[ignore] dont download voxel doom its virus [note: OP is wrong]

[bigfloppa7271]

i discovered voxel doom recently and i wanted to play it but my pc said it was virus. now i do know that alot of computers say that is a virus when its not. just to be on the safe side dont download it.

[Shepardus]

Did you get it from ModDB?

[Dark Pulse]

Virus scanners can return false positives, you know.

 

There's even online tools that will run it against a bunch of virus scanners.

 

I just tried with my download of it from ModDB and it turned up nothing, so it's pretty likely your scanner is reporting a false positive.

 

It's especially unlikely since the mod contains literally no executable code anyway. There is no EXE that runs on your computer from the mod (other than GZDoom, of course). The mod is literally a bunch of text files and KVX voxel models (identical to the format from Blood and Shadow Warrior), and that's it.

Edited August 22, 2022 by Dark Pulse

[K_Doom]

2 minutes ago, Dark Pulse said:

Virus scanners can return false positives, you know.

 

There's even online tools that will run it against a bunch of virus scanners.

I was going to recommend this one but you were faster.

[Lucius Wooding]

Virus scanners don't know anything. Certain methods of code injection can cause false positives even if it's a legit mod. A couple of RE randomizers are constantly quarantining in W10 because of how they work. Just make sure it's from a trusted source and probably not a bad idea to check against that tool.

 

Spoiler

They'll stop you downloading voxel doom but allow you to download Diablo Immortal, just saying.

 

[Foxpup]

29 minutes ago, bigfloppa7271 said:

my pc said it was virus.

It certainly would have said much more than that. Please post the exact text of the message displayed by your antivirus software or a screenshot of same. Without further details, it is impossible to determine if this is a false positive or if you do indeed have an infected file (extremely unlikely if you downloaded it from ModDB, though only moderately unlikely if you inexplicably downloaded it from some shady warez site despite it being a free mod).

[baja blast rd.]

Disambiguated thread title so that it's not misinformation. 

[RHhe82]

Don't know about Voxel mod, but I had similar experiences with source ports, as AVAST would detect them as some sort of malware, and would quarantine .exes on my behalf. A false positive.

[Obsidian]

I had an antivirus delete PrBoom+ off my computer once, heh. That was pretty wild.

[Kinsie]

1 hour ago, Dark Pulse said:

Virus scanners can return false positives, you know.

 

There's even online tools that will run it against a bunch of virus scanners.

 

I just tried with my download of it from ModDB and it turned up nothing, so it's pretty likely your scanner is reporting a false positive.

 

It's especially unlikely since the mod contains literally no executable code anyway. There is no EXE that runs on your computer from the mod (other than GZDoom, of course). The mod is literally a bunch of text files and KVX voxel models (identical to the format from Blood and Shadow Warrior), and that's it.

For the historical record:

 

 

[Mr Masker]

I get a false positive for like half the stuff I download. If I were to follow every single one of them, half of Steam and emulators would be malware.

[Kinsie]

21 minutes ago, Mr Masker said:

I get a false positive for like half the stuff I download. If I were to follow every single one of them, half of Steam and emulators would be malware.

What broken-ass anti-virus are you using?

 

At this point, it feels like pretty much every Anti-Virus except Windows Defender breaks far more than it fixes.

[Edward850]

To incinerate this well-beaten dead horse, it's also impossible (as in eating the sun) for this mod to contain a virus. It contains no executable code, as it is just a zip file with game assets.

"But Edward, what if someone used those assets to exploit GZDoom itself!" you foolishly claim; ZScript is not designed to interact with the background operating system in any fashion, and voxel files aren't exactly something I could foresee performing any kind of machine code exploit (plus I'm fairly sure modern programs are blocked from having execute code being modified by non-execute memory). Additionally there is no virus definition that would be able to detect any exploit probable with its content. The probability of an exploit existing in voxel files and zscript and somehow not be known to this community rapidly approaches zero, and remember zscript is plain text readable, but also if the exploit wasn't known then no virus definition could exist to detect it, think! And one is unlikely to exist in a widely distributed, publicised and scrutinized mod without detection.

Edited August 22, 2022 by Edward850

[NightFright]

It's not a virus just because it spreads like one. (Which is a good thing in this context.) ;)

Edited August 22, 2022 by NightFright

[Mr Masker]

45 minutes ago, Kinsie said:

What broken-ass anti-virus are you using?

 

At this point, it feels like pretty much every Anti-Virus except Windows Defender breaks far more than it fixes.

Yeah, I should probably use past tense. I used to use Norton 360 and I assure the people here, not worth the price point. I only got it years ago because me and other people were paranoid about me getting a virus. Now I just use Win Defend and while that still gives some false positives it's not as bad.

Edited August 22, 2022 by Mr Masker