does cheat engine cause viruses

[chuuda24]

hi i wanted to check if it causes viruses

 

[scout_03]

some could have and some games if they find you cheat ban you to play them .

 

[feelinfroggy777]

hi i wanted to check if it causes viruses

Anything you download to your computer could potentially have a virus.

 

[USAFRet]

hi i wanted to check if it causes viruses

It can. yes. It also might get you banned from whatever game this is.

Why do you ask?

 

[Avast-Team]

It's not so much that game trainers can "cause" viruses -- although anything you download from the Internet could be compromised or have a payload attached to it, so be careful.

Game trainers also can trigger detection by security software. For example, ours has real-time behavior protection (Behavior Shield) that may report apps such as game trainers as malicious, due to the way they behave on your machine.

You can mark these apps as safe with exclusions, but only do so if you are 100% certain they are safe to use.

More info on Behavior Shield if you're curious: https://blog.avast.com/behavior-shield-our-newest-behavioral-analysis-technology

 

[feelinfroggy777]

It's not so much that game trainers can "cause" viruses -- although anything you download from the Internet could be compromised or have a payload attached to it, so be careful.

Game trainers also can trigger detection by security software. For example, ours has real-time behavior protection (Behavior Shield) that may report apps such as game trainers as malicious, due to the way they behave on your machine.

You can mark these apps as safe with exclusions, but only do so if you are 100% certain they are safe to use.

More info on Behavior Shield if you're curious: https://blog.avast.com/behavior-shield-our-newest-behavioral-analysis-technology

Too bad you guys cant report the user and application to Steam.

 

[SumTingW0ng]

It's not so much that game trainers can "cause" viruses -- although anything you download from the Internet could be compromised or have a payload attached to it, so be careful.

Game trainers also can trigger detection by security software. For example, ours has real-time behavior protection (Behavior Shield) that may report apps such as game trainers as malicious, due to the way they behave on your machine.

You can mark these apps as safe with exclusions, but only do so if you are 100% certain they are safe to use.

More info on Behavior Shield if you're curious: https://blog.avast.com/behavior-shield-our-newest-behavioral-analysis-technology

Too bad you guys cant report the user and application to Steam.

Submit Steam a ticket regarding the user name and the application with enough evidence.