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sisi launcher creating trojans?
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Spr09
Gold Trimmed Stars
#1 - 2012-02-19 17:06:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Spr09
I'm sure this is probably a false positive, but every time I run the sisi launcher my antivirus screams that a bunch of tmp files with trojans in them are being made. I'm using Dr. Web antivirus on windows 7.

http://i.imgur.com/5H97f.png
this is the file that gets made every time I run sisi, my AV quarantines the file and i still can run on sisi with no problems. The time it was made is wrong though, it popped up just a few seconds after sisi launcher was started.

EDIT: it's not a false positive, i formatted my hard drives 2 months ago so the date can't be right. and it's made and quarantined every time I try to run sisi.
Aethlyn
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2012-02-20 11:43:05 UTC
It's most likely a false positive. The file dates don't proof anything, because most installers will simply set some specific file date (the date of the original file on the machine where the installer was made). Patchers/launchers can work in a similar fashion. Also, I'd blame the antivirus solution's heuristic for this, because the launcher will most likely do some things that are similar to trojan activity (download files, replacing local executables with the downloaded files, etc.).

Overall, I'd still suggest scrapping that antivirus solution if it keeps popping up false positives on a daily(?) basis. Try the Microsoft Security Essentials, which are free to download and use and will slow down PCs a lot less than most third party solutions.

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