so ti means...?

Please read up on the topic of false-positives[en.wikipedia.org].

How about false-negatives?

[Cathulhu]

False negatives are certainly possible. Which is what happens when a virus compromises a system and is not detected by the anti virus. That is a false-negative.