I haven’t looked deep in to the Adonis source code so I can’t give a direct answer with 100% positivity, but I will say this
Adonis will pop up on most Anti Virus plugins on the basis that Adonis has commands such as “:s” (allowing users to run their own scripts, etc…) which as a result these Anti-Virus plugins see as a ServerSide.
Most anti-virus plugins will flag things such as function environments to require, loadstring, etc… Which adonis uses in a non-malicious way.
To sum it up I highly doubt Adonis actually has a virus even though it’s flagged, that’s simply a false positive which is rather common within these Anti Virus Plugins.
First of all, Adonis is open sourced, I can not see how @Sceleratis would’ve put a virus / backdoor inside his model when everyone can see it and if it gets caught, Roblox moderation willbut 99% wont do something and ruin his reputation.
Aight someone pulled me out of VR for this. Adonis is completely open source and its code can be viewed on GitHub should you desire to review it. If you don’t trust that the code on GitHub is the actual code in the module; the MainModule that gets loaded, which you can verify using its ID, is free to take and edit.
As always, make sure you’re using the loader that was uploaded by me on Davey_Bones. Believe it or not, but both intentional and unintentional backdoors would severely negatively impact me. I’m fully aware that people actively review my code and would never intentionally want to do something that would cause issues or put my users at risk. Plus, as far as I’m aware based on previous conversations with admins related to Adonis specifically, ROBLOX actively looks for terms violations in popular models.
Alternatively, the best option that removes the need for trust entirely would be to make your own script. What you do is up to you, though based on what you described this sounds like either not what you think it is, or not Adonis.
I have been using Adonis for years. I have a version from 2018 and my game does not have a virus so it seems like the newer version of the admin has the virus as my game as never gotten the virus.
I’d like to add that making far-fetched claims about popular models containing virus scripts and backdoors without proof is very dangerous; it hurts the developer’s reputation. Just because you encountered exploiters with server-side access doesn’t mean it’s Adonis’s fault (if that were true, every game with Adonis would have that issue, but I play/work on many games that don’t have this issue). Bashing Adonis as being a free model “admin script” is somewhat toxic (after all, aren’t all admin scripts free models?).
But back to the topic, from my many years of using Adonis, I can say that it doesn’t have virus scripts. Like @Sceleratis mentioned, it’s completely open-source and is constantly reviewed by many users to ensure it works well and has the latest features (just take a look at its Github page).
I’m not making claims because this did actually happen to me. As soon as I removed the script, all the server-side exploiter problems went away. Edit: must’ve been a fake or something, according to what everyone else is saying.
According to everyone else, I probably downloaded a fake version, so that’s my bad. But basically, what happened was exploiters would basically delete the whole map / delete the humanoids off characters and leave them in a permanent rag-dolled state.
Sounds like they found a way to delete things (insecure remote or some form of FE bypassing exploit maybe?) Typically, server-side access would lead to more than just deleting (like kicking, crashing, replacing the skybox, messing with lighting, etc)
As stated above, before making such far-fetched claims, can you provide solid reasoning? Nonchalantly tarnishing a (well-known) product as being “one of the worst” without any proof or evidence—and in the presence of the creator—breeds toxicity. I’m not saying that making such remarks is bad; criticism is good—when it’s constructive.
I’ve personally modified Adonis for my own use in certain games and projects, and it works wonderfully. In my opinion, I like Adonis more than HD for my uses (not to say HD isn’t good – both are wonderful). I could go on about why I like it over other admin commands, but that’s besides the point.
Additionally, usually suggesting someone to just switch over to a different product only temporarily fixes the issue. Generally, the issue itself reveals a flaw in the user’s configuration of the product, which could very well leak into a different product (i.e. the user might not know how to set up something properly, so learning how to do so would be more beneficial).
This is still happening. I added Adonis to my Interview Center for my new cafe game and every time I joined it, it would teleport me to a place called “Loading” then teleport me back to the Interview Center. I have since realized that it was indeed a copy of Adonis made by a person with a similar name to the original creator of Adonis. Please make sure you read who made the model very carefully before implementing it into your game.
We swapped out admin modules for a very simple custom admin script. It misses out on lots of quirky and “fun” commands but it is functional i.e it handles everything that is NESSECARY for an admin system and is not a toy.
We also handle everything on the server - no exceptions. It makes it a little clunkier but it’s just worth having the peace of mind and security. It shouldn’t ever be an issue.
That “Loading…” is a clever tactic to get games views. Nice that you found it. People really enjoy copying the names of popular model owners, then uploading.
Best way to check if it’s the real model, look at the dev’s profile.
Would the dev of a 100k+ downloads model really be wearing bacon hair?
Edit: I didn’t realize this post was 6 months old I’m so sorry, it popped up as unread for me, must have been a error with the dev fourm…