Creation Kit for Skyrim Special Edition

[MyridonT]

In response to post #43916200. #43939280, #43941485, #43961165, #43971080, #43972530, #43987055, #43990475, #43993905, #43997015, #43998360, #44049035, #44213650, #44276180 are all replies on the same post.

Aragingmonk wrote: Tried to install the launcher and my antivirus went nuts three times. I cancelled it and will not install.

Arthmoor wrote: Your antivirus is garbage then, there's nothing wrong with the launcher.

Aragingmonk wrote: LOL, People reported drivers crashing and even pc's crashing. Then there is the "data we collect" clause in the agreement. You people trust too easily. I got kicked from a BF4 server omly because when the admin checked they could not trace me. Tried hard and it gave them 3 different locations, one of which was Czechoslovakia.

You people assume because it is Bethesda they will not pull dirty tricks to gain money. Remember subscription for ESO? How about the paid mod program? Then there was this game. There was no backwards compatibility and charge for the 2k dlc. 60 bucks to play on console. For what? s#*! we have played for years.

Your antivirus is junk because it did not pick up that Bethesda was digging to deep into your system. Places they need not be. I contacted my my provider and a few hrs later tried again. It installed without admin rights, I did not have to give it special permission. It did not screw up anything like drivers on my system and I have no issues. Ran a scan and there are no viruses or malware. Can you say the same? Oh, that is right, yours did not pick it up the first time. lol

Aragingmonk wrote: Why did it leave your comment but delete my reply? That is a little bias I think.

HadToRegister wrote:

Aragingmonk
Tried to install the launcher and my antivirus went nuts three times. I cancelled it and will not install.

You must be using an AV with a LOT of False Positives then.

I use Kaspersky and it didn't complain at all

What anti-virus program are you using, Avast or AVG?

Because 99.9% of people who claim that EVERYTHING is a virus, use one of the two Anti-Virus programs I mentioned.

Aragingmonk wrote: I use avast and it did pick up the win 32 files in this launcher. I reported it to avast, because the launcher would not let run it in a sandbox. A few hrs later I came back and tried the install a second time. It went in with no issues.

I do not claim everything is a virus and Avast did not make that claim either it flagged it as potential. With the number of companies harvesting and selling data I would rather have a false positive to deal with then find out to late.
(edit) Installed Steam, Uplay, and Origin on this machine and Avast was silent. Not one alert. Thx

andyrancid wrote: Did you try right clicking and running as administrator? I had to. or go into your antivirus and turn it off temporarily. Simple.

krepperk wrote: Sooo...THE OFFICIAL BETHESDA LAUNCHER contains a virus. Yeah. Right.

Aragingmonk wrote: Perhaps what set off the alarms was part of this.
"In addition to personal information, we may collect information from you and YOUR COMPUTER or mobile device through use of our services, embedded within messages to you, within social media, IN SOME OF OUR PRODUCTS, and otherwise. ZeniMax collects non-personal information along with personal information in the context of online and mobile activities, such as online and mobile purchases, registration, or use of a product, service, or our games."
https://bethesda.net/en/document/privacy-policy
"Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge and that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a computer without the consumer's knowledge." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware

That may trigger an antivirus when they start digging through your system.

HomicidalGrouse wrote: The best anti-virus is common sense.

Aragingmonk wrote: "The best anti-virus is common sense."
"one in every 14 downloads from the Internet may now contain malware"
http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/malware

I will stick with my premium plan. Thx LOL

Th3UniQu3 wrote: Considering the size and scope of the internet, you are taking that statement faaaaaar too literally.

holytimes wrote: As someone who is studying and working in the field of cyber security, i can safely say that the statement of "1 in 14 downloads contain malware" Is so insanely misleading that it hurts. If we include the scope of every file on the entirety of the internet, including torrents and other such shadier things then i MIGHT be able to agree with the idea that 1 in 14 downloads contain malware.

Also if you do plan to use a AV then use one that is well maintained. Avast is a good example of one that is not. If you honestly want to keep your self safe then you would be much better served with common sense, a script blocker and a well maintained and updated web browser.

