Spock 271 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 I am using 64-bit Windows 10 on a home built 4 GHz Intel PC. I just downloaded the Sacred2CharacterEditor.exe from Nexus Games by flixter because I thought this would be a useful addition to my tools. When I ran it, Norton System Works immediately gave the error: "s2sdec.exe is not safe and has been removed" Anyone else have this problem? Are there any other editors that are perhaps more up-to-date that would not give this error? Link to comment
Androdion 870 Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 That's an AV false positive, you should probably disable Norton when you run the Editor or make it an exception on the AV. I have run it several times and never had any worms anywhere. I downloaded it from Flix's signature link (I think). Link to comment
podgie_bear 184 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 It's not just Norton that gives a false positive, apparently because Antivirus software can't just identify viruses anymore (aaah the good old days). These days anything it isn't positive is clean gets flagged and deleted. I even had an old commercially produced piece of software on its original, commercially produced disc (from 1998) that was regularly deleted as a 'virus'. I contacted AVG and was told that antivirus programs can't always recognise whether certain older software is a virus or not so it plays safe and assumes it is a virus. Especially savegame editors, because they 'alter' the contents of files so are automatically suspect. Link to comment
gogoblender 3,039 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Microsoft's own free Essentials that comes right out of the box is supposed to be pretty decent by iteself. free Microsoft Antivirus Software Finally Does Good Job gogo Link to comment
Androdion 870 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Yeah, basically anything that's an EXE with a scripting engine gets flagged. But then again there are so many viruses out there that it's probably best to play the annoying Big Brother anyway. 1 Link to comment
rm3000 85 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Antivirus software is snake oil anyways. Like all filters, it has false positives - I have personally seen McAfee remove its own dll, so it couldn't start any longer - and it even opens up new attack surface. On top of that, it digs so deep into your OS that it can't be removed (after the so called free month). And while they're at it, they upload 'data' to the 'cloud'? No, thanks (old man yells at cloud.jpg). If you're careful about what you click on and make regular backups (which includes testing), you're pretty much set. Which, by the way, goes for mostly anything. I don't have a driver's license, so I don't handle two tons of steel with however much horse power. I'm no pig, so I don't eat food from the floor. Some people just don't see computers as real things, hence they don't care enough and even coin that stupid expression 'IRL'. Anyways, back to the question: you could try to ask Symantec why they flagged your exe (I.e. trust them). Or you could trust Androdion or Microsoft or Kaspersky. But, since no one is always right, you can't be sure. Hm, reading that back, I probably wasn't that helpful. Just try it and pick up the pieces if you get hit. 1 Link to comment
gogoblender 3,039 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 3 hours ago, rm3000 said: If you're careful about what you click on and make regular backups (which includes testing), you're pretty much set. This... which has worked pretty well very well for me for years now gogo Link to comment
gogoblender 3,039 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 On 6/24/2018 at 10:42 AM, Spock said: gogo Link to comment
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