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Virus report when launching


w8smith
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As soon as I updated my DST client for the Terrors Below update, I received these notifications for trying to launch the game from the steam menu and from the desktop icon, respectively. As well as that, after trying to launch, I received a notification from windows defender with this warning attached below as well. I tried it more than once just to confirm, and it is coming from attempting to launch DST.72a3fc14414f476f4d8bcc9cd5c46681.pngfb491dcf7bfeb0382e04f0c46a1cb7e5.png53c44fb754ae42829b1a168ba2982a54.png


Steps to Reproduce

Update DST Client on steam

Press "play" button on steam menu to receive "missing executable" error message

Click DST desktop icon to receive virus/unwanted software warning message

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Me too I have the same problem , I just installed the game and it tells me that it has the same virus 

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it let me play for some hours, maybe 3, and when i closed the game and attempted to reopen it, same thing happened to me.

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Try ''Verify integrity of game files'' maybe that helps, if there was a virus.

Then probably delete temp files aswell

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I was playing today and after trying to reset the world I was hosting with me and a friend, the game crashed, and upon trying to relaunch the game, it was flagged as a virus by both steam and windows defender. Reinstalling the game also resulted in the same issue. I will admit that with Klei's association with Tencent and the arrangement they have, I am worried about a possible cyber-attack from their end, and so I intend to not play until this gets resolved.

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5 hours ago, Red Carnage said:

Try ''Verify integrity of game files'' maybe that helps, if there was a virus.

Then probably delete temp files aswell

doesn't work, i did today and i uninstall and install the game not work 

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Guys you can play with 32 bits meanwhile they fix the issue with 64 bits exe

change the settings here

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I verified my game files. When that did not work, I reinstalled the game. Didn't change anything, either. Re-verified the game files after a while, and now my game client is running. Is the problem resolved? I hope Klei can explain more of this in detail and assuage concerns of serious threats to our cybersecurity, because I personally am still unsure if I should play DST. 

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On 6/16/2023 at 7:17 PM, w8smith said:

I verified my game files. When that did not work, I reinstalled the game. Didn't change anything, either. Re-verified the game files after a while, and now my game client is running. Is the problem resolved? I hope Klei can explain more of this in detail and assuage concerns of serious threats to our cybersecurity, because I personally am still unsure if I should play DST. 

i posted the "solution" this error i got the error in 64 bits launcher but 32 bits launcher works fine

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