BitDefender virus Alert Trojan Generic KD.42818672

[PipN]

Hi I just updated to the latest Beta and BitDefender Flagged the F14 flight model with a trojan and quarantined it. any thoughts? :(:(

 

NB not a new install have had f14 since release no issues and nothing else flagged

Edited March 6, 2020 by PipN
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[PipN]

Am running a full scan, and have read the posts on false positives and the DRM,but as it has not occurred to me before I decided to report it rather than just whitelist it

[Clorydric]

Lots of DCS binaries are flagged as generic trojan since the 2.5.6 update, not only the F-14 ones > false positives coming from behavioral analysis. If you're unsure, you can submit the file to https://www.virustotal.com.

 

I know it's certainly not a wise habit, but I end up excluding the whole DCS folder from on-access scan, setting ACE to restrict write access to admins only. (Don't do it if you don't know what you're doing)

As I'm using a normal (non-admin) user session on a daily basis, it should be a little safer (and improve performances).

[Icepack]

Just got the same thing with my Bitdefender, I guess it's a false positive until the new build gets whitelisted.

[PipN]

I hope so too, the full scan is clear, but I think I will give the Beta a miss for a bit :)

[Alicatt]

Been getting those too with Bitdefender, from the last two OB updates of the F14-FlightModel.dll and F14-HeatblurCommon.dll in the latest update as well as ED's world and golbalworld .dll files in the previous update

[WolfcatVader]

I got it too. Deleted the file, did a game file check/repair to get a fresh copy back, added exception. Works fine now. Don't know why it would flag that dll though. Haven't heard anyone but Bitdefender users have issues though. (I am one)

[IronMike]

Hi guys, I spoke to Bignewy and he said they are aware of the issue. It has to do with the copyright protection, please do not ask me specifically how. However we found that many developers throughout the industry complain about this particular false positive. The best is to add an exception and to send the file to the provider of your antivirus software (ED did this, too), so they can add an exception on their side.

 

Concerned antivir programs are mainly Norton, bitdefender, avast and kaspersky.