Is steam.exe virus?

[mundhetriya62]

I did a total virus scan for all startup programs as usual today. And It detected steam.exe as a virus... What to do???


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Found a quick solution on the internet for it.
1. remove steam from autostart
2. add steam to the whitelist

1. To remove autostart:-
open this in Regedit:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
and just remove entry for steam from there.
This also speeds up booting time for the low-end system.(Hope you know what it means, coz I don't.)

2. to add to whitelist:-
Open windows security> virus and threat protection> manage settings > add or remove exclusions
click on add an exclusion> folder
Select a steam directory and click select a folder...

DONE!!!

This will stop others from detecting steam as a virus...

Hope this helps. :)

[mundhetriya62]

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İlk olarak Miss Ann Thrope tarafından gönderildi:

People have been offering you help, explaining that Steam is perfectly safe and that you are getting a false positive. Why are you refusing to accept it?

Because he's mad he can't be lazy at work because the IT guy removed his steam... So he complains and makes drama. :feelscry:

End of the story, close the tread.

As I said. You are a real life saver. Thanks

[FatalError]

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İlk olarak SnakeFistAlways420'd tarafından gönderildi:

I was saying in general that it don't actually scan the file you uploaded. It reads the m5 hash and gives you the results. But it's not the results of the file you just uploaded though. Your file could be safe but the results will show it's infected because someone with an infected file uploaded it before you so you get their results.

You are awesome, This helps a lot. Thanks.

This is not true and also it still tests positive on ClamAV. So this won't help you at all.

[Muppet among Puppets]

İlk olarak mundhetriya62 tarafından gönderildi:

Also, epic games is working well, then why only steam getting virus report... Arent they both does the same thing.

To explain what the result means:

Clam av detects something by a generic definition. That COULD fit a trojan, but does not have to be one.

Even if more than one show a generic detection, it still is not mandatory a real threat.

The security is not depending on clam av.

I keep steam installed. Let us know what you find out.

[mundhetriya62]

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İlk olarak mundhetriya62 tarafından gönderildi:

You are awesome, This helps a lot. Thanks.

This is not true and also it still tests positive on ClamAV. So this won't help you at all.

Ohh my, You are an eye-opener. Thanks

[mundhetriya62]

İlk olarak Muppet among Puppets tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak mundhetriya62 tarafından gönderildi:

Also, epic games is working well, then why only steam getting virus report... Arent they both does the same thing.

To explain what the result means:

Clam av detects something by a generic definition. That COULD fit a trojan, but does not have to be one.

Even if more than one show a generic detection, it still is not mandatory a real threat.

The security is not depending on clam av.

I keep steam installed. Let us know what you find out.

Will do

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İlk olarak FatalError tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak mundhetriya62 tarafından gönderildi:

You are awesome, This helps a lot. Thanks.

This is not true and also it still tests positive on ClamAV. So this won't help you at all.

Yes it is. I just scanned ryzen master and it said last scanned 8 days ago instead of a moment ago since i just uploaded it. So that tells me it didn't scan my file and just gave me someone elses result not mine for the file i just uploaded.


Evidence.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/4c0d9dbdc84237e971bac9e2e1a0ce9a5628e013ac8841b8144d94a70fb22c1c

[FatalError]

İlk olarak SnakeFistAlways420'd tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak FatalError tarafından gönderildi:

This is not true and also it still tests positive on ClamAV. So this won't help you at all.

Yes it is. I just scanned ryzen master and it said last scanned 8 days ago instead of a moment ago since i just uploaded it. So that tells me it didn't scan my file and just gave me someone elses result not mine for the file i just uploaded.


Evidence.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/4c0d9dbdc84237e971bac9e2e1a0ce9a5628e013ac8841b8144d94a70fb22c1c

yeah no ♥♥♥♥ and in the top corner there is a button saying "reanalyze file", so click that.
And guess what steam.exe is still detected by ClamAV

[FatalError]

İlk olarak mundhetriya62 tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak FatalError tarafından gönderildi:

This is not true and also it still tests positive on ClamAV. So this won't help you at all.

