BB vs Virus Protection

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Socoder -> Blitz -> BB vs Virus Protection
Mon, 30 Jun 2025, 16:15
dna	Error I get an odd error when launching BB under windows 10 It gives me the message: PUAAdvertising:win32/ShopHome Every single time I tell the threat protection to block or delete it but it still returns every time the application is launched. I'm thinking it's something inside of the BB IDE somewhere. What's going on? -=-=- DNA
Mon, 30 Jun 2025, 16:40
Pixel_Outlaw	I imagine you tried to download BlitzBasic and got malware Or your computer got infected by something that replaces launchers. Where did you get the original binary from?
Mon, 30 Jun 2025, 17:01
Jayenkai	"What's going on?" A False Positive is what's happening. This is when someone, somewhere, creates something "a bit virusy" using the language, and the virus scanner can't quite decide what bit of the program is causing that, so flags a normally insignificant bit of code as if it's a virus. Imagine you're at school, get a post-it note, and draw a bit floppy willy on the thing and stick it under a desk. A teacher finds it, and then the headteacher decides the best way to stop this terrible behaviour is to ban post-it notes, outright. Every post-it, because they're evil... Well, your virus scanner, at some point, must've found something bad in one program.. Presumably one written using Blitz, and then went "Oh, then that must be the culprit", and is producing a "False Positive" report about Blitz as a whole, instead of just the one bad program. First thing you need to do, is send your copy of Blitz to your Virus Scanner's creator, with some kind of "I think this is a false positive" report. There should be a report button somewhere. Have a good nosey around the UI. Second, as Pixel_Outlaw suggests, maybe double check that you have a proper version, and not some creepy alternative edition that shouldn't exist. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 30 Jun 2025, 19:26
dna	Where is the most reliable source for downloading BB? -=-=- DNA
Mon, 30 Jun 2025, 23:31
Dan	Probably still from the itch.io site : https://blitzresearch.itch.io/ (recompiled and updated files) or maybe this one: https://nitrologic.itch.io/blitz3d (should be old, legacy installed/r files) but, if you look at the comments there, you may find out that they are complaining about the same problem, as well.

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