Trojan inside RXPGNS2-430-FSIM

[Michael Smith]

Downloaded this file last night because I thought I had previously purchased a license... this morning after a regularly scheduled virus scan, Windows told me this... what the hell?!

[Holdit]

I got this too. It's a false positive. Just set the antivirus to exclude that particular folder when scanning.

[Michael Smith]

4 minutes ago, Holdit said:

I got this too. It's a false positive. Just set the antivirus to exclude that particular folder when scanning.

False positive based on....? This is the first time in many years of flight simming that I’ve had this happen. 

[Holdit]

Based on easy-to-find information:

The same thing happened to me. I had to reinstall RXP because my GPS units stopped working because of the AV's intervention. Then I excluded the folder from scanning. Nothing bad has happened since.

 

[Michael Smith]

Thanks - I had checked before posting but bleary eyes didn't see this!

[GHarrall]

This always makes me laugh. Does anybody really believe a professional software company that caters to a small, tight knit community would actually ship software installers with a virus? It would be the complete downfall of the company both professionally and financially. 

Unless your distributor is “pirate bay” I don’t think you need worry. 😉