Potentially Unwanted App Found - M2KC_CPT.dll and M2KC_FM.dll

[scotth6]

Installing the new 2.9.6 update, and Windows Defender popped up with the following warning:

[MAXsenna]

Add your games And Saved Games folders.

[scotth6]

16 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

Add your games And Saved Games folders.

 

Have these files been deemed safe though?  I'm yet to see confirmation anywhere, despite a number of posts on the matter.  It's a bit disturbing that Razbam files are the only ones that have ever been flagged considering the ongoing rift between ED and Razbam.

Edited July 12, 2024 by scotth6

[BIGNEWY]

The dispute between us and razbam is not related, this is just some AV not liking the protection used in our modules. 

This is a false positive, but we would always suggest you have your antivirus check it by submitting the file. 

thank you 

[MAXsenna]

 
Have these files been deemed safe though?  I'm yet to see confirmation anywhere, despite a number of posts on the matter.  It's a bit disturbing that Razbam files are the only ones that have ever been flagged considering the ongoing rift between ED and Razbam.

Not true. The F-4E as well. Of course they are safe. Give me one reason they wouldn't be.
Cheers, enjoy the coming weekend!

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[MAXsenna]

Companies, especially those that distribute software, are a big target for malicious parties these days. When you look at the fact that a part of the DCS community is gathering sensitive military data and documents en masse as a hobby, you even have a variety of state actors with lots (really lots) of abilites and an interest of getting a foot in someones door. You might not have what they look for, still you are a target because you could due to association with a certain user group. So it is always a good idea to be aware. I guess ED got good internal security measures, but safety is never a guarantee these days.

True that. But like you write. ED or the 3rd parties themselves have to be compromised.
I've written this elsewhere. If you are worried about this. Stop using your gaming computer for work, important, personal stuff! Don't even do those things on any computer. Do it on a virtual machine you snapshot before you do anything. I'm not aware of any user getting compromised for the past 20+ years, unless they did something silly.

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[scotth6]

OK, I have submitted the files to MS and labelled them as False positive PUAs.  They didn't get flagged when doing an individual scan on each file, so I'll go ahead and allow them.

Thanks.

 

[scotth6]

Just wow.  After waiting several days, Microsoft got back to me about the 2 files that I submitted as being false positives, after Windows Defender flagged and quarantined them.  Their response:

"The submitted files do not meet our criteria for malware or potentially unwanted applications. No detection will be added for these files."