Feel like I can trust Maddy; I'm going to try the Linux version. Defender quarantined the file as I tried installing it. Seems convinced it's REALLY dangerous.
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Feel like I can trust Maddy; I'm going to try the Linux version. Defender quarantined the file as I tried installing it. Seems convinced it's REALLY dangerous.
Thanks I'll try installing your HORRIBLE MALWARE again
I mean thank you, I'll try it.
I've just tried downloading v1.1.1 and my antivirus software is still flagging the .exe file as a virus
"Celeste64-v1.1.1-Windows-x64.zip tried to load a malicious resource detected as Gen:Variant.Ser.Tedy.6023 and was blocked" is the message it has given me
Same here, using Bitdefender. It also flagged 1.0.1 as infected today, weeks after I originally downloaded and played it.
Hey, I'm still getting the trojan detection, which is strange because I don't normally get false positives.
Celeste 64 Fragments of the Mountain v1.1.1\Celeste64.exe is infected with Gen:Variant.Ser.Tedy.6023
HEUR means the threat assessment is heuristic-based: some code in the game looks like something that has been used in viruses, or is very rarely used in legitimate programs, so it gets flagged, even if it’s harmless. Heuristic-based threat assessment generates a lot of false positives, so this isn’t super surprising.
APC means Asynchronous Procedure Calling - it’s a method of having one thread call a function that executes on another thread. This is a very common tool to use in multi-threaded programs, especially game engines. Malware that obtains kernel access (the highest level of code execution privilege) can use APC to force legitimate software to run malware code, which can help hide the malware from an antivirus by making the other software look like the source of the malware code.