Also Fear mongering, and that is in fact what you are doing here. By stating your antivirus "went nuts three times" is a awful practice and you should feel ashamed. If you honestly feel that malware of some form was detected then please for the love of god state what AV you are using and what kind of flag was thrown when you make these claims. That way others know what to look out for and you wont just make the more jumpy people too scared to touch anything.

Half my of life i have had to deal with the side effects of people like you who make sweeping claims like this and terrify people into having bad practices. So please stop, you are not helping anyone. If you want to help then make a proper report to your AV maintainer.

pewpewcachu4 wrote: no antivirus has ever worked as well as my paying attention to what i download they only cause problems installing useuless software and some cause rootkits to install that cause more harm than good you are better off without it

I installed with out any issues and I use Norton 360 Suite and believe me if there was a virus Norton would have found it.

[Aragingmonk]

In response to post #43916200. #43939280, #43941485, #43961165, #43971080, #43972530, #43987055, #43990475, #43993905, #43997015, #43998360, #44049035, #44213650, #44276180, #44277845 are all replies on the same post.

Aragingmonk wrote: Tried to install the launcher and my antivirus went nuts three times. I cancelled it and will not install.

Arthmoor wrote: Your antivirus is garbage then, there's nothing wrong with the launcher.

Aragingmonk wrote: LOL, People reported drivers crashing and even pc's crashing. Then there is the "data we collect" clause in the agreement. You people trust too easily. I got kicked from a BF4 server omly because when the admin checked they could not trace me. Tried hard and it gave them 3 different locations, one of which was Czechoslovakia.

You people assume because it is Bethesda they will not pull dirty tricks to gain money. Remember subscription for ESO? How about the paid mod program? Then there was this game. There was no backwards compatibility and charge for the 2k dlc. 60 bucks to play on console. For what? s#*! we have played for years.

Your antivirus is junk because it did not pick up that Bethesda was digging to deep into your system. Places they need not be. I contacted my my provider and a few hrs later tried again. It installed without admin rights, I did not have to give it special permission. It did not screw up anything like drivers on my system and I have no issues. Ran a scan and there are no viruses or malware. Can you say the same? Oh, that is right, yours did not pick it up the first time. lol

Aragingmonk wrote: Why did it leave your comment but delete my reply? That is a little bias I think.

HadToRegister wrote:

Aragingmonk
Tried to install the launcher and my antivirus went nuts three times. I cancelled it and will not install.

You must be using an AV with a LOT of False Positives then.

I use Kaspersky and it didn't complain at all

What anti-virus program are you using, Avast or AVG?

Because 99.9% of people who claim that EVERYTHING is a virus, use one of the two Anti-Virus programs I mentioned.

Aragingmonk wrote: I use avast and it did pick up the win 32 files in this launcher. I reported it to avast, because the launcher would not let run it in a sandbox. A few hrs later I came back and tried the install a second time. It went in with no issues.

I do not claim everything is a virus and Avast did not make that claim either it flagged it as potential. With the number of companies harvesting and selling data I would rather have a false positive to deal with then find out to late.
(edit) Installed Steam, Uplay, and Origin on this machine and Avast was silent. Not one alert. Thx

andyrancid wrote: Did you try right clicking and running as administrator? I had to. or go into your antivirus and turn it off temporarily. Simple.

krepperk wrote: Sooo...THE OFFICIAL BETHESDA LAUNCHER contains a virus. Yeah. Right.

Aragingmonk wrote: Perhaps what set off the alarms was part of this.
"In addition to personal information, we may collect information from you and YOUR COMPUTER or mobile device through use of our services, embedded within messages to you, within social media, IN SOME OF OUR PRODUCTS, and otherwise. ZeniMax collects non-personal information along with personal information in the context of online and mobile activities, such as online and mobile purchases, registration, or use of a product, service, or our games."
https://bethesda.net/en/document/privacy-policy
"Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge and that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a computer without the consumer's knowledge." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware

That may trigger an antivirus when they start digging through your system.

HomicidalGrouse wrote: The best anti-virus is common sense.

