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Oof! I mean, we think our games are safe.😁

The ones you can download from itch.io should be safe.
For other versions you can find in the wild, we can't really take responsibility for those...

Can you tell us which version and platform you've tried that got flagged as a virus?

If it's on Android, it could be due to us not being "certified developers" (we have to pay Google for that privilege🙃).
That could be the cause, but it would be a false positive in that case.

Same thing could happen on Windows or macOS, depending on your security settings, we suppose.

You already know me9 days ago

It's on Android, so the Itch.io Version is safe?

PuddingSmasher9 days ago

It should be safe. At least from the best of our knowledge.
But just to be safe, could you tell us what anti-virus app you are using?

We'll install it on our devices and run the tests ourselves, just to be 100% sure.
If for some reason there is a real virus there, its completely unintentional and we need to fix the problem immediately.👍

You already know me9 days ago

I used Virus Total, it said it contains-elf and No Security Vendor Flagged the game as Malicious

PuddingSmasher9 days ago

I've also just tested the antivirus on my Android.
It is safe 😁

For a little bit of context, if you are curious🤓

- contains-ELF just means the antivirus detects an "Executable and Linkable File" which is basically a natively compiled Linux executable library alongside the standard Android DEX bytecode. For this game, that is normal, since we force Unity to compile directly into native arm64 code to improve performance a bit.

- No Security Vendor Flagged is exactly the case I mentioned before. The app is not "certified by Google," so it is normal for the antivirus to flag it as "untrustworthy." For our case, that is expected. We do need to get certified sooner or later, though, since standard Android version will start blocking unverified sideloaded apps by 2027, if I'm not mistaken 🫤

You're good with our app. It's a false alarm 👍