Avast Reporting Malware on Studio Launch

yenyang4 · August 22, 2020, 11:33pm

When launching roblox studio avast is marking the file “libGLESv2.dll” as “Win64:Malware-gen”
The file is located in “versions\version-f0df799f8c8a4f92\libGLESv2.dll”

I have uninstalled/reinstalled and received the same notification; Is this a false positive?

Sailor_Bea · August 23, 2020, 5:38pm

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fwnadam · August 22, 2020, 11:47pm

It’s saying that for me to, with Avast. I’m uninstalling Avast.

SirTebe · August 22, 2020, 11:51pm

i also think that avast think that the file has a virus but it actually dont

fwnadam · August 22, 2020, 11:54pm

You can make a ‘Exception’ with Avast. But, I still get an error.

fwnadam · August 22, 2020, 11:55pm

I get this error.

I tried reinstalling it. Still doesn’t work.

(EDIT: This is extremely annoying, now I have to shutdown my game because of exploiters.)

Kaixa_theAshes · August 23, 2020, 12:30am

The falsely detected “libGLESv2.dll” is moved to the “virus chest”, so I searched for “libGLESv2.dll” there and clicked something like “Correct and then return to the original location” in the additional processing. If you open it again later, I think it will be fixed.
(This method fixed me.)

yrrebRBLX · August 23, 2020, 12:36am

Seconded, have just done the same by opening the virus chest and returning it to its original file - now working fine

ProvenData · August 23, 2020, 12:46am

So recently a family member got hacked on their Mac. So I called their tech support and I was recommended from Apple this one Scanner. I actually downloaded it on my Mac as of now and I now have a habit of running at least once maybe more times a day. I’m not sure why your Malware detector is finding something but when my method from Apple doesn’t find anything it leads me to believe your program is faulty. I’ll send over my program if you’d like.

yenyang4 · August 23, 2020, 12:48am

Really Im just trying to varify if it’s a false negative or not.

Ryfiles · August 23, 2020, 1:08am

That’s weird because I just went to VirusTotal and Checked it you can see it here

greatneil80 · August 23, 2020, 1:12am

Can you not whitelist roblox so that you let it through?

Dylan56202 · August 23, 2020, 1:25am

I also had this happen to me with AVG.

ShipooI · August 23, 2020, 2:25am

I’m also experiencing this exact message, but with AVG.

Kenn2222 · August 23, 2020, 2:46am

I’m currently experiencing similar issues however the message I recieve is slightly different.

Like others said before, reinstalling studios doesn’t work.

RipperGFX · August 23, 2020, 3:01am

Experiencing the same issue; libGLESV2.dll being found as malware.
Current workaround as I found it is to disable the file scanner before reinstalling studio, then enabling it again.