Aragingmonk wrote: "The best anti-virus is common sense."
"one in every 14 downloads from the Internet may now contain malware"
http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/malware

I will stick with my premium plan. Thx LOL

Th3UniQu3 wrote: Considering the size and scope of the internet, you are taking that statement faaaaaar too literally.

holytimes wrote: As someone who is studying and working in the field of cyber security, i can safely say that the statement of "1 in 14 downloads contain malware" Is so insanely misleading that it hurts. If we include the scope of every file on the entirety of the internet, including torrents and other such shadier things then i MIGHT be able to agree with the idea that 1 in 14 downloads contain malware.

Also if you do plan to use a AV then use one that is well maintained. Avast is a good example of one that is not. If you honestly want to keep your self safe then you would be much better served with common sense, a script blocker and a well maintained and updated web browser.

Also Fear mongering, and that is in fact what you are doing here. By stating your antivirus "went nuts three times" is a awful practice and you should feel ashamed. If you honestly feel that malware of some form was detected then please for the love of god state what AV you are using and what kind of flag was thrown when you make these claims. That way others know what to look out for and you wont just make the more jumpy people too scared to touch anything.

Half my of life i have had to deal with the side effects of people like you who make sweeping claims like this and terrify people into having bad practices. So please stop, you are not helping anyone. If you want to help then make a proper report to your AV maintainer.

pewpewcachu4 wrote: no antivirus has ever worked as well as my paying attention to what i download they only cause problems installing useuless software and some cause rootkits to install that cause more harm than good you are better off without it

MyridonT wrote: I installed with out any issues and I use Norton 360 Suite and believe me if there was a virus Norton would have found it.

Well I uninstalled the game, Beth launcher and Creation kit from Beth launcher. It screwed up my uplay had to reinstall, trashed 95% of my saved games from steam library. So ya might wanna have a talk with Norton. lol

Beth net infiltrates your files and collects data. I reported it to steam and they are looking into it. Edited November 10, 2016 by Aragingmonk

[yourenotsupposedtobeinhere]

 

Beth net infiltrates your files and collects data. I reported it ti steam and they are looking into it.

 

 

Do you have more information you can share on this? I find this interesting, expected and intrusive. I have not installed it for that very suspicion. Links, screenshots, posts, anything would be appreciated.

Thank you.

[Festivepandaxdlol]

In response to post #44092915. #44122270, #44136770, #44188110, #44205100 are all replies on the same post.

RunningRyan wrote: Hopefully this isn't too out of order but could anyone point my in the direction of how-to's for modding and such. Trying to jump into it. :3 Thanks chaps!

BlueGunk wrote: This might help: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/articles/801/?

Otherwise look up the STEP process - it's very helpful.

Festivepandaxdlol wrote: I'm a console player and all this modding stuff is really exciting for me since I've seen some really great mods on YouTube and such but is any mod able to be ported over to console if so can anyone pleaseeeee port over the drakal armor mod, the relics of the reach mod, and the siege bows and arrows collection if any of the mod authors see this I'm begging you the armor mods out right now are ugly as all hell for male players

lued123 wrote: Sorry to interject here, but when you do start getting into modding, I'd recommend using USSEP (Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch) as a base for all of your mods. That way, you can be sure that USSEP's bug fixes don't get undone because your mod was built for a "vanilla" SE. And really, since SE includes the dlcs, there's no reason for people not to use USSEP. That is, unless you plan on having your mods available on PS4, where USSEP isn't allowed.
TLDR: Unless you really want to include PS4 players, build your mods off of USSEP so they're of the utmost quality.

AlarictheVisgoth wrote: Buy a PC, install the FREE copy of the new CK and design you your mods. This whole console player annoying and trolling PC modders on Nexus is starting to wind up again. Just like it did when Beth first put that broken excise of a site up.

For the last time: WHAT YOU ARE REQUESTING IS BOTH ILLEGAL AND CYBER HARASSMENT. Per Nexus, Steam, and Bethesda's new forum/policies IT IS ILLEGAL TO UPLOAD ANY MODDED CONTENT OF WHICH YOU ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL MOD AUTHOR. IT IS ALSO THEREFORE ILLEGAL TO REQUEST SOMEONE ELSE PORT SAID MOD(S) TO THE NEW BETHESDA FORURM.

