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Rift / Rift - Patcher Trojan?
I have been playing MMORPG's for 7 or 8 years now and i have never gotten a Trojan warning while trying to update my game before from any of my anti-virus software. I sent an email to Rift support and they sent me an 8 step procedure on how to let the Trojan on my computer allowing me to update my game. Perhaps i don't know enough about such things but I am curious if any one else is having this type of issue with other mmorpg's?
7/7/2011 8:59:41 AM Web Anti-Virus Detected: Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Zlob.aces RIFT - Patcher http://update2.triongames.com/ch1-live-client-patch/restricted/patchlive01/bundle_STABLE-334-29-A-443086-STABLE-334-30-A-443214.0?sha1=759f9225c5f28d10854318d4b2b6e9b501f1ca91
It could be a false positive or they have a Trojan on the patcher or my anti-virus blows chucks and perhaps a few other things as well.
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Probably false detection on your antivirus end (If its caused by rift).
Quick google search learns a lot.
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5007559_what-trojan-downloader.html
I think it's because the patcher reads the status of your install folder and sends it to their patching server. (To know wich files still need to be installed).
It could be a false positive or....
Perhaps this multi million dollar project with hundreds of thousands of users was made with the sole purpose of putting a trojan on your computer.
I'm not trying to mock you, but I mean, just think about it.
PS. What anti virus do you use.
False positive most likely. I've had issues in the past with patching and Norton AV. I can't recall of anyone ever getting a virus or trojan from an MMO...
A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true...
I am using Kaspersky i have recently updated STO WoW Conan LOTRO, GW and a few others non act like this over the years never had a problem.
Strange, Kas isn't bad ware at all.
It's a false positive, if you got the client directly from the company that is.
I personally use ESET and didn't get a flag on this one, but it is safe.
I'd report it to Kaspersky though to save others the confusion.
i have reported to both Rift and Kaspersky time will tell but do know that some antivirus programs don't look for trojans and some may find it while others do not. I am goind to wait until either Rift fixes or Kaspersky fixes but I am not going to up date Rift until i know it is safe. Trojans can be a total hassle to get off the machine.
If you're using Kaspersky, this is a known issue. There's a post by one of the devs about it on the Rift forums - apparently Kaspersky are working on a fix.
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?222198-Kaspersky-antivirus-reports-a-trojan-in-today-s-update-downloaded-by-patcher&p=2755825&viewfull=1#post2755825
Indeed. I mean it's not that huge million dollar companies get hacked at all these days. Most likely it is a false positive. I personally would not simply regard it as a false positive just because it come from a renown company. In fact the bigger the company the more poeple that work there that might have bad intent, does not even have to be an outside source. I think it's better to be on the save side just to ask like the OP did then to risk getting your computer infected. Normally a google search could tell you if some Anti-virus give you a false positive with some programs though.