The file was intially detected when i Tried to run Steam. When i tried to start Steam, avast! gave me a message which said that the file Steam.exe had been moved to the chest automatically.
It said it was infected with “Win32:Trojan-gen”
The file was, of course, from Steampowered.com. I had just installed and updated the program yesterday.
The Exact file was Steam.exe, the main executable for the Steam program.
The wording was similar to what i have included later in this post. As per instructions, i restored it from the chest and rescanned it, and i got the exact same alert.
However, when i uploaded Steam.exe to the Jotti scanner, it passed as totally clean. I also scanned it with MBam, which it also passed.
I did a search on viruslist.com for Win32:Trojan-gen and got this as a result:
“Phrase to find: “Win32:Trojan-gen”
Found: 12382”
So this seems to be a rather common infection.
I suppose i should mention that i am using the avast! version 5 beta.
Anyway, i deleted the Steam.exe file, and redownloaded the steam installer form their website. After i reinstalled steam,
i scanned the fresh Steam.exe file. It passed clean. However, when i started it, it went to automatically update.
In the middle of that update i got this message:
"avast! File System Shield has blocked a threat.
No further action is required.
Object: C;\Program Files\Steam\SteamNew.exe
Infection: Win32:Trojan-gen
Action: Moved to chest
Process: C:\Program Files\steam\Steam.exe
The Threat was detected and blocked when the file was created or modified."
It seems that the Steam.exe file being downloaded from Valve’s servers is either infected, or possibly coming up as
a false positive. Anyone have this problem?
I am also having this problem, I altho am not using beta version. Trying to run Steam for a game and it’s bringing up win32:fakeAlert-AAB [Tri], I have yet to try the website itself for a possible new version of Steam.exe, it does make me wonder about the site being comprimised.