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My game I'm trying to upload is being flagged as suspicious.

A topic by DiamondCat64 created Apr 24, 2024 Views: 292 Replies: 2
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So I made my game in Python and in order to turn it into an exe file I used something called PyInstaller that coverts your Python files into an executable file. However, when I download my game to make sure the download works before publishing, the browser flags it as suspicious and blocks the download. After searching on the internet figuring out why this is happening, I find out that using PyInstaller for your program causes Windows and other antiviruses to mark it as a virus. However I don't know how to make it not be detected as a virus. The antivirus I have didn't detect mine as a virus but other antiviruses might when people try to download this game.

Try to download it through the itch.io app. If it's playable through the app, mention in your description that people should play the game using the app to avoid anti-virus issues.

It looks like that worked, thank you.

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