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VIRUS from SP download??

13.4k o2o  5 months ago

I downloaded an SP build and endpoint shows that it is a .vhd (virtual hard drive). What the heck? They tried to cover it as a .zip when it is a .vhd. It is a .scr virus (screensaver) virus.

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Andrew?

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    13.4k o2o

    @DatMaluchGuy19 I haven’t figured it out cause i deleted it when that showed up.

    5 months ago
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    What Was It?

    5 months ago
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    13.4k o2o

    The mods i have installed:

    Mechanical Instrumentat

    (underscores between both words and infront of mechanical)

    Space designer

    fine tuner

    gpws

    hanger

    minimap with screen

    more powerful engines

    overload

    photographer's map

    simplewings

    textured fuselage block

    i dont believe it is space designer, photographer's map, overload, minimap with screen, more powerful engines, textured fuselage block, or fine tuner because they run just fine.

    5 months ago
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    13.4k o2o

    @HuskyDynamics01 Just this one, but I already deleted it. It seems to be a mod because maybe the SP plane files are too small to hold a virus from another post. Its also on my laptop too.

    5 months ago
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    Well, the entirety of a SimplePlanes download from the site is a six-byte file. That file gives you the aircraft ID (which you can also see in the plane's site URL after the /a/), which the game uses to actually download the plane's XML file (which stores the actual plane data).

    Was it that one specific plane, or does it happen with many? If it's every plane, it could be your antivirus registering a false positive with the .splane file type (though I haven't heard of that before).

    +1 5 months ago
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    13.4k o2o

    I also noticed linux is installed, most likely from WSL. Why would that be installed? The file is completely empty.

    5 months ago
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    13.4k o2o

    @5 I dont remember, deleted it already

    5 months ago
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    29.6k TriStar

    Which build

    +1 5 months ago
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    13.4k o2o

    @AndrewGarrison @WNP78 @EternalDarkness

    5 months ago