does anyone know if mta:sa is safe

[killerair44]

if it is safe then scan it with your antivirus and send me the results so i know its safe i want to play but i dont know weather to download it or not.

[Towncivilian]

File MTASA-1.0.4.exe received on 2010.08.05 17:32:04 (UTC)

Antivirus Version Last Update Result

AhnLab-V3 2010.08.05.03 2010.08.05 -

AntiVir 8.2.4.32 2010.08.05 -

Antiy-AVL 2.0.3.7 2010.08.03 -

Authentium 5.2.0.5 2010.08.05 -

Avast 4.8.1351.0 2010.08.05 -

Avast5 5.0.332.0 2010.08.05 -

AVG 9.0.0.851 2010.08.05 -

BitDefender 7.2 2010.08.05 -

CAT-QuickHeal 11.00 2010.08.05 -

ClamAV 0.96.0.3-git 2010.08.05 -

Comodo 5654 2010.08.05 -

DrWeb 5.0.2.03300 2010.08.05 -

Emsisoft 5.0.0.36 2010.08.05 -

eSafe 7.0.17.0 2010.08.05 -

eTrust-Vet 36.1.7768 2010.08.05 -

F-Prot 4.6.1.107 2010.08.05 -

F-Secure 9.0.15370.0 2010.08.05 -

Fortinet 4.1.143.0 2010.08.05 -

GData 21 2010.08.05 -

Ikarus T3.1.1.84.0 2010.08.05 -

Jiangmin 13.0.900 2010.08.03 -

Kaspersky 7.0.0.125 2010.08.05 -

McAfee 5.400.0.1158 2010.08.05 -

McAfee-GW-Edition 2010.1 2010.08.05 Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.L

Microsoft 1.6004 2010.08.05 -

NOD32 5344 2010.08.05 -

Norman 6.05.11 2010.08.05 -

nProtect 2010-08-05.01 2010.08.05 -

Panda 10.0.2.7 2010.08.05 -

PCTools 7.0.3.5 2010.08.04 -

Prevx 3.0 2010.08.05 -

Rising 22.59.03.04 2010.08.05 -

Sophos 4.56.0 2010.08.05 -

Sunbelt 6690 2010.08.05 -

SUPERAntiSpyware 4.40.0.1006 2010.08.05 -

Symantec 20101.1.1.7 2010.08.05 -

TheHacker 6.5.2.1.334 2010.08.05 -

TrendMicro 9.120.0.1004 2010.08.05 -

TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.120.0.1004 2010.08.05 -

VBA32 3.12.12.8 2010.08.04 -

ViRobot 2010.8.4.3971 2010.08.05 -

VirusBuster 5.0.27.0 2010.08.05 -

McAfee just sucks. Ignore it.

[killerair44]

well then if anyone has a antivirus program thats not macafee antivirus and can show me they're results so i know its safe then ill download mta:sa

[DiSaMe]

I don't want this to sound offending, but you seem a bit paranoic. MTA SA is an open source program, so everyone can see everything it does in the computer. I'm sometimes paranoic too, but not about MTA

[killerair44]

so your saying that its safe to use

[DiSaMe]

Of course.

[killerair44]

just to be sure can you run a virus scan on the program and send me the results

[Mr.Hankey]

That's just what Towncivilian did.

Every new line in his qoute represents another anti-virus engine that checked MTA and out of so many only one (McAffee) reported it as an actual virus.

[killerair44]

ok so its completely safe but mcafee thinks its not because its the most retarded antivirus out there

[Towncivilian]

ok so its completely safe but mcafee thinks its not because its the most retarded antivirus out there

Yeah, McAfee only thinks it is because of the way it interacts with gta_sa.exe. It's completely safe.

If we were distributing malicious software, do you really think we would be this popular?

[killerair44]

well i guess so but i know that sa-mp has a lot more people only because when in a search when you type gta sa multiplayer it gives you the sa-mp site but i think that by the videos i saw on youtube and the features you say you have it looks a lot better then sa-mp

[killerair44]

well then if ingame a person uses a hacking program can they give me a virus while playing and is there a way to keep people from seeing my ip adress so they cant give my computer a virus?

[Callum]

Remote players cannot give you viruses or any forms of malware/spyware. Server administrators can see your IP, however most of the time server admins are responcible people. Furthermore even if an admin knows your IP, they cannot just randomly send you a virus.

[darkdreamingdan]

We put particular emphasis on security, and being open-source means we can avoid the event where users are exposed to malicious software. We also have introduced an auto-update mechanism, so we can ensure the safety of users. Even if you join a server in which the server admin wants to burn you on a stick, the most he can really do is make you quit your game.

Infact, our software is actually much safer then SA-MP where exploits in both the server and the client have resulted in virus attacks for players in the past, though even this was a rare occurance.

Towncivilian already posted a virus scan report, here's a link to a 3rd party website that runs scans:

http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/d0fd ... 1280352692

Those are the results of passing MTASA 1.0.4 through a virus scan.

[killerair44]

well what about hacking do you monitor everything incliuding people who hack?

[Mr.Hankey]

No, we don't and it's really not our resposibility to do so.

Let me put it this way: MTA is just about as safe as any other commercial game that you play every day and surfing the internet with a common (and possibly outdated) browser is probably way more dangerous than playing MTA.

[Strika]

MTA is completely safe to install and play including joining any server. Don't worry about safety too much, specially MTA.

[J.S.]

Hacking is just basically cheat codes used "illegally". Definately no way viruses will get through. The server is programmed to detect hacks client-side, versus sa-mp's serverside which detects very few hacks.

[Tuna]

Don't call them hackers, because they are not.

Calling them a hacker implies they actually achieved something in their lives, as a hacker is somebody who gains unathorized entry to something.

These people are just cheaters, people who have modified their game and most of this cheating can be detected through scripting or MTA anticheat, so a server with this stuff running should be quite cheater free, and admins also help.

[WallMart]

the only 'hack' is mod s0beit, which is just used for cheating in race servers and for noobs that cant win...

and a serial ban works perfect against them

people might also steal your maps and might re-upload them, just report em....

so far never had any trouble with mta, sa-mp seemed to be a virus though which made my computer nearly crash

[dzek (varez)]

stealing maps is almost impossible. only good c++ knowledge can open you a way to copy the maps. server-side scripts can't be copied

[Xierra]

A virus paranoid eh?

Well MTA SA is perfectly safe. Anyone won't even get a chance to put a virus/worm/trojan and etc (except when you download it on an untrusted website)

It's official so you don't need to worry about the "hacking culture" (good hack) here, because the developers (Talidan and Towncivilian who told you in the topic) have honestly tell you that it's safe. It's packed with safety and trust.

s0beit is one (bad) hack written to make the players like god. I've ever been using s0beit in GTA SA singleplayer, and no, there's no command about "spread virus"

[Strika]

s0beit is one (bad) hack written to make the players like god. I've ever been using s0beit in GTA SA singleplayer, and no, there's no command about "spread virus"

Bet you'd get banned from SA-MP just for only posting that.