Either of these actions will most likely earn you a forum ban from not only Nexus and Bethesda but Steam as well Because your Steam account is now back linked to the new Bethesda site. That was done to prohibit mod theft. Which you seem so intent on promoting.

I never said to port them over without permission lol innocent until proven guilty and you literally falsely accused me of harassment when in itself is harassment I was just hoping the owners of the mods would maybe see my request they aren't forced it was a request kid get your facts straight I never said I was entitled to anything. To AlarcittheVisgoth Aka the keyboard warrior.

[TheGodFormerlyKnownAsJohnX]

In response to post #44092915. #44122270, #44136770, #44188110, #44205100, #44302475 are all replies on the same post.

RunningRyan wrote: Hopefully this isn't too out of order but could anyone point my in the direction of how-to's for modding and such. Trying to jump into it. :3 Thanks chaps!

BlueGunk wrote: This might help: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/articles/801/?

Otherwise look up the STEP process - it's very helpful.

Festivepandaxdlol wrote: I'm a console player and all this modding stuff is really exciting for me since I've seen some really great mods on YouTube and such but is any mod able to be ported over to console if so can anyone pleaseeeee port over the drakal armor mod, the relics of the reach mod, and the siege bows and arrows collection if any of the mod authors see this I'm begging you the armor mods out right now are ugly as all hell for male players

lued123 wrote: Sorry to interject here, but when you do start getting into modding, I'd recommend using USSEP (Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch) as a base for all of your mods. That way, you can be sure that USSEP's bug fixes don't get undone because your mod was built for a "vanilla" SE. And really, since SE includes the dlcs, there's no reason for people not to use USSEP. That is, unless you plan on having your mods available on PS4, where USSEP isn't allowed.
TLDR: Unless you really want to include PS4 players, build your mods off of USSEP so they're of the utmost quality.

AlarictheVisgoth wrote: Buy a PC, install the FREE copy of the new CK and design you your mods. This whole console player annoying and trolling PC modders on Nexus is starting to wind up again. Just like it did when Beth first put that broken excise of a site up.

For the last time: WHAT YOU ARE REQUESTING IS BOTH ILLEGAL AND CYBER HARASSMENT. Per Nexus, Steam, and Bethesda's new forum/policies IT IS ILLEGAL TO UPLOAD ANY MODDED CONTENT OF WHICH YOU ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL MOD AUTHOR. IT IS ALSO THEREFORE ILLEGAL TO REQUEST SOMEONE ELSE PORT SAID MOD(S) TO THE NEW BETHESDA FORURM.

Either of these actions will most likely earn you a forum ban from not only Nexus and Bethesda but Steam as well Because your Steam account is now back linked to the new Bethesda site. That was done to prohibit mod theft. Which you seem so intent on promoting.

Festivepandaxdlol wrote: I never said to port them over without permission lol innocent until proven guilty and you literally falsely accused me of harassment when in itself is harassment I was just hoping the owners of the mods would maybe see my request they aren't forced it was a request kid get your facts straight I never said I was entitled to anything. To AlarcittheVisgoth Aka the keyboard warrior.

First, it's not "illegal", as neither Bethesda, Nexus nor Steam are legislative bodies that pass laws. It's simply against the terms of conduct agreement. Second, as long as an individual has the original mod author's permission, or the OA specifically states on the mod page that it is free to use, than any individual can port. Instead of belittling commenters with half-correct statements, it would make the community as a whole better to properly inform them. And there is nothing in the terms on any site stating against making porting requests, as long as either the original author or someone permitted does it. I find your ignorance displeasing.

[Aragingmonk]

In response to post #43916200. #43939280, #43941485, #43961165, #43971080, #43972530, #43987055, #43990475, #43993905, #43997015, #43998360, #44049035, #44213650, #44276180, #44277845, #44293675 are all replies on the same post.

Aragingmonk wrote: Tried to install the launcher and my antivirus went nuts three times. I cancelled it and will not install.

Arthmoor wrote: Your antivirus is garbage then, there's nothing wrong with the launcher.

