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No Man's Sky - Save Editor
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Bitdefender warning. #774

Closed AlucardTheRed9 closed 1 year ago

AlucardTheRed9 commented 1 year ago

Trying to download the editor throws Bitdefender errors about multiple connection threats/infected pages. Oh, and the download gets locked. I dont know thats a false positive, or not, but I reported it none the less. If the authorities in this site have the power to evaluate such files, they better do. Better be safe than sorry.

goatfungus commented 1 year ago

It's a false positive, sorry. I'm not sure how to get around the issue, but there are no security risks in this app.

AlucardTheRed9 commented 1 year ago

Maybe not in the app. The problem is that the place from wherever im trying to download it, is flagged as an infected page.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/goatfungus/NMSSaveEditor/master/NMSSaveEditor.exe

Idk what it is, but something about address is making it being flagged by Bitdefender. And while im aware that every antivirus can throw false-positives, I trust Bitdefender more than some random page. Perhaps there is simply an issue in how the exe is being downloaded from the address? Or maybe in the way that the exe is compiled or is set to function?

I managed to download it in a separate, more isolated space, and scan it with Bitdefender, and I find it odd, that after scanning the .exe or the extracted editor files, I get over 3000 results the first time. but after trying to scan them again, I get either 1 (from the zip .exe) or around 9-10 (from the editor files) results. While none of it was flagged as malicious, its as if whatever else that was scanned within those files simply vanished. In the current age of various technological advancements, I would not be surprised if people used some sort of mind-fuckery methods for malicious purposes.

But in any case, if there is truly no risk in this program, then Im sorry for lashing out. Im pretty direct. MAYBE, there is just a problem with Bitdefender itself now. I have been using it for years at this point.

AlucardTheRed9 commented 1 year ago

I decided to take a leap of faith (hoping I wont regret it). There seems to have been an update recently, and I noticed that it is not possible to unmark a slot as 'supercharged'. The checkbox would suggest that it is a toggleable thing.