Hey! Today, I was just watching some forums, and such, when my antivirus program came up and said it was removing a virus. I checked where the virus was, and it seemed to come from the Prison Architect folders.
Its a trojan, for those of you who wants to know.
If noone else finds anything, then it might have been in a mod, which is pretty unlikely as I have very few mods.
Sincerly, new Forum poster who just wanted to warn you all!
[BEWARE] Possible virus?
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Re: [BEWARE] Possible virus?
Prison Architect isn't a virus, as long as you got it from one of the three legitimate sources.
I also don't see how a mod could be a virus as it should only contain three types of files (png, lua and txt)
I also don't see how a mod could be a virus as it should only contain three types of files (png, lua and txt)
Re: [BEWARE] Possible virus?
It is also possible that it was a false positive. Prison Architect seems to get those with some frequency.
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Re: [BEWARE] Possible virus?
xander wrote:It is also possible that it was a false positive. Prison Architect seems to get those with some frequency.
xander
Correct. Email the anti-virus makers so they can approve PA.exe and take away the warning in future versions of their software.
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Re: [BEWARE] Possible virus?
xander wrote:It is also possible that it was a false positive. Prison Architect seems to get those with some frequency.
xander
i've noticed this too on multiple games lately...started happening right after a steam patch (note every game i have linked to steam had this issue) so it appears to be triggered by something that steam is doing
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Re: [BEWARE] Possible virus?
RichieGrape wrote:xander wrote:It is also possible that it was a false positive. Prison Architect seems to get those with some frequency.
xander
i've noticed this too on multiple games lately...started happening right after a steam patch (note every game i have linked to steam had this issue) so it appears to be triggered by something that steam is doing
maybe.... Thats possible
Re: [BEWARE] Possible virus?
Sorry if this is seen as bumping, I am not that much on these forums (EDIT: NEVER on the forums) and I forgot the URL :/
So, it may be a virus already being on my PC, as I had a virus before. I thought I got rid of it... Damn...
Oh well, I'm gonna try to Email F-Secure and see what they say.
Thanks for the tips
So, it may be a virus already being on my PC, as I had a virus before. I thought I got rid of it... Damn...
Oh well, I'm gonna try to Email F-Secure and see what they say.
Thanks for the tips
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