I got several people telling me that Kaspersky antivirus now says this game is a malware (UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic).
This happened yesterday out of nowhere. At that moment, the game has not been updated since 16.05.2019, so i know that this happened not because of some change in the game.
Why it happened?
Everything was fine before, but i guess virus databases got updated yesterday or something, and it started falsely blocking the game.
But what is causing it? I don't know.
My best guess is that it's because of mod editor. The game can run user written C# code on workshop maps, which potentially might be dangerous. But there shouldn't be any serious concerns since user code can't access namespaces such as System.IO and System.Reflection and are overall restricted. You can also see user code for yourself before running it by opening workshop map in the editor.
If you don't trust random user maps, i have a special tag for maps that got tested and approved:
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/browse/?appid=667530&requiredtags[]=Approved
Other reasons i can think of that could trigger antiviruses(?):
- The game looks at which processes are running when it launches. It searches for its launcher which protects integrity of game files. If the game does not find it, it shuts down
- Mod editor can launch external applications to edit user code
- Recent addition of ability to import your own 3D models into the editor? This was introduced a day later though (today).
But as of now, i'm not 100% sure what exactly caused it.
If you have any idea why this might have happened and what should i do, or if you find any actual security threats, please contact me via Drunken Wrestlers 2 Discord server.
Also if you're interested, all of the news, patch notes and development progress are posted there.
- Oleg
