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steamclient.dll found by Windows Defender as Trojan (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by blazetbmk@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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A game I downloaded after following the Megathread activated Windows Defender. Most searches in the reddit showed that it was a False Positive but I checked in Virus Total just in case and found this. The website was RePack-Games (I read the note but I didn't find the game on the Goat sites), the game was Dynasty Warriors 8. I'd like to ask what my next course of action is here. The game also wouldn't load after the cutscene when u select a character.

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[-] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 1 year ago

I do not know about this specific case, but many cracked copies are true false-positives. Only 28/74 flagged it as malicious. Sure, do your due diligence, but in general it'll be picked by antiviruses as malware.

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