Malware

[Chubb-R]

When I launch Universe Sandbox, avast! registers it as malware!
I am not launching it again until I have confirmation.

[blotz]

did you download it from thsi site? if not it could be malware.

[Chubb-R]

From this site

[blotz]

Then it's not malware unless someone "hacked" for lack of a better word, and replaced Universe Sandbox with a different version. I'm pretty sure it's safe, but you can ask Dan (wait for him to reply here).

[Darvince]

til bong has never used universe sandbox

yes it's safe I've used it for about 200 hours

[Dan Dixon]

I'd be shocked if this was true...
What program reported it as malware?
And what did it report specifically?

[smjjames]

I'd be shocked if this was true...
What program reported it as malware?
And what did it report specifically?

He said in the OP that it was Avast that reported it.

[Dan Dixon]

Thanks smjjames. Missed that when I read the thread originally.

Tried to submit a false virus in file report using their contact page:
http://www.avast.com/en-us/contact-form.php
... but it kept timing out.

Here's the VirusTotal analysis:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/6941f4998c8d31028e70...
... only 1 that shows up as "Win32.SuspectCrc". This is clearly a false positive (meaning that it's incorrectly identified as bad).

[Chubb-R]

OK, thanks Dan, It's an awesome game to play now that I'm sure it's safe.

Thx