upload and check suspicious file(s) at www.virustotal.com / www.metascan-online.com
if scanned before, click rescan for a fresh result
it was scanned by the owner of gta5-mods.com
oh and it made it to kotaku now
http://kotaku.com/psa-some-top-gta-v-mods-have-nasty-viruses-1704480631
it seems avast picked up on the virus i have a fade.exe file in the quarantine since day 1 of using this mod
i can though say i was about to quit using avast i had no intention of renewing my over 7 year now subscribtion as i was tired of the constant pay addons on the highest paying version but seeing how avast was the only antivirus that picked up on this file i think i’ll accept the bloat
check your My Messages button at forum top …
i’ve sent you a sample now note it is a mod file not sure what you can do with it as it will only be activated when running it in the game
zzcool, would you also PM me the files in question. I have a few other sites to try them at.
Pondus
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you have a malwr account? … search MD5
system
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The .ASI doesn’t seem malicious at first glance, but further analysis reveals otherwise as per the thread zzcool linked to.
Loading .ASI libriaries are a common practice amongst Grand Theft Auto modders for the past decade, even long after Rockstar discontinued support for the Miles Sound System. Besides natively-compiled ones, scripts written in .NET are used especially with newer games in lieu of writing gameplay logic using the engine’s scripting language.
I know not everyone here’s arsed to shell out $60 to buy a game just to isolate and analyse viruses using said applications as vectors, but given the recent rise in gaming-related threats these days I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt to run GTA V on a VM. 'Sides, some of the folks who posted on the linked thread did do their own sleuthing, which should be a starting point.