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Seasoned Rookie

6 years ago

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Antivirus programs reporting r5apex.exe as malware

So after latest patch/update at least Avast and AVG seem to think Apex is virus? Something to worry about or just skip it?

EA_David
6 years ago
Hi all.

This does appear to be a false positive of course -they do happen from time to time- but we'll investigate what's happening here.

Thanks for the posts.

Sevokevo

Not applicable

6 years ago

@Thez0 To answer your question.. And as the EA Staff posted.. that these issues happen from time to time.. meaning that in the world of coding.... a single slip in coding could result in a issue like this can trigger anti-virus software making it think it is a virus or malware issue. Its one of the things that can happen when it comes to coding any kind of software.

EX: (And I am no software dev). Say the correct code in one part of the file is {(CODE)}...... The dev can easily have made a mistake and put {(CODE))...... And the file could still possible work correctly with no issue.. ... But then the Anti virus software might have scanned it and saw it being off... then flagged it as a possible virus or Malware,

dav1d997

Not applicable

6 years ago

yeah thats not how code works when you mess up your parentheses the code doesnt compile and nothing works. that can be a huge pain in the a**.(looking at you scheme(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheme_(programming_language) ))

far more likely that they used code which can be used for nefarious purposes as well, what they use it for might not be bad but it might still circumvent your computers security in an unintended way.