Emperor : Battle for Dune launcher possibly false positive

[gmariani405]

Received what I HOPE is a false positive but wanted to see if you guys could verify. I received this message from Malwarebytes:

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-Log Details-
Scan Date: 8/17/2024
Scan Time: 2:51 AM
Log File: 31e3bb72-5c65-11ef-837e-18c04d8ede59.json

-Software Information-
Version: 5.1.9.124
Components Version: 1.0.5009
Update Package Version: 1.0.87966
License: Premium

-System Information-
OS: Windows 11 (Build 22631.4037)
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: System

-Scan Summary-
Scan Type: Threat Scan
Scan Initiated By: Scheduler
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 431600
Threats Detected: 1
Threats Quarantined: 0
Time Elapsed: 2 min, 34 sec

-Scan Options-
Memory: Enabled
Startup: Enabled
File system: Enabled
Archives: Enabled
Rootkits: Disabled
Heuristics: Enabled
PUP: Detect
PUM: Detect

-Scan Details-
Process: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Module: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Key: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Value: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Data: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Data Stream: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Folder: 0
(No malicious items detected)

File: 1
Malware.AI.4250058270, C:\USERS\GMARI\DOWNLOADS\EMPEROR - BATTLE FOR DUNE\EMPERORLAUNCHER.EXE, No Action By User, 1000000, -44909026, 1.0.87966, B9DFE1D10F81E073FD52BE1E, dds, 02959324, 6E46EC39AB2A53F0911E8BC77EA4C259, 038421636DF34FBFC25CDB92ACD0815A749BCC2185DFAFD5C861EB3679E7666F

Physical Sector: 0
(No malicious items detected)

WMI: 0
(No malicious items detected)


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The file in question comes from a user mod to modify the old Emperor - Battle for Dune game to work on modern computers: https://github.com/wheybags/EmperorLauncher/releases/tag/v1.0

Can you confirm if it is indeed malicious or just getting flagged because of how it modifies the game?

[1PW]

For Malwarebytes staffers:

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/038421636df34fbfc25cdb92acd0815a749bcc2185dfafd5c861eb3679e7666f?nocache=1

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/7f6568a5ac77ec456b4f88650543bc40b0bd30b7236eb9c82fa7392c77ce1702?nocache=1

 

[screen317]

We are taking a look and hope to have an answer for you soon.

[screen317]

We will be whitelisting this. Thank you for reporting.

[gmariani405]

No, thank you for investigating!