0.19 Update McAfee Detected a Virus.

When I finished downloading the 0.19 update my antivirus software said it detected a virus in the BeamNG executable and it does so every time I try to start the game. I uninstalled the game and are currently reinstalling it.

 

I'm encountering the same issue

 

At least im not the only one.

 

got the same with bitdefender

 

thank you I was worried

 

I'm receiving an error from steam when I turn off realtime scanning for McAfee, stating as follows in verbatim
"An error occured while updating BeamNG.drive (missing executable) :

C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\BeamNG.drive\BeamNG.drive.exe"

I looked in that location, and was unable to find a file of "BeamNG.drive.exe"

And yes, I get a different error when scanning is turned on, stating, again in verbatim,
"Failed to start process for BeamNG.drive :

"Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service." (0x5AA)"

I have added exceptions in my scanner for both "BeamNG.drive.x86.exe" and "BeamNG.drive.x64.exe," which has not fixed the problem

 

Do a file integrity check, and if that fails try a clean install

 

I'm just going to be reinstalling it. I'm already 30% of the way done

 

Reinstalling was pointless. Your antivirus moved the .exe file to quarantine. Should've just restored the executable from quarantine.

 

that would've been good to know beforehand. Thanks anyways, now I know to do that if there's ever a next time

 

Sorry about that, I completely forgot about the possibility for that, but yeah, if it happens again, try find the file in quarantine.

 

i have the same problem with mcafee, it stand that 9 threats har been slolved on apr 4, so idk what has happend, and i have not fixed it yet

 

check in quarantined items in mcafee, and if you see at least one beamng.drive.exe things, restore it (only restore one)
Then go to realtime scanning, then "excluded files," and chose that beamng.drive.exe file in the steam/steamapps/common/beamng.drive folder
That should work

 

idk what happend but while i was doing homeshcool or homework, i just tried to open beamng drive and it just opened soo, that good.

 

Throw away McAfee, simple as that. You're better off using Windows' built-in anti-virus and just not downloading dodgy stuff

 

100% the best thing to do, I had McAfee on my Laptop, its just bloatware that slows down your PC / Laptop, Windows Defender is good enough.

 

Windows built-in antimalware - Windows Defender - Is seriously good. It's all you need. This is why you don't download third-party antimalware.

Besides that, best of luck.

 

Annoyingly since my PC was my father's office PC It has Norton Installed on it, and due to it being the main account i'm not allowed to delete it, but I can turn it onto "Silent Mode" which much improves performance.