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[Risk Ware] Game "Valheim" - Newly created game that exploded in popularity


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After a couple of weeks playing this game (which is awesome!) i noticed today that MBAM is blocking outgoing connection via the game application and the type of alert is Risk ware.
Now, the game seems to work fine even if this flag comes up by MBAM.
But could this have to do with dedicated server hostings? 
 

details about the flagging:

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www.malwarebytes.com

-Log Details-
Protection Event Date: 27/02/2021
Protection Event Time: 02:05
Log File: e7251ce8-7897-11eb-b327-049226bf157d.json

-Software Information-
Version: 4.3.0.98
Components Version: 1.0.1173
Update Package Version: 1.0.37539
Licence: Premium

-System Information-
OS: Windows 10 (Build 19041.804)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: System

-Blocked Website Details-
Malicious Website: 1
, E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Valheim\valheim.exe, Blocked, -1, -1, 0.0.0, , 

-Website Data-
Category: RiskWare
Domain: 
IP Address: 45.155.173.151
Port: 2457
Type: Outbound
File: E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Valheim\valheim.exe

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40 minutes ago, Silver_fang said:

i noticed today that MBAM is blocking outgoing connection via the game application

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.

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