Aragingmonk wrote: LOL, People reported drivers crashing and even pc's crashing. Then there is the "data we collect" clause in the agreement. You people trust too easily. I got kicked from a BF4 server omly because when the admin checked they could not trace me. Tried hard and it gave them 3 different locations, one of which was Czechoslovakia.

You people assume because it is Bethesda they will not pull dirty tricks to gain money. Remember subscription for ESO? How about the paid mod program? Then there was this game. There was no backwards compatibility and charge for the 2k dlc. 60 bucks to play on console. For what? s#*! we have played for years.

Your antivirus is junk because it did not pick up that Bethesda was digging to deep into your system. Places they need not be. I contacted my my provider and a few hrs later tried again. It installed without admin rights, I did not have to give it special permission. It did not screw up anything like drivers on my system and I have no issues. Ran a scan and there are no viruses or malware. Can you say the same? Oh, that is right, yours did not pick it up the first time. lol

Aragingmonk wrote: Why did it leave your comment but delete my reply? That is a little bias I think.

HadToRegister wrote:

Aragingmonk
Tried to install the launcher and my antivirus went nuts three times. I cancelled it and will not install.

You must be using an AV with a LOT of False Positives then.

I use Kaspersky and it didn't complain at all

What anti-virus program are you using, Avast or AVG?

Because 99.9% of people who claim that EVERYTHING is a virus, use one of the two Anti-Virus programs I mentioned.

Aragingmonk wrote: I use avast and it did pick up the win 32 files in this launcher. I reported it to avast, because the launcher would not let run it in a sandbox. A few hrs later I came back and tried the install a second time. It went in with no issues.

I do not claim everything is a virus and Avast did not make that claim either it flagged it as potential. With the number of companies harvesting and selling data I would rather have a false positive to deal with then find out to late.
(edit) Installed Steam, Uplay, and Origin on this machine and Avast was silent. Not one alert. Thx

andyrancid wrote: Did you try right clicking and running as administrator? I had to. or go into your antivirus and turn it off temporarily. Simple.

krepperk wrote: Sooo...THE OFFICIAL BETHESDA LAUNCHER contains a virus. Yeah. Right.

Aragingmonk wrote: Perhaps what set off the alarms was part of this.
"In addition to personal information, we may collect information from you and YOUR COMPUTER or mobile device through use of our services, embedded within messages to you, within social media, IN SOME OF OUR PRODUCTS, and otherwise. ZeniMax collects non-personal information along with personal information in the context of online and mobile activities, such as online and mobile purchases, registration, or use of a product, service, or our games."
https://bethesda.net/en/document/privacy-policy
"Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge and that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a computer without the consumer's knowledge." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware

That may trigger an antivirus when they start digging through your system.

HomicidalGrouse wrote: The best anti-virus is common sense.

Aragingmonk wrote: "The best anti-virus is common sense."
"one in every 14 downloads from the Internet may now contain malware"
http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/malware

I will stick with my premium plan. Thx LOL

Th3UniQu3 wrote: Considering the size and scope of the internet, you are taking that statement faaaaaar too literally.

holytimes wrote: As someone who is studying and working in the field of cyber security, i can safely say that the statement of "1 in 14 downloads contain malware" Is so insanely misleading that it hurts. If we include the scope of every file on the entirety of the internet, including torrents and other such shadier things then i MIGHT be able to agree with the idea that 1 in 14 downloads contain malware.

Also if you do plan to use a AV then use one that is well maintained. Avast is a good example of one that is not. If you honestly want to keep your self safe then you would be much better served with common sense, a script blocker and a well maintained and updated web browser.

Also Fear mongering, and that is in fact what you are doing here. By stating your antivirus "went nuts three times" is a awful practice and you should feel ashamed. If you honestly feel that malware of some form was detected then please for the love of god state what AV you are using and what kind of flag was thrown when you make these claims. That way others know what to look out for and you wont just make the more jumpy people too scared to touch anything.

Half my of life i have had to deal with the side effects of people like you who make sweeping claims like this and terrify people into having bad practices. So please stop, you are not helping anyone. If you want to help then make a proper report to your AV maintainer.

pewpewcachu4 wrote: no antivirus has ever worked as well as my paying attention to what i download they only cause problems installing useuless software and some cause rootkits to install that cause more harm than good you are better off without it

MyridonT wrote: I installed with out any issues and I use Norton 360 Suite and believe me if there was a virus Norton would have found it.

