Do I have a virus?

[UnspeC5d]

Recently I had installed a game called "Universe Sandbox Simulator 2". I had pirated it, so when I installed it, Windows gave me an alert stating that I had got a virus known as "DriverUpdater.A"

 

I want to know whether this really is a virus or a false positive

 

Thank you

[GoldenLag]

get the actual game. i do not endorse people who pirate active and recently released titles that can still be bought easily from a publisher

 

[UnspeC5d]

2 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

get the actual game. i do not endorse people who pirate active and recently released titles that can still be bought easily from a publisher

Sorry, but my parents won't get me games easily. But however, I occasionally get original copies of the games which I love, I understand that this way, developers are not getting the full credit for their games which they have worked so hard on creating...

[WereCatf]

12 minutes ago, UnspeC5d said:

I had pirated it

I'd say the likelyhood is pretty good that it is real. Pirating games and apps is generally a bad idea exactly because it's so easy to hide malware/viruses in them and then get a lot of people infected with little work.

[NelizMastr]

I'll answer your question once you've bought the game  

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, UnspeC5d said:

Sorry, but my parents won't get me games easily. But however, I occasionally get original copies of the games which I love, I understand that this way, developers are not getting the full credit for their games which they have worked so hard on creating...

i understand your situation, but there are plenty of free to play titles out there. (warthunder, world of tanks, CS;GO, Warframe and more)

 

save cash for games. if you choose to buy them with your own cash, the parents shouldnt argue with you (though some will try)

[UnspeC5d]

I just checked on steam, there is quite a discount on it, I hope I can convince my parents to buy it

4 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

i understand your situation, but there are plenty of free to play titles out there. (warthunder, world of tanks, CS;GO, Warframe and more)

 

save cash for games. if you choose to buy them with your own cash, the parents shouldnt argue with you (though some will try)

 

8 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

I'll answer your question once you've bought the game  

 

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

18 minutes ago, UnspeC5d said:

 

I want to know whether this really is a virus or a false positive

A little tip for you really getting those games, really cant avoid trojan although it looks safe sometimes...

- avoid using installers, iso

- get the game from"original source"

- turn off all defenders/ antivirus and not using that pc for important data. so the  worst case virus can only ruin your softwares

 

[That_PC_Kid]

Hey bossman, how about not pirating the game next time. Also, you probably do have a virus.