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Virus within the map generated by map unprotector?
Sep 16 2021, 8:56 am
By: NiceNowIHaveAName  

Sep 16 2021, 8:56 am NiceNowIHaveAName Post #1



A few weeks ago a friend of mine asked me if I can unlock this EUD map. After renaming it and trying to open it with several unprotectors I ended up getting https://www.mediafire.com/file/xd7nhxgkj591ttb/asd.scx/file
this[/url] file (since it's been a while since then, I think this map was generated by SMC 2.86, but it was still protected, I assume). I then tried to open it with ScmDraft2 and Chkdraft, but it wouldn't work.

Seeing that it's not working, I took a look at it using Ladik's MPQ Editor (LME), this time noticing a file called "File00000002.exe", as seen here:



, I said to myself "Well, that's strange! I have never seen an exe within a map!", so I hit "View File" in LME. In the first line I noticed "UpackByDwing", as seen here:



, which I assumed it was a packer, but after googling it, it came up more as being a packer used for viruses. Seeing this. I decided to submit "File00000002.exe" to virustotal, and the results came in as being a virus.

I was still curious if the map would still run in Starcraft, so I fired up the game in a sandbox, and a second later after the map started I got this error:



Is this indeed a virus or is just a false positive? Also, if it's not a virus, do packers usually show up as viruses to antiviruses? I'm asking this because I've read in the past that it was possible to get viruses into maps by means of EUD, for SC 1.16.1. I think I read about it here, on staredit. I'm also aware that SC:R runs EUD within a sandbox, and that certain type of EUDs were prohibited.



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[2026-1-22. : 7:10 pm]
DarkenedFantasies -- yeah it's a file size limit, around 2MB. there are files in the database that are larger than this, so I guess the limit has been reduced over time or there are hidden criteria
[2026-1-22. : 6:39 pm]
DarkenedFantasies -- it does seem to be a file size limit. Uploading a 31MB zip of multiple maps also fails, but a 350KB zip of my mod's plugins (without the 8.5MB mpq) went through.
[2026-1-22. : 7:11 am]
NudeRaider -- that's probably just SEN acting up
[2026-1-22. : 2:55 am]
DarkenedFantasies -- is there a file size limit or something? Uploading a 9MB zip file fails silently, but uploading a 1MB map worked fine.
[2026-1-21. : 11:50 pm]
Vrael -- purple might be missing a vespene geyser tho
[2026-1-21. : 11:50 pm]
Vrael -- why does it need an excuse? it looks like a starcraft map to me
[2026-1-21. : 11:26 pm]
Excalibur -- https://staredit.net/uploads/database/00032_IMAGES/00006524-1452572-5232397.png There is literally no reasonable excuse for this.
[2026-1-21. : 7:36 pm]
Ultraviolet -- goodness gracious, always such a dick
[2026-1-21. : 5:02 pm]
Excalibur -- Well for starters you could read some of the basic guides in the melee section and stop uploading absolute garbage
[2026-1-21. : 4:25 pm]
Daniel_Evan -- how do i erase a map and repost it?
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