Aragingmonk wrote: Well I uninstalled the game, Beth launcher and Creation kit from Beth launcher. It screwed up my uplay had to reinstall, trashed 95% of my saved games from steam library. So ya might wanna have a talk with Norton. lol

Beth net infiltrates your files and collects data. I reported it to steam and they are looking into it.

Steam investigated the issue and forwarded the findings to the department that handles the security issues. That was the response I got and says something to me. If the investigation did not find anything they would not forward it!

[Ethreon]

In response to post #43916200. #43939280, #43941485, #43961165, #43971080, #43972530, #43987055, #43990475, #43993905, #43997015, #43998360, #44049035, #44213650, #44276180, #44277845, #44293675, #44558710 are all replies on the same post.

Aragingmonk wrote: Tried to install the launcher and my antivirus went nuts three times. I cancelled it and will not install.

Arthmoor wrote: Your antivirus is garbage then, there's nothing wrong with the launcher.

Aragingmonk wrote: LOL, People reported drivers crashing and even pc's crashing. Then there is the "data we collect" clause in the agreement. You people trust too easily. I got kicked from a BF4 server omly because when the admin checked they could not trace me. Tried hard and it gave them 3 different locations, one of which was Czechoslovakia.

You people assume because it is Bethesda they will not pull dirty tricks to gain money. Remember subscription for ESO? How about the paid mod program? Then there was this game. There was no backwards compatibility and charge for the 2k dlc. 60 bucks to play on console. For what? s#*! we have played for years.

Your antivirus is junk because it did not pick up that Bethesda was digging to deep into your system. Places they need not be. I contacted my my provider and a few hrs later tried again. It installed without admin rights, I did not have to give it special permission. It did not screw up anything like drivers on my system and I have no issues. Ran a scan and there are no viruses or malware. Can you say the same? Oh, that is right, yours did not pick it up the first time. lol

Aragingmonk wrote: Why did it leave your comment but delete my reply? That is a little bias I think.

HadToRegister wrote:

Aragingmonk
Tried to install the launcher and my antivirus went nuts three times. I cancelled it and will not install.

You must be using an AV with a LOT of False Positives then.

I use Kaspersky and it didn't complain at all

What anti-virus program are you using, Avast or AVG?

Because 99.9% of people who claim that EVERYTHING is a virus, use one of the two Anti-Virus programs I mentioned.

Aragingmonk wrote: I use avast and it did pick up the win 32 files in this launcher. I reported it to avast, because the launcher would not let run it in a sandbox. A few hrs later I came back and tried the install a second time. It went in with no issues.

I do not claim everything is a virus and Avast did not make that claim either it flagged it as potential. With the number of companies harvesting and selling data I would rather have a false positive to deal with then find out to late.
(edit) Installed Steam, Uplay, and Origin on this machine and Avast was silent. Not one alert. Thx

andyrancid wrote: Did you try right clicking and running as administrator? I had to. or go into your antivirus and turn it off temporarily. Simple.

krepperk wrote: Sooo...THE OFFICIAL BETHESDA LAUNCHER contains a virus. Yeah. Right.

Aragingmonk wrote: Perhaps what set off the alarms was part of this.
"In addition to personal information, we may collect information from you and YOUR COMPUTER or mobile device through use of our services, embedded within messages to you, within social media, IN SOME OF OUR PRODUCTS, and otherwise. ZeniMax collects non-personal information along with personal information in the context of online and mobile activities, such as online and mobile purchases, registration, or use of a product, service, or our games."
https://bethesda.net/en/document/privacy-policy
"Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge and that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a computer without the consumer's knowledge." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware

That may trigger an antivirus when they start digging through your system.

HomicidalGrouse wrote: The best anti-virus is common sense.