Ohh my, You are an eye-opener. Thanks

You can be sarcastic all you want but I guarantee you the IT guy isn't gonna care anyways and he's not gonna help you play games at work. You have been getting all the answers you could possibly need. And all you got is sass. Sucks for you I guess. Bye Karen!

Oh and steam support isn't gonna care or give you a refund either so don't hold you breath lol.

[mundhetriya62]

Just wait little guys, I already contacted steam support. They created a ticket and will be in contact with me soon.

[mundhetriya62]

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İlk olarak mundhetriya62 tarafından gönderildi:

Ohh my, You are an eye-opener. Thanks

You can be sarcastic all you want but I guarantee you the IT guy isn't gonna care anyways and he's not gonna help you play games at work. You have been getting all the answers you could possibly need. And all you got is sass. Sucks for you I guess. Bye Karen!

You are a genious.

[FatalError]

İlk olarak mundhetriya62 tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak FatalError tarafından gönderildi:

You can be sarcastic all you want but I guarantee you the IT guy isn't gonna care anyways and he's not gonna help you play games at work. You have been getting all the answers you could possibly need. And all you got is sass. Sucks for you I guess. Bye Karen!

You are a genious.

*genius

ok good luck with steam support and have a wonderful day!

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İlk olarak SnakeFistAlways420'd tarafından gönderildi:

Yes it is. I just scanned ryzen master and it said last scanned 8 days ago instead of a moment ago since i just uploaded it. So that tells me it didn't scan my file and just gave me someone elses result not mine for the file i just uploaded.


Evidence.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/4c0d9dbdc84237e971bac9e2e1a0ce9a5628e013ac8841b8144d94a70fb22c1c

yeah no ♥♥♥♥ and in the top corner there is a button saying "reanalyze file", so click that.
And guess what steam.exe is still detected by ClamAV

Yea you can rescan the file but it will rescan the file already on their server. Like i said it goes by the md5 hash of the file all files have a m5 code. And so hence your file that you uploaded don't get scanned. Cause if it did it wouldn't show you the results right away cause it would take time to upload it depending on your connection. So no it don't scan your file that you uploaded but what is already on their server.

[FatalError]

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İlk olarak FatalError tarafından gönderildi:

yeah no ♥♥♥♥ and in the top corner there is a button saying "reanalyze file", so click that.
And guess what steam.exe is still detected by ClamAV

Yea you can rescan the file but it will rescan the file already on their server. Like i said it goes by the md5 hash of the file all files have a m5 code. And so hence your file that you uploaded don't get scanned. Cause if it did it wouldn't show you the results right away cause it would take time to upload it depending on your connection. So no it don't scan your file that you uploaded but what is already on their server.

Yeah and only if the file on the server is identical to the one you want to upload, because if it was even slightly different, it wouldn't be the same hash... that's the whole point of a hash. If someone had a steam.exe that was even slightly different, it would not show up as already analyzed. So it makes NO difference.

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İlk olarak FatalError tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak SnakeFistAlways420'd tarafından gönderildi:

Yea you can rescan the file but it will rescan the file already on their server. Like i said it goes by the md5 hash of the file all files have a m5 code. And so hence your file that you uploaded don't get scanned. Cause if it did it wouldn't show you the results right away cause it would take time to upload it depending on your connection. So no it don't scan your file that you uploaded but what is already on their server.

Yeah and only if the file on the server is identical to the one you want to upload, because if it was even slightly different, it wouldn't be the same hash... that's the whole point of a hash. If someone had a steam.exe that was even slightly different, it would not show up as already analyzed. So it makes NO difference.

Yea but viruses can infect something with out even changing the md5 hash.

[mundhetriya62]

Found a quick solution on the internet for it.
1. remove steam from autostart
2. add steam to the whitelist

1. To remove autostart:-
open this in Regedit:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
and just remove entry for steam from there.
This also speeds up booting time for the low-end system.(Hope you know what it means, coz I don't.)

2. to add to whitelist:-
Open windows security> virus and threat protection> manage settings > add or remove exclusions
click on add an exclusion> folder
Select a steam directory and click select a folder...

DONE!!!

This will stop others from detecting steam as a virus...

Hope this helps. :)