Hi GOGers,

I just tried to install Curious Expedition through Galaxy, and my AVG detected a win32\heur in the following file:

\program files (x86)\galaxyclient\games\!donwloads\temp\1453128328\electron.exe.download

Question: is a false positive or I must start to be concerned (I previously installed it on my laptop with Avast without any warnings)?

Yours,

Gwynor

Hi! Most possibly, yes. I play CE in Linux, but a while ago I installed it on my fiancee's PC (Win8.1) which runs AVG and there weren't any warnings at all. FYI, Electron is an open source packager which is used to package applications, such as this game. From what I understand, your AVG saw that something (that could be malicious) was going on during the installation of the game and signaled a heuristic detection.

Having said that, I don't think that GOG would release a game without scanning it first anyway. If you're still in doubt, get in contact with the support. ;)

You're welcome! Yep, the game is great and no matter how long I play, it just doesn't get old. Cheers! :)

The proper procedure, however, if you value the security of your system, is not running the suspitious executable, and asking the developer of the antivirus (AVG) to confirm whether the file is infected or not. Run it only after THEY say it's safe. Or better yet, send it for analysis to some other Antivirus vendor as a possible false positive to have a second opinion.