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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => FS2 Open Tools => Topic started by: IDtheTarget on March 04, 2020, 02:53:01 pm

Title: Knossos.exe infected by trojan?
Post by: IDtheTarget on March 04, 2020, 02:53:01 pm: Hello!

I saw an article online about Freespace 2 and the Hard Light community and it sounded like something I'd very much like to join. I bought Freespace 2 from Steam, then came here to get knossos. I followed the link to https://fsnebula.org/knossos/ and downloaded knossos. However, when I started to install it, BitDefender quarantined the executable as it claims it has a ransomware trojan.

I'm uninstalling for now, any chance somebody could check the source and build? I've read recently about chrome extensions that can add malicious code during development.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Knossos.exe infected by trojan?
Post by: mjn.mixael on March 04, 2020, 03:45:41 pm: Knossos is not infected. Your AV is just overambitious and wants you to know how good it is that you use their software instead of someone else's.
Title: Re: Knossos.exe infected by trojan?
Post by: Mito [PL] on March 04, 2020, 04:29:10 pm: Aye. I'm using Eset which has one of the best detection abilities around and it has got no issues. BitDefender must be reporting a false positive. It isn't the first time that happens, some antivirus software tends to quarantine FSO builds just because they are a very rarely used (and reported as safe) .exe files, and there are new builds every couple days.

Also, where was the article that directed you here? Just asking to give a thumbs up somewhere :P
Title: Re: Knossos.exe infected by trojan?
Post by: deathspeed on March 04, 2020, 05:46:03 pm: :welcomeblue:

I stopped using BitDefender specifically because it flagged a false positive every time I updated anything with FSO.

Was it this article on Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/04/freespace-2-knossos-mods-irl/)?
Title: Re: Knossos.exe infected by trojan?
Post by: IDtheTarget on March 04, 2020, 07:45:32 pm: Thanks, I've been thinking of moving to MalwareBytes anyway. I just need to be very careful, have too much stuff I can't afford to lose (yes, I back up).

The article was on engadget: https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/04/freespace-2-knossos-mods-irl/

Thanks again!
Title: Re: Knossos.exe infected by trojan?
Post by: jr2 on July 12, 2021, 06:54:08 pm: Quote from: IDtheTarget on March 04, 2020, 02:53:01 pm
Hello!

I saw an article online about Freespace 2 and the Hard Light community and it sounded like something I'd very much like to join. I bought Freespace 2 from Steam, then came here to get knossos. I followed the link to https://fsnebula.org/knossos/ and downloaded knossos. However, when I started to install it, BitDefender quarantined the executable as it claims it has a ransomware trojan.

I'm uninstalling for now, any chance somebody could check the source and build? I've read recently about chrome extensions that can add malicious code during development.

Thanks!

A good tool for times like this is VirusTotal (https://www.virustotal.com/gui/), which shows you how about 50 different detection engines rate a file. You can either upload, or copy+paste a URL for it to scan.