A A ron Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 My antivirus software has quarantined dcs world/bin/dcs.exe and has labeled a virus as"drop.win64.scoreinject.163" that was found in this file. I allowed it to pass through my antivurus software by having my virus software not scan the dcs updater and I'm concerned I might have let a virus through. Anybody have the same detection by their antivirus software?
Mizzy Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 You can be sure it's nothing to do with DCS or ED. Which Antivirus programme are you using? How long have you been playing DCS? Are you using Steam? Which version of DCS are you using? If there was a virus in the DCS exe, we would have heard about it by official sources by now. Sleep safe in the knowledge it has nothing to do with DCS.
wildstar50 Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 Zu Bibblue, ich kann die Virenmeldung bestätigen, auch mein Windows 10 ,mit Microsoft Defender hat einen Virus erkannt und das komplette Update von DCS gelöscht. Beim zweiten Versuch einige Tage später kam dann keine Virenmeldung mehr !
Mizzy Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 44 minutes ago, wildstar50 said: Zu Bibblue, ich kann die Virenmeldung bestätigen, auch mein Windows 10 ,mit Microsoft Defender hat einen Virus erkannt und das komplette Update von DCS gelöscht. Beim zweiten Versuch einige Tage später kam dann keine Virenmeldung mehr ! Das sind Neuigkeiten für mich, aber es ist kein Problem. Hopefully there will be more than one post from you both confirming the problem was NOT a virus as it's very strange two people come here with only one post each complaining about a virus !! Gut morgen
A A ron Posted January 2, 2021 Author Posted January 2, 2021 9 hours ago, Mizzy said: You can be sure it's nothing to do with DCS or ED. Which Antivirus programme are you using? How long have you been playing DCS? Are you using Steam? Which version of DCS are you using? If there was a virus in the DCS exe, we would have heard about it by official sources by now. Sleep safe in the knowledge it has nothing to do with DCS. I am using Bullguard as my antivirus software, I have been playing DCS for around 5 months now, I did not use Steam to upload dcs world. I uploaded directly from the dcs world website. I am using the latest stable version release from this past Christmas. Any idea what this file is? I only speak English. Dcs is running just fine now for me but I have my antivirus software not scanning dcs updater( which bullguard tech support instructed me to do) which I feel is a bad idea. Note: this was also put into the behavioral category in the antivirus software but it was labeled as a virus.
A A ron Posted January 2, 2021 Author Posted January 2, 2021 9 hours ago, Mizzy said: You can be sure it's nothing to do with DCS or ED. Which Antivirus programme are you using? How long have you been playing DCS? Are you using Steam? Which version of DCS are you using? If there was a virus in the DCS exe, we would have heard about it by official sources by now. Sleep safe in the knowledge it has nothing to do with DCS. Also the antivirus software caught this and quarantined the file when I attempted to run dcs world yesterday. I have auto update enabled so dcs world will check for updates everytime I run the program.
Flappie Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 Hi Bibblue. A file from the latest update is flagged as a virus by several antivirus, but ED confirmed it was a false positive. If you trust the content of DCS, simply add the following paths as exclusions in your antivirus, so it doesn't bother you anymore. \DCS World\ C:\Users\your-name\Saved Games\DCS\ Here's the official procedure. ---
A A ron Posted January 2, 2021 Author Posted January 2, 2021 3 hours ago, Flappie said: Hi Bibblue. A file from the latest update is flagged as a virus by several antivirus, but ED confirmed it was a false positive. If you trust the content of DCS, simply add the following paths as exclusions in your antivirus, so it doesn't bother you anymore. \DCS World\ C:\Users\your-name\Saved Games\DCS\ Here's the official procedure. Thanks Flappie. I spoke with a tech from bullguard and the tech told me its most likely a false positive as well but for peace of mind to download malwarebytes which is a free to use antivirus software and have it scan the file as well. I did a full virus scan with the malwarebytes and bullguard and neither found any issues. I am not trying to ruin the dcs world reputation I am just informing the public and asking for help to resolve the issue. Mizzy must be on the dcs payroll because she sure took it seriously and made me feel like I am trying to ruin the dcs reputation. I enjoy dcs world very much but Mizzy when people like us pay thousands of dollars to create/build a gaming computor/flight simulator and there is a threat of a virus we are going to be as proactive as possible to resolve the issue, keep people informed and keep our computers/ simulators running smoothly. Good afternoon.
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