Virus detection after installing 7.4 updated game

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Virus detection after installing 7.4 updated game

#1 Post by Bruni Multimedia »

Hi! I have a huge problem... Steam users say their antivirus detected a malware in the latest release of my most important game.

The release is the first one to have been compiled with the latest ren'py release. While I don't think there's an issue with it, I can also assure you that no malicious program has been put into the game. I noticed a **-32.exe file in the compiled game which wasn't present before and removed it. Can you help me understand the potential issue here? Thanks a lot!

The issue is making me get too many negative reviews, so I switched back to the prior patch. I am aware it's a false positive, but people aren't either skilled enough or care enough to understand that, and it's starting to be problematic.

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it's mostly due to a custom icon

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rayminator wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:13 pm it's mostly due to a custom icon
None were added in the latest patch. I just modified a dozen .rpyc files.

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Check out 7.4.1, which should probably fix this. You can also scan your game with virustotal.com to see if any of the major scanners find it.
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