I just updated Galaxy to the latest Beta, and Kaspersky classifies this version as Adware? See the attached screenshot. Text is german, sorry for that, but basically it says that access to GalaxyClient was forbidden, because Galaxy can be used harm my pc or my personal data...

Should be fixed I think, maybe you can contact Kaspersky about this...


Cheers

Line40

Kaparsky is not the only software that thinks Galaxy is an Adware. I think best thing to do is to report it here:
http://mantis.gog.com/

False positive. Kaspersky probably doesn't keep a sensible database of trusted programs. Haven't heard a peep out of Microsoft Security Essentials/Windows Defender.

Galaxy is not adware. It does not show you ads at any time of usage. Therefore it's a false positive, and you're better off putting it as an exception.

Strictly speaking, galaxy is adware.
Wikipedia defines adware as "Adware... is any software package that automatically renders advertisements in order to generate revenue for its author".
If you go to the store page on galaxy you will see many ads (e.g. for Dying Light, Uprising, Day of the Tentacle Remastered, etc.), which will generate revenue for GOG.

Not that I see anything wrong with it.

So does Kapersky mark Steam as adware? I would think it falls under that same general definition, given the "ads" it serves up on the front page.

I have no idea. Never tried installing steam, nor do I use Kaspersky.
But my educated guess would be that it does not.

Emphasis on the word "automatically" in the definition. It means that regardless of your choice, you'll have ads in your face. I feel that by the way they worded it, they meant that ads cannot be avoided whether you wanted it or not. In which case....

Galaxy is not adware. You can by your own choice, decide not to open the Store tab of Galaxy, ever. The settings even help in letting you decide your defaults, and you don't even need to go online and view the store firsthand in order to make use of Galaxy...

Paying for premium security when you don't know about computers/programs is silly. They like to make everything seem dangerous so you keep on subscribing. For home usage just use free protection. Most of the bad stuff is from ads and an adblocker ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en or https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ ) will stop those for you.

If you need suggestions let us know. :) Never saw MSE do anything either. It's either magical or useless. :P

Sob, hic! Yes! I am locked out of Galaxy for almost a month now! I am waiting for Kaspersky to expire (had the trial to disinfect my toaster/pc)! 2 More days. :'(

Fair enough.

Eh? Can't you add exceptions with that antivirus? O_o

Or simply uninstall Kapersky and use something better instead.

Tried that, didn't work... Don't know why. I tampered with both its firewall (kaspersky has its own) and with the list of exceptions and with the list of allowed programs. But failed...

Kaspersky cleaned me up. Even though the previous program i had was (considered to be) better and both it and Kaspersky are ranked pretty high (or even top), i wasn't even aware of the (unwanted) traffic in my browser and internet usage, let alone blocking it.