malwarebytes premium saying that GMOD.EXE is a trojan

[Chris312]

Hey i have an issue. when i launch gmod i keep hitting these blocked outbound connection notifications and it says GMOD.EXE is a trojan. Someone please help, the details are below. Im not sure if it is a server i play on loading in my gmod history or what.

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-Log Details-
Protection Event Date: 10/5/20
Protection Event Time: 4:43 PM
Log File: 674e8030-074b-11eb-bf53-e0d55ee50256.json

-Software Information-
Version: 4.2.1.89
Components Version: 1.0.1045
Update Package Version: 1.0.30844
License: Premium

-System Information-
OS: Windows 10 (Build 18362.1082)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: System

-Blocked Website Details-
Malicious Website: 1
, C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\bin\win64\gmod.exe, Blocked, -1, -1, 0.0.0, ,

-Website Data-
Category: Trojan
Domain:
IP Address: 45.14.224.219
Port: 27015
Type: Outbound
File: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\GarrysMod\bin\win64\gmod.exe

 

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[Porthos]

10 minutes ago, Chris312 said:

Hey i have an issue. when i launch gmod i keep hitting these blocked outbound connection notifications and it says GMOD.EXE is a trojan. Someone please help, the details are below. Im not sure if it is a server i play on loading in my gmod history or what.

While we wait for staff to review, I want to pass some info on to you, Staff will check the IP and if not bad anymore they will delist it.

It must be due to some server(s) the games are trying to connect to. Steam and many others use p2p connections to play online. As long as the games aren't at risk for connecting to malicious content (which they shouldn't be), you should be able to simply exclude the games' executables from Web Protection using the method described under the Allow an application to connect to the Internet section of this support article.

 

As for why Malwarebytes blocks Steam and other games, this is because Steam is Torrent based software, are what are known as Peer-to-Peer (P2P) applications meaning it connects to many different servers/IP addresses (this is how files are downloaded through Torrent based software) and because of this, sometimes Torrent based software will connect to a server that is also known for hosting malicious content.  This is because servers/IP addresses are often shared by multiple sites, so while what you are Playing/downloading through Torrent based software may be perfectly safe, some of the sites hosted on some of the IP addresses that Torrent based software connects to may be malicious.  Such connections are not a threat however, and you may exclude Torrent based software from the Web Protection component in Malwarebytes to stop the blocks from happening without compromising your protection (your web browser and other critical web facing programs will still be fully protected from malicious websites and other malicious content).  To do so, add the game exe to your exclusions using the method described under the Exclude an Application that Connects to the Internet section of this support article.

[Chris312]

Hello, i am very grateful that you responded so fast. I cleared my steam cache and the warning went away. I think that the issue was when i used to roam random garrys mod servers trying to find a good one, I stumbled across some very shady ones and i think they tired doing stuff with their servers that involved malware once again thank you for responding very quickly.

 

[Chris312]

just read the rest of you reply and i understand it fully now. thanks for helping!

[Dashke]

Hello,

The IP has been cleaned up, so I will remove the block.