Hi @devs

I tried to install the updated game. I get I virus detection from Avast! with the following description:

foxtail.exe.download
Win32:SMSSend-BH [Tr]

Avast! continues to pop up again and again against that file.
Can you please check that?

Thanks!

edit: this file "foxtail.exe.download" seems to try to install itself again and again - even after the GOG-installer is closed. It's in the folder "!Temp" and pops up as soon as Avast! quarantines it.

edit2: I deleted the folder "!Temp" and uninstalled Galaxy (as the process Avast! mentions is "GalaxyClient.exe" - but still the virus message pops up...

edit3: I now even uninstalled Foxtail - but still Avast! is popping up like crazy.

Take a look at this thread on Steam forums: steamcommunity.com/app/581360/discussions/0/2251181585635139884/

Uploaded for checking - only AVG, Avast (both of these use the same detection engine and both are owned by Alwil Software) and some other two antivirus engines I've never heard of have issue with the file. False alarm, indeed - add to exclusions and play. Scan result: virustotal.com/gui/file/2ae02c896c6481c4d685f246178675f0033e71a9bce62e7f01b0f5ed9aa47284/detection

Thank you for your reply! Yes, I've seen that thread. I just find it unusual to get false positives in such a case. I know that many cracks provoke false positives, but a normal, regular game? Earlier versions of Foxtail didn't provoke fs so I find it strange. Anyway, I'll add it to the list. Thanks again.

That was just posted on Steam forums... Since Avast and AVG share the definitions database I guess that in a day or two Avast will also stop to report FoxTail as problematic:

That's great to hear. Thank you for informing me! :)

I have the same problem with bitdefender. Even if i set foxtail as exception in bitdefender, it is not possible to install foxtail !!

I'd still like to know what's different about this version's exe and why it causes these false positives...

It may take some time for antivirus engines to catch up after you inform them about a false positive. Try to send foxtail.exe from quarantine for analysis by a human, if your antivirus does support it. About changes between versions - it's something you must ask the game developers about.

Could it have something to do with the DATA file?

As you mentioned earlier modern antiviral software became unreliable since it began to eagerly hunt down cracks, remote control and 'potentially unwanted' software instead of it's primary purpose. Every perfectly legit program will be reported as a threat if it utilize self-modifying code. Compressed executables which decompress themselves in memory for example. So, you probably should ask the vendor of your antivirus instead. In this case Avast! probably encountered familar signature inside of the installer.

P.S. And, well, Avast! is famous for it's false positive reaction habits but low detection rates on the real threats. Stopped to use it years ago after it attempted to decimate my collection of self-digitized ZX-Spectrum tapes.

Thanks for your reply. Yes, Avast! is indeed especially overreactive but I simply never had a fp with a regular commercial release of a game before, that's what I found strange about this case.