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Minetest 0.4.14 Malware?
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Thu Jun 23, 2016 03:59by PerrySteven
Hello, I recently decided to download the latest version of Minetest and my Yandex browser gave me a warning message after scanning the install file. It said it contained malicious software. I am not sure what to do. I scanned it using Malwarebytes and it told me that no malicious files were found. I don't know what to do in such a situation.
Re: Minetest 0.4.14 Malware?
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Thu Jun 23, 2016 05:44by burli
I guess it's a false positive. I don't really believe, that Minetest has malware, except you download it from a suspicious website
Re: Minetest 0.4.14 Malware?
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Thu Jun 23, 2016 09:35by PerrySteven
burli wrote:I guess it's a false positive. I don't really believe, that Minetest has malware, except you download it from a suspicious website
But I downloaded it from the official Minetest website, at minetest.net.
Re: Minetest 0.4.14 Malware?
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Thu Jun 23, 2016 09:42by burli
PerrySteven wrote:But I downloaded it from the official Minetest website, at minetest.net.
That's why I said it's a
false positive
Re: Minetest 0.4.14 Malware?
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Fri Jun 24, 2016 02:33by Tmanyo
Yandex is something I have not heard of before, if Malwarebytes says that is is clean I would trust that over Yandex.
Re: Minetest 0.4.14 Malware?
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Fri Jun 24, 2016 09:37by azekill_DIABLO
Re: Minetest 0.4.14 Malware?
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Fri Jun 24, 2016 10:03by burli
Tmanyo wrote:Yandex is something I have not heard of before, if Malwarebytes says that is is clean I would trust that over Yandex.
Yandex is the "Russian Google". It is the most popular search website and the browser is based on Google Chromium
Re: Minetest 0.4.14 Malware?
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Fri Jun 24, 2016 15:48by MykieDoesStuff
Minetest does not include any Malware. I'm using ESET Smart Security and it's amazing. I played with Mintest for couple years too on system with many antivirus. No problem ever.
Re: Minetest 0.4.14 Malware?
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Fri Jun 24, 2016 16:51by azekill_DIABLO
Minetest is a completely safe game; i know it because i have the source code on my computer and because i'm modding it since 2 years and playing since 4 years :)
Re: Minetest 0.4.14 Malware?
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Sat Jun 25, 2016 18:51by MineYoshi
It's a false positive, some browsers simply don't trust in files that are downloaded from sites that aren't "https".
I don't know if "minetest.net" is "https" but in the firefox browser says isn't a "secure site" maybe because isn't "https"...
Maybe that happened, i don't know but in some browsers the "minetest.net" page give some false positives too.
Re: Minetest 0.4.14 Malware?
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Sun Jun 26, 2016 08:23by azekill_DIABLO
minetest.net is WWW.
Re: Minetest 0.4.14 Malware?
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Mon Jun 27, 2016 02:31by PerrySteven
Ahh, I see. Okay, I was overreacting. Thank you all for your replies! So it must definitely be a false positive.