Aragingmonk wrote: "The best anti-virus is common sense."
"one in every 14 downloads from the Internet may now contain malware"
http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/malware

I will stick with my premium plan. Thx LOL

Th3UniQu3 wrote: Considering the size and scope of the internet, you are taking that statement faaaaaar too literally.

holytimes wrote: As someone who is studying and working in the field of cyber security, i can safely say that the statement of "1 in 14 downloads contain malware" Is so insanely misleading that it hurts. If we include the scope of every file on the entirety of the internet, including torrents and other such shadier things then i MIGHT be able to agree with the idea that 1 in 14 downloads contain malware.

Also if you do plan to use a AV then use one that is well maintained. Avast is a good example of one that is not. If you honestly want to keep your self safe then you would be much better served with common sense, a script blocker and a well maintained and updated web browser.

Also Fear mongering, and that is in fact what you are doing here. By stating your antivirus "went nuts three times" is a awful practice and you should feel ashamed. If you honestly feel that malware of some form was detected then please for the love of god state what AV you are using and what kind of flag was thrown when you make these claims. That way others know what to look out for and you wont just make the more jumpy people too scared to touch anything.

Half my of life i have had to deal with the side effects of people like you who make sweeping claims like this and terrify people into having bad practices. So please stop, you are not helping anyone. If you want to help then make a proper report to your AV maintainer.

pewpewcachu4 wrote: no antivirus has ever worked as well as my paying attention to what i download they only cause problems installing useuless software and some cause rootkits to install that cause more harm than good you are better off without it

MyridonT wrote: I installed with out any issues and I use Norton 360 Suite and believe me if there was a virus Norton would have found it.

Aragingmonk wrote: Well I uninstalled the game, Beth launcher and Creation kit from Beth launcher. It screwed up my uplay had to reinstall, trashed 95% of my saved games from steam library. So ya might wanna have a talk with Norton. lol

Beth net infiltrates your files and collects data. I reported it to steam and they are looking into it.

Aragingmonk wrote: Steam investigated the issue and forwarded the findings to the department that handles the security issues. That was the response I got and says something to me. If the investigation did not find anything they would not forward it!

Sure they are. Keep telling yourself that.

[jefthereaper]

Can't wait to finally get my hands on this!

A shame the ini still needs to be edited tough, that pretty much confirms a lot of flaws are still going to be in the CK, hoping some stuff was fixed, or some new functions are added.

[Aragingmonk]

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Aragingmonk wrote: Tried to install the launcher and my antivirus went nuts three times. I cancelled it and will not install.

Arthmoor wrote: Your antivirus is garbage then, there's nothing wrong with the launcher.

Aragingmonk wrote: LOL, People reported drivers crashing and even pc's crashing. Then there is the "data we collect" clause in the agreement. You people trust too easily. I got kicked from a BF4 server omly because when the admin checked they could not trace me. Tried hard and it gave them 3 different locations, one of which was Czechoslovakia.

You people assume because it is Bethesda they will not pull dirty tricks to gain money. Remember subscription for ESO? How about the paid mod program? Then there was this game. There was no backwards compatibility and charge for the 2k dlc. 60 bucks to play on console. For what? s#*! we have played for years.

Your antivirus is junk because it did not pick up that Bethesda was digging to deep into your system. Places they need not be. I contacted my my provider and a few hrs later tried again. It installed without admin rights, I did not have to give it special permission. It did not screw up anything like drivers on my system and I have no issues. Ran a scan and there are no viruses or malware. Can you say the same? Oh, that is right, yours did not pick it up the first time. lol

Aragingmonk wrote: Why did it leave your comment but delete my reply? That is a little bias I think.

HadToRegister wrote:

Aragingmonk
Tried to install the launcher and my antivirus went nuts three times. I cancelled it and will not install.

You must be using an AV with a LOT of False Positives then.

I use Kaspersky and it didn't complain at all

What anti-virus program are you using, Avast or AVG?

Because 99.9% of people who claim that EVERYTHING is a virus, use one of the two Anti-Virus programs I mentioned.

Aragingmonk wrote: I use avast and it did pick up the win 32 files in this launcher. I reported it to avast, because the launcher would not let run it in a sandbox. A few hrs later I came back and tried the install a second time. It went in with no issues.

