Watch_Dogs coming up as a trojan?

[tstehler1]

Hey everyone,

So I know the pirated version of Watch_Dogs was rumored to be infested with a nice little trojan. Being very protective of my PC, after buying the game (legitimately - I'm not a pirate), I decided to run a virus scan just to make absolutely sure... I know that's overkill, but it's my SOP with all new games and especially one with a reputation such as this.

It came up with one threat.

watch_dogs.exe - W32.Trojan.Gen

Does anyone know why this would be? I did some Googling and found that the trojan people had seen was usually Winlogin.exe, a fake version of Winlogon.exe that would open all kinds of nasty back doors. But the actual game EXE file itself? I tried launching the game and it worked just fine, so I'm not sure why my computer is bringing this up as a trojan. Does anyone know why this might be happening?

By the way, I use Webroot as my security program, but I also have a copy of Titanium that can be installed for a second look if necessary.

Thanks!

[Duxwing]

Oh! The irony! >_< The Register confirms your suspicion.

-Duxwing

[vger]

Oh! The irony! >_< The Register confirms your suspicion.

-Duxwing

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

Hilarious.

Wouldn't shock me either if every person who buys that game automatically winds up on some NSA list. (hopefully that one doesn't count as conspiracy theory... *shifty eyes*)

If hard copies of that game have been distributed with that (ARE there hard copies?), this is going to be Hell for them to fix.

Edited June 2, 2014 by vger

[technicalfool]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

Hilarious.

Wouldn't shock me either if every person who buys that game automatically winds up on some NSA list. (hopefully that one doesn't count as conspiracy theory... *shifty eyes*)

If hard copies of that game have been distributed with that (ARE there hard copies), this is going to be Hell for them to fix.

From what El Reg is reporting, there's no issue with genuine copies. Just the usual consequences of not being careful where you download stuff from, for users of the cracked versions.

[tstehler1]

After playing for a few hours, there seems to be no issue. I've been virus scanning the crap out of my system, with no evil trojans detected. I guess Webroot could have blacklisted Watch Dogs in general. Future updates to come.

[KvickFlygarn87]

That's ironic, considering the fact that Watch_Dogs is about hacking and spying and stuff.

[Aghanim]

Bitcoin miner???? I thought CPU and even GPU mining is obsoleted by ASIC miner

Either The Register thought Bitcoins and Litecoins are the same, or the botnet creator is stupid

[joppiesaus]

I don't think it contains a virus - at least not a GPU Bitcoin mining virus.

This would make no sense because Watch_Dogs already uses your GPU so much, and I didn't see anything suspisious.

Also, the creators aren't stupid. And Uplay is not that evil yet.

Besides that, the irony would be amazing!

[ZedNova]

It's probably confused and thinks that it's the illegally distributed version of the game, as the bad version of Watch_Dogs.exe may have been added to your antivirus definition list recently because of the trojan that's in it.

The legal version of it is probably fine, but because the illegal and legal versions have the same name, they both show up as a threat.

Just a hypothesis.

[WinkAllKerb'']

hello guy i m mister Drm believe me i m not a trojan only a cloud for a spider ; ok let's thrust you

[tstehler1]

It's probably confused and thinks that it's the illegally distributed version of the game, as the bad version of Watch_Dogs.exe may have been added to your antivirus definition list recently because of the trojan that's in it.

The legal version of it is probably fine, but because the illegal and legal versions have the same name, they both show up as a threat.

Just a hypothesis.

That is exactly my hypothesis, and it appears to be correct. I've still had no issues with it so far, so I think by this point it's safe to permanently white list this one in Webroot. If my computer explodes in the next few days... Sucks.

[Nuke]

back in the olden days people who wrote malware actually wrote their own code. these days their code consists of one file with a bunch of #include <somelibrary.h> at the top and hit compile. these are the same libraries used in legit applications. as a result safe programs look like viruses and viruses look like pictures of cats.

[WinkAllKerb'']

who it hurt, who it save , who in front, who behind, who in the middle, etc. * shrug*

Edited June 2, 2014 by WinkAllKerb''
edit: give me give me a wall after midnight, (random)chineese one will fit yup yup but could be another

[Special Agent Sigvan]

Hmm, Ubisoft's not that stupid, play the game and learn the hard way.

I'll guess it might be a weird form of DRM that's intended to break illegal copies of the game cracked by people who don't fix the DRM on it first.

That or it's useless and just there.

That or Ubisoft is that stupid.

[vger]

Well, DRM is a virus in my book

Edited June 3, 2014 by vger

[Special Agent Sigvan]

Well, DRM is a virus in my book

Some companies did it right, Homefront worked even though it had a form of DRM to play the multiplayer.