1776 Virus infected patch?

The Scribbler · 01-17-2016, 01:19 PM,

Hello. Well, I've been away from playing for close to ten years now, and just this weekend went down into storage and dragged all my old computer wargames out. I spent most of the day installing and updating my old HPS games and was surprised when I came across the update from HPS for 1776. I was unable to update it as Norton found a virus in the download. Has any one else received this message?

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Filename: campaign1776_109.exe
Threat name: WS.Reputation.1Full Path: c:\games\hps simulations\campaign 1776\campaign1776_109.exe
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On computers as of
1/16/2016 at 7:18:55 PM
Last Used
1/16/2016 at 9:02:40 PM
Startup Item
No
Launched
No
Threat type: Insight Network Threat. There are many indications that this file is untrustworthy and therefore not safe

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campaign1776_109.exe Threat name: WS.Reputation.1
Locate

Few Users
Hundreds of users in the Norton Community have used this file.
Mature
This file was released 5 years 9 months ago.
Medium
This file risk is medium.

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http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/Updates/up_...76_109.exe
Downloaded File campaign1776_109.exe Threat name: WS.Reputation.1
from hpssims.com
Source: External Media
campaign1776_109.exe
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File Actions
File: c:\games\hps simulations\campaign 1776\ campaign1776_109.exe Removed
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File Thumbprint - SHA:
067e89ed5dbfef792786ab32a6f3d57251fab6749b971cea95354c46769d13d4
File Thumbprint - MD5:
Not available

****End of Copy****

Any ideas? I get a similar error for Eagle Strike. All my other games are fine. Just wondering if there's a way to update around this problem or if it's just me and something's off. Would there be a similar problem with the game if I were to buy it from the John Tiller Store? Or is this not a real threat and I should just override Norton somehow and let the file go through (not sure how to do that though)?

**Compass Rose** · 01-17-2016, 01:41 PM,

I would email HPS support and ask them to make sure.

[email protected]

I am no tech however, I'd being willing to guess that you may have a false positive.

Also, since you have HPS titles, make sure you are using HPS updates; don't use JTS updates.

SLudwig · 01-17-2016, 03:02 PM,

I get the same issues too. Caught me off guard at first, but then I overrode & no issues. Still, check with JTS/HPS. I think the new patches take care of the issue. 1776 has yet to get the new updates.....

rahamy · 01-17-2016, 09:20 PM,

Its a code signing issue - so a "false positive". Basically, in the Antivirus world these days you are guilty until proven innocent...

The Scribbler · 01-18-2016, 12:40 AM,

Thanks to for your replies. I've overridden Norton and installed both Eagle Strike and 1776. Glad to be playing them again. Thanks for the reassurance. I suspected that would be the case as I couldn't imagine a virus attached directly to the stores download, but still... you can't be too naïve however if others are using it and there's no issue, I'm okay with it too. Again thanks!!