Benjc Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I’m trying to install LB 11.14 on a Windows 7 machine. Unfortunately, windows defender keeps reporting that there’s a Trojan in win32/zpevdo.b in the LB setup exe and the installation stops dead then. Presuming this isn’t actually a virus in your latest exe, how do I get around this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjongilist Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Windows Defender Also just detected this for me also and says the file that is source of it is the Launchbox.dll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warped Polygon Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I have simply tried launching LB on win 10 and got the same. I think this may need reporting or picking up by one of the devs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjongilist Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Yea, sorry to clarify mine was detected when just launching bigbox, I let defender keep the trojan in quarantine for now because everything else seems to work as expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetec Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 VirusTotal shows four different vendors - including MS and Symantec - as Launchbox.dll being infected. https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/f5b98b798da40f7f28829f874d78258849f1e9a24eae32624acc5d6d25824c61/detection This isn't acceptable - Won't be using Launchbox until this is sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjc Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 Those four could be false positives I suppose- there’s a fair few high profile vendors (Kaspersky, McAfee and BitDefender for example) who do not detect it as a virus. Would be good to get absolute confirmation (if such a thing is possible) before adding an exclusion to WD for this file however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandmr Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) OK so this is detected for me too and referred to as a severe risk. As I have now let my protection software remove the infected file launchbox is now broken. To say I'm upset is an understatement. I've spent 4 days setting everything up. I have uninstalled launchbox but all my folders are still there. When this is sorted can I just install launchbox again? Will everything work or have I just waisted 4 days? It seems like a new install will overwrite everything but I just don't know. Maybe I shouldn't have uninstalled the software but the launchbox/core.dll was reported as infected. The recommendation was to have it completely removed. What a mess. Has anybody got any advice? Edited July 31, 2021 by iandmr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laizhensil Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, iandmr said: OK so this is detected for me too and referred to as a severe risk. As I have now let my protection software remove the infected file launchbox is now broken. To say I'm upset is an understatement. I've spent 4 days setting everything up. I have uninstalled launchbox but all my folders are still there. When this is sorted can I just install launchbox again? Will everything work or have I just waisted 4 days? It seems like a new install will overwrite everything but I just don't know. Maybe I shouldn't have uninstalled the software but the launchbox/core.dll was reported as infected. The recommendation was to have it completely removed. What a mess. Has anybody got any advice? Goodness, I hope starting from scratch isn't the only solution. I've got 35,000 titles. It took me a week to set up Launchbox I know it doesn't make you feel any better, but I'm in the same boat as you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandmr Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Just trying to install 11.13 from my updates folder. It installs and launches but then when you try to launch it again after closing it automatically tries to install 11.14. If I say I don't want to install 11.14 it deleted the executable file/in the roll back. Maybe it is my complete lack of understanding of how all this works but I am feeling pretty fed up right now. I guess people with skills way above mine will get to this and save the day....I hope! Edited July 31, 2021 by iandmr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandmr Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 For those that are interested I installed 11.13 then disabled automatic updates in the options. Then I can start launchbox 11.13 and everything seems to be still there. Phew. There may be some controller issues but I'm not too sure right now. I hope that helps others. I hope I've done this correctly whilst the 11.14 reported virus gets resolved!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingSlayer937 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 i can verify that downgrading to v1.13 works. Pretty upsetting that its now almost noon and not a single official statement from any of the devs or mods smh. I'll stay away from updates for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iandmr Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Yes looks good to me although my controller on the Onexplayer that I am using is no longer registering in retroarch. I hope everybody rescues everything - some feedback from the launchbox team would be helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjc Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 Don’t suppose anyone knows if there’s a way to download 11.13? As an aside, I can’t help but feel in some way responsible for this- I’m one of those people who has a problem when stuff works fine for everyone else. I’m in no way surprised this software that everyone lauds as being quick and simple to set up developed a serious installation problem the very day I decided to install it for the first time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetec Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 21 minutes ago, Benjc said: Don’t suppose anyone knows if there’s a way to download 11.13? As an aside, I can’t help but feel in some way responsible for this- I’m one of those people who has a problem when stuff works fine for everyone else. I’m in no way surprised this software that everyone lauds as being quick and simple to set up developed a serious installation problem the very day I decided to install it for the first time This isn't your fault - This is something LB needs to address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutColed Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Chiming in that I ran into this exact same problem this morning. Symptoms: LaunchBox will not launch. BigBox DOES launch. Windows flagged zpevdo.b and quarantined it, which affected functionality of Launchbox.dll. I've rolled back to 11.12 from the Updates folder (11.13 was missing for me, oddly). Hope to hear some update on this soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjc Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 Just got a response from LB support but there’s still a skeptical part of me hesitating running the installer unblocked: “There is no virus in the 11.14 release; it's a false positive. I assume you're running Symantec/Norton anti-virus? Symantec is known for throwing false positives left and right and generally just being a terrible anti-virus solution.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjongilist Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I am somewhat inclined to believe it's a false positive mostly because I noticed that Malwarebytes did not detect it but would just like to see an admin response in either troubleshooting forum post about this topic before I actually allow it through defender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 16 minutes ago, OutColed said: (11.13 was missing for me, oddly) It was pulled shortly after release, that is why it is missing. I have notified @Jason Carr and @faeran on our discord to have a look into this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetec Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 30 minutes ago, Benjc said: Just got a response from LB support but there’s still a skeptical part of me hesitating running the installer unblocked: “There is no virus in the 11.14 release; it's a false positive. I assume you're running Symantec/Norton anti-virus? Symantec is known for throwing false positives left and right and generally just being a terrible anti-virus solution.” This is atrocious. Blaming a specific antivirus instead of providing information about why it's being flagged as a false report is the kind of thing that makes security-conscious users like myself run for the hills. The way this is being handled deserves more attention, because that response is completely inappropriate and dismisses serious concerns with no justification for doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingSlayer937 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, zetec said: This is atrocious. Blaming a specific antivirus instead of providing information about why it's being flagged as a false report is the kind of thing that makes security-conscious users like myself run for the hills. The way this is being handled deserves more attention, because that response is completely inappropriate and dismisses serious concerns with no justification for doing so. I agree! and at that its WINDOWS DEFENDER (the one they claim to use) thats flagging it as a virus. Blaming it on a antivirus thats embedded in windows 10 next? been hours and still no response im legit done with this mess. Edited July 31, 2021 by joshchawks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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