# Possible virus detected in Launcher?

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-virus-detected-in-launcher/404075>\
**Category:** EVE Launcher\
**Created:** [May 1, 2023, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-virus-detected-in-launcher/404075 "2023-05-01T08:45:05Z")\
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**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:** [June 17, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/possible-virus-detected-in-launcher/404075/9 "2023-06-17T00:54:43Z")

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> [@Eve files are incorrectly flagged by Windows Defender - 2023/06/16](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-files-are-incorrectly-flagged-by-windows-defender-2023-06-16/409582):
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> Hello everyone, We’ve had multiple tickets submitted over the last hour and we’ve become aware that old versions of Windows Defender are incorrectly flagging EVE files as a Trojan and quarantining them. The files seem to no longer flag as problematic as of update 1.391.1678.0 (from 16.06.2023 @ 21:48:23). We are raising the issue with Microsoft, but if you are encountering this issue, we recommend you update your Windows Defender Signatures to resolve the problem. To do this: Search in Wind…

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