My DOTA goes to update and apparently when it finishes updating there is a virus, so i have to download it again ,repeat. My anti virus says steam.exe(evo.gen) suspicious malware detected? Why Steam? Why a virus?

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I bet Origin wouldn't have gave you a virus. GO EA!

No seriously though, what kind of virus symptoms are you having?

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No virus symptoms only my antivirus blocking the update which makes me download it again.

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Probably, like others have said, a false detection. Might need some new AV if it's tripping out over Steam.

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Probably just a false detection or something.

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Just whitelist it; it's highly unlikely it's actually a virus.

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uninstall this shiet antivirus.. if you BUY games and don't crack... or don't visit p*rn website.. you do not need any antivirus...

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Btw, it says the source of virus is Steam.exe according to Kaspersky :)

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It's a false positive issue with avast, relax

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Are you using Avast! by any chance? I hear that others have got that as well, so it's most likely a false positive (My Kaspersky didn't say anything).

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No im using Kaspersky, using my parents second license :)
I haven't heard of avast , im assuming its bad?

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i hate kapersky its like the worrysome mother of AV, way way over protective

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Avast is one of the best AV's available, and you don't have to pay for it. I've been using it over 10 years myself. Noobs who complain about false positives in relation to Avast usually don't know the difference between a virus alert and a PUP alert (which they now have disabled by default to avoid confusion from people who don't read the actual words printed in the popup box).
http://freebies.about.com/od/computerfreebies/tp/best-free-antivirus.htm
http://www.maximumpc.com/windows_defender_vs_avast_2013

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Dota 1 or Dota 2?

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Obv 2 :)

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Closed 10 years ago by GoldenSano.