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Uplay d’Ubisoft detected as a high-risk virus

Pierrro -  
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Hello,

I just ran a scan of my PC with different virus and malware scanners and the result for the uplay file looks suspicious; it is a file linked to Ubisoft.

The result after online scanning with different scanners leaves me perplexed!

http://virusscan.jotti.org/fr/scanresult/99aa1dc622a5cc554eeb4faed2a838c0b3c554f9

What do you think? virus, a false positive or just not very healthy origin?

Thank you

Configuration: Windows 7 / Firefox 21.0

7 answers

  1. Pierro
     
    I’m not sure, I haven’t tried it yet, I’ll take a look at it but I think I could play more without Uplay

    It comes from the installation of the game Driver San Francisco via Steam, it’s neither pirated nor modified in any way, it’s shady all the same
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  2. juju666 Posted messages 35446 Registration date   Status Security Contributor Last intervention   4 796
     
    Well, given the detections... and the antivirus detecting it... it smells like a false positive :) -- .::. Security Contributor .::.
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  3. juju666 Posted messages 35446 Registration date   Status Security Contributor Last intervention   4 796
     
    Hi,

    Send it to https://www.virustotal.com/gui/ it’s better :)

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  4. Pierrro
     
    Hi thanks I did it too it tells me the same, some yes and others no, it's shady!

    https://www.virustotal.com/fr/file/d70ee81f248ac52e44ff669d5a3f22c0296fd55574840a4edb7562e34a9696ee/analysis/
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  6. juju666 Posted messages 35446 Registration date   Status Security Contributor Last intervention   4 796
     
    What’s it for?
    Where did you download it from?

    Strange, it’s not signed by Ubisoft .... if it’s a crack, don’t be surprised!

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  7. Pierro
     
    This is a file related to Ubisoft Game Launcher; I didn’t download it, it installs automatically when you install an Ubisoft game. I just searched the net and apparently it’s malware-originated!
    http://www.pcworld.fr/jeux-video/actualites,ubisoft-uplay-drm-faille-securite-malware,530441,1.htm
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  8. juju666 Posted messages 35446 Registration date   Status Security Contributor Last intervention   4 796
     
    yeah right but if you remove it you can’t play anymore I suppose ...

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