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Vanishing of Ethan Carter, TheWindows Security Alert: astronautsgame-win64-shipping.exe?(7 posts)(7 posts)
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Posted June 10, 2015
I just installed this game and it seems to start up and run fine, but additionally I get a Windows Security Alert warning that my firewall has blocked "astronautsgame-win64-shipping.exe" from accessing public networks.

This seems awfully fishy to me. Why does this game need to contact an external site? Is there any downside to simply disallowing it access?

FWIW I'm running Windows 8.1
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Posted June 10, 2015
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dlottero: I just installed this game and it seems to start up and run fine, but additionally I get a Windows Security Alert warning that my firewall has blocked "astronautsgame-win64-shipping.exe" from accessing public networks.

This seems awfully fishy to me. Why does this game need to contact an external site? Is there any downside to simply disallowing it access?

FWIW I'm running Windows 8.1
Hi dlottero,

we can assure you that the warning from your firewall is a false positive. There is nothing dangerous about the game. Unfortunately Windows Security is not the best firewall in the world and it is oftentimes wrong.

Adrian Palma,
Support Manager,
The Astronauts
Posted June 14, 2015

we can assure you that the warning from your firewall is a false positive. There is nothing dangerous about the game. Unfortunately Windows Security is not the best firewall in the world and it is oftentimes wrong.

Adrian Palma,
Support Manager,
The Astronauts
Thanks, but why does this game need to access the network at all? It's a single-player game.
Posted June 14, 2015
It probably has something to do with the GOG platform or the strange behaviour of Windows Security, which is objectively not the best available firewall/antivirus to be honest.

Adrian Palma,
Support Manager,
The Astronauts
Posted June 26, 2015
Our team looked into that and it turns out it is an Unreal Engine 3 quirk (the engine the game is running on) that we cannot change. You can tell Windows Security to block UE3 and you should still be able to play the game.

Adrian Palma,
Support Manager,
The Astronauts
Posted June 29, 2015
I get a similar message..." Astronauts Game-Win 64-shipping has stopped working." I reinstalled the game and still get the same message! Any thoughts?
Posted July 02, 2015
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NancyR: I get a similar message..." Astronauts Game-Win 64-shipping has stopped working." I reinstalled the game and still get the same message! Any thoughts?
Could you tell us what kind of computer have you got?

Adrian Palma,
Support Manager,
The Astronauts
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