Andrew wrote:Welcome to the NLSC!
RED MC is safe, those are false positives. Not all functionality is available in the free version however, so depending on what you want to edit, you'll need to buy the appropriate license. More information can be found
here.
Andrew, thanks for the reply!
I trust you, since I see that you're Administrator!
However, I still don't know if I can trust this RED MC program!
Looking around in the thread you linked to, the direct download link for version v.1.2.4 is automatically blocked by Firefox, and triggers an alert for a "Reported Unwanted Software Page" which according to Firefox "are websites that try to trick you into installing programs that harm your browsing experience"
I see that Vlad's website (redmc.red-mods.com) is completely gone, it pulls up a 403 Forbidden error.
I found the NLSC thread containing a link to the most recent version of the editor v.4.3.0.0 which is hosted on a "Yandex Disk" site.
(
https://yadi.sk/d/YfrknRzY3Ny4ye)
Downloading the file instantly triggers a warning in Firefox "This file contains a virus or malware" and the download is prevented.
I went ahead and downloaded anyway, and uploaded the file to VirusTotal.com
It resulted in 11 engines detecting the file as a virus.
(link to the results)
https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/d32df ... /detectionI know that modding programs can turn up false positives, but this seems highly unusual.
Reading the NLSC thread about this program, it seems like people have had a hard time contacting the creator lately.
Since his website is gone, it seems like he may not support this project anymore.
This makes me wonder if his links may have been replaced with malicious software.
Hopefully nobody gets a computer virus from browsing NLSC for a basketball game editor!
(Although maybe this software is just written is such a way that it resembles viruses.)
Can you, or is anyone, able to confirm that this RED MC v.4.3 is safe to download from that Yandex link?
Should I also post this information in the thread about the "RED Modding Center"?
Thanks, any help is greatly appreciated!