I just stumbled onto ZGE. I decided to download it and give it a try. It looks like a great program.
Problem: My virus checker automatically removes a file: kkruncher.exe and gives me a false positive for a generic Trojan DX.
I notice that this topic has come up previously as a problem, but I don't find a fix. Maybe I just can't use the software. I don't want to create software that sends out false positives for a virus.
Can anyone tell me more about this? I'm running Vista. McAfee is the virus checker.
This is a known problem, and to be honest .. I think kkrunchy.exe should be excluded from public releases / beta's to prevent this kind of confusion. Let me explain the situation.
Kkrunchy is a so-called "packer". A program that compresses a .exe file, making it significantly smaller in file size. At the moment, when you're creating your .exe from ZGE you have 3 options. A normal exe / screensaver without any compression, UPX compression ( I haven't seen any AV's give false positives on this compression as of yet ), or KKrunchy .. which unfortunately returns false positives with some AV's simply because they are not familiar with the compression.
So don't worry .. you can use ZGE without any problem and build your .exe without any compression or using UPX compression.
Welcome to the club
Kjell
Last edited by Kjell on Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
It's a shame because kkrunchy is a more efficient packer than upx and it is not a damaging program in any way (as Kjell explains above).
Since this is a recurring problem I've now removed kkrunchy from both the beta and standard download of ZGE.
If anyone still wants to use kkrunchy it can be downloaded here: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=26088
Put kkrunchy.exe in the Tools subdirectory of ZGameEditor and then select kkrunchy compression setting in Settings-dialog inside ZGameEditor.
Good thing that UPX compression is still viable (as usual WAY LESS false positives)... Well, it doesn't really matters getting that 10-20% extra compression from kkrunchy!
And BTW: welcome to the forums!
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