downloaded from official website and installed. on first run bit defender shut it down and quarantined the main .exe and alerted virus and malware. game wont run now, naturally, is this a false positive i can ignore
Hello.
Only the anti-malware researchers at Bitdefender Labs can help you with the issue.
You should report the file(s) and/or the URL(s) as false positive to Bitdefender Labs here:
Regards.
Can you also share the virustotal link by uploading the file on virustotal.com
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