# \[20241024\] - 'exefile.exe' Incorrectly Flagged By Anti-Virus Applications **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** official\ **Created:** [October 24, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727 "2024-10-24T16:05:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CCP\_Arcade](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_arcade/32/479917_2.png) [@CCP\_Arcade](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Arcade)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/1 "2024-10-24T16:05:48Z")
Hey, We’re seeing some reports that ‘exefile.exe’ is being incorrectly flagged by anti-virus applications such as Avast and Norton. We are reaching out to Norton and Avast to ensure that the flags are resolved and encourage any player who is encountering this to also contact their anti-virus vendor. ---
**Author:** ![Bexey\_Songweaver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/bexey_songweaver/32/386877_2.png) [@Bexey\_Songweaver](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Bexey_Songweaver)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/2 "2024-10-24T16:18:32Z")
Checkpoint asks for verification occasionally ---
**Author:** ![Wachutu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/wachutu/32/410262_2.png) [@Wachutu](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Wachutu)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/3 "2024-10-24T20:58:08Z")
I always thought that there must be a miner in EVE because the CPU usage is ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Smarter\_ThanU](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/smarter_thanu/32/436079_2.png) [@Smarter\_ThanU](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Smarter_ThanU)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/4 "2024-10-24T22:16:26Z")
> [@Wachutu](#): > > I always thought that there must be a miner in EVE Miners are the backbone of Eve Online! ---
**Author:** ![0ptimus\_Swine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/0ptimus_swine/32/385816_2.png) [@0ptimus\_Swine](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/0ptimus_Swine)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/5 "2024-10-24T22:43:58Z")
I’d like to know precisely what code in the exe file is being flagged as a virus. ---
**Author:** ![Laubrani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/laubrani/32/430644_2.png) [@Laubrani](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Laubrani)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/6 "2024-10-25T03:14:12Z")
> [@CCP\_Arcade](#): > > We are reaching out to Norton and Avast to ensure that the flags are resolved and encourage any player who is encountering this to also contact their anti-virus vendor. You encourage us to say your code is not a virus? Yet you do not give us the code or even explain why it gets flagged. Are you insane? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_Saki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/alice_saki/32/486142_2.png) [@Alice\_Saki](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Alice_Saki)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/7 "2024-10-25T06:40:14Z")
For the love of the machine god, get Norton off you’re system xD ---
**Author:** ![Analoreke\_Brunette](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/analoreke_brunette/32/441333_2.png) [@Analoreke\_Brunette](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Analoreke_Brunette)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/8 "2024-10-25T10:16:07Z")
> [@Wachutu](#): > > there must be a miner in EVE I’m sure there are several thousands. > [@CCP\_Arcade](#): > > We’re seeing some reports that ‘exefile.exe’ is being incorrectly flagged by anti-virus applications such as Avast and Norton The only time I got a real bad virus was running Avast. I’ve been using Windows own antivirus and real-time protection now for over 10 years and never got a virus. EVE is now happily running on my machine, no alert, no warning no nothing 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MalcomReynolds\_Serenity](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/malcomreynolds_serenity/32/385107_2.png) [@MalcomReynolds\_Serenity](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/MalcomReynolds_Serenity)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/9 "2024-10-26T04:55:05Z")
found someone utterly and completely incapable of doing a code review. ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/10 "2024-10-26T14:15:08Z")
You shoukd see their other thread, refuses to explain their problem or send ccp a ticket, but wants something fixed ---
**Author:** ![Analoreke\_Brunette](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/analoreke_brunette/32/441333_2.png) [@Analoreke\_Brunette](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Analoreke_Brunette)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/11 "2024-10-26T14:16:54Z")
> [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](#): > > refuses to explain their problem or send ccp a ticket And doesn’t know that Google Translate exists. ---