I do not claim everything is a virus and Avast did not make that claim either it flagged it as potential. With the number of companies harvesting and selling data I would rather have a false positive to deal with then find out to late.
(edit) Installed Steam, Uplay, and Origin on this machine and Avast was silent. Not one alert. Thx

andyrancid wrote: Did you try right clicking and running as administrator? I had to. or go into your antivirus and turn it off temporarily. Simple.

krepperk wrote: Sooo...THE OFFICIAL BETHESDA LAUNCHER contains a virus. Yeah. Right.

Aragingmonk wrote: Perhaps what set off the alarms was part of this.
"In addition to personal information, we may collect information from you and YOUR COMPUTER or mobile device through use of our services, embedded within messages to you, within social media, IN SOME OF OUR PRODUCTS, and otherwise. ZeniMax collects non-personal information along with personal information in the context of online and mobile activities, such as online and mobile purchases, registration, or use of a product, service, or our games."
https://bethesda.net/en/document/privacy-policy
"Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge and that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a computer without the consumer's knowledge." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware

That may trigger an antivirus when they start digging through your system.

HomicidalGrouse wrote: The best anti-virus is common sense.

Aragingmonk wrote: "The best anti-virus is common sense."
"one in every 14 downloads from the Internet may now contain malware"
http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/malware

I will stick with my premium plan. Thx LOL

Th3UniQu3 wrote: Considering the size and scope of the internet, you are taking that statement faaaaaar too literally.

holytimes wrote: As someone who is studying and working in the field of cyber security, i can safely say that the statement of "1 in 14 downloads contain malware" Is so insanely misleading that it hurts. If we include the scope of every file on the entirety of the internet, including torrents and other such shadier things then i MIGHT be able to agree with the idea that 1 in 14 downloads contain malware.

Also if you do plan to use a AV then use one that is well maintained. Avast is a good example of one that is not. If you honestly want to keep your self safe then you would be much better served with common sense, a script blocker and a well maintained and updated web browser.

Also Fear mongering, and that is in fact what you are doing here. By stating your antivirus "went nuts three times" is a awful practice and you should feel ashamed. If you honestly feel that malware of some form was detected then please for the love of god state what AV you are using and what kind of flag was thrown when you make these claims. That way others know what to look out for and you wont just make the more jumpy people too scared to touch anything.

Half my of life i have had to deal with the side effects of people like you who make sweeping claims like this and terrify people into having bad practices. So please stop, you are not helping anyone. If you want to help then make a proper report to your AV maintainer.

pewpewcachu4 wrote: no antivirus has ever worked as well as my paying attention to what i download they only cause problems installing useuless software and some cause rootkits to install that cause more harm than good you are better off without it

MyridonT wrote: I installed with out any issues and I use Norton 360 Suite and believe me if there was a virus Norton would have found it.

Aragingmonk wrote: Well I uninstalled the game, Beth launcher and Creation kit from Beth launcher. It screwed up my uplay had to reinstall, trashed 95% of my saved games from steam library. So ya might wanna have a talk with Norton. lol

Beth net infiltrates your files and collects data. I reported it to steam and they are looking into it.

Aragingmonk wrote: Steam investigated the issue and forwarded the findings to the department that handles the security issues. That was the response I got and says something to me. If the investigation did not find anything they would not forward it!

Ethreon wrote: Sure they are. Keep telling yourself that.

So you are suggesting that Valve does not care? They will ignore the issue knowing it causes conflict with the service they provide? Then lie about the investigation and forwarding the report? Either you have a very low opinion of Steam and just being a hater or you are right. If it is the latter then they will go out of business once people discover it. Edited November 16, 2016 by Aragingmonk

[joemitchell320]

@Aragingmonk, do you really think that Bethesda is clever enough for what you are suggesting? Or, alternately, that you are the ONLY person in millions of downloads that have found this?

 

I love Bethesda, but even thinking that they are actually clever enough to hide evil, malicious code in their official launcher is way beyond loony. It's right up there with tinfoil-hat level weather control. Almost every other patch or software they've offered for the last decade has been buggy or straight up FUBAR, there is not a single chance in the underworld that they are good enough to hide ninja-like NSA level malware in their downloads.

 

Your problems are PICNIC errors, not malicious software.