**Author:** ![CCP\_Explorer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_explorer/32/385081_2.png) [@CCP\_Explorer](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Explorer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/12 "2024-10-26T22:02:55Z")
> [@Laubrani](#): > > You encourage us to say your code is not a virus? No, we encourage you to contact your security vendor and provide them with all details on the issue you have. > [@](#): > > Yet you do not give us the code You submit the file that is flagged to your security vendor. > [@](#): > > or even explain why it gets flagged. We can’t explain why your security vendor is flagging the file. All scanners used by VirusTotal came up empty-handed: [VirusTotal analysis of exefile.exe](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/f3c2eb7a12c80fab7d1b2ccd78c3c125888bd3e58016393e54e3b1db4f687c55) > [@](#): > > Are you insane? I fail to see how this question is relevant or professional. ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/13 "2024-10-26T23:22:36Z")
You think thats not professional. You should see the topic they made in regards to russian payments ---
**Author:** ![Laubrani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/laubrani/32/430644_2.png) [@Laubrani](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Laubrani)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/14 "2024-10-27T00:17:21Z")
Ended up looking so stupid over there, you need to spam other threads instead? ---
**Author:** ![Laubrani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/laubrani/32/430644_2.png) [@Laubrani](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Laubrani)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/15 "2024-10-27T00:18:12Z")
> [@CCP\_Explorer](#): > > You submit the file that is flagged to your security vendor. I would need a reason to believe its a false positive. You have not supplied any. _EDIT_ If they refuse to tell you anything, then tell us that. Tell us what changes are in that made it start get detected, these kind of things. Right now the Eve Launcher is packed with trackers etc from Google, and one point we couldn’t even enter the game if we used DNS blocking to prevent our computer from accessing well known tracking servers. I have every reason to believe you imported a new library that gets detected, and no reason to believe your code is safe to have on a computer. ---
**Author:** ![Laubrani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/laubrani/32/430644_2.png) [@Laubrani](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Laubrani)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/16 "2024-10-28T04:10:55Z")
Know that it exists. Also knows that it is useless and extremely dangerous, telling you things tht cna in fact be the direct opposite of what the input says. ---
**Author:** ![Analoreke\_Brunette](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/analoreke_brunette/32/441333_2.png) [@Analoreke\_Brunette](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Analoreke_Brunette)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/17 "2024-10-28T10:42:32Z")
> [@Laubrani](#): > > Also knows that it is useless and extremely dangerous Sure. With over 1 billion installs and a 100 billion words translated every day but it’s “useless and extremely dangerous” 🙄 > [@Laubrani](#): > > telling you things tht cna in fact be the direct opposite of what the input says Of course, you have to have more than two brain cells to use it. ---
**Author:** ![Laubrani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/laubrani/32/430644_2.png) [@Laubrani](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Laubrani)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/18 "2024-10-28T11:23:44Z")
100 billion words WRONGLY translated every day Fixed that for you. ---
**Author:** ![Analoreke\_Brunette](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/analoreke_brunette/32/441333_2.png) [@Analoreke\_Brunette](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Analoreke_Brunette)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/19 "2024-10-28T11:44:50Z")
> [@Laubrani](#): > > Fixed that for you Before you fix anything for me, you ought to try and fix your little problem you posted about. How’s that going for you? Is it fixed? Gee I wonder why. ---
**Author:** ![Kalelon\_Cesaille](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kalelon_cesaille/32/439920_2.png) [@Kalelon\_Cesaille](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kalelon_Cesaille)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727/20 "2024-11-09T14:28:03Z")
I use Aura and it is currently acting like the “F:\EVE Online\tq\bin64\exefile.exe” is a virus and keeps quarantining it. I can’t figure out how to add it to the exclusions list due to the file’s location on my computer and every time I try to open the game it automatically closes so I can’t play. Could someone please fix this? I have already uploaded a bug report as well. [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/20241024-exefile-exe-incorrectly-flagged-by-anti-virus-applications/465727.md?page=2)