do missing dependencies is this haves a virus
- Thread starter edsel
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There have never been any instances of viruses, or malware within Trainz content, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't allow your antivirus to scan any downloads you have.
To answer your question, how can there be a virus in something that's missing? I know, it's a question with a question.
To answer your question, how can there be a virus in something that's missing? I know, it's a question with a question.
Not sure what that means, except (perhaps) is Avast Antivirus giving you "odd" messages about .cdp files? There have been a few posts in these forums that have criticised Avast for its "over sensitivity".
In any case there are no executables in .cdp files. The only thing that comes close to executables are scripts but these only execute within Trainz itself, not in the OS. Scripts cannot (as far as I know) access files that are outside the Trainz content database (i.e. other assets that can be found in Content Manager).
As for Malware - you can embed web pages in a Trainz asset (HTML assets for example) but these allow only a very small subset of HTML and cannot access any web sites outside of the Trainz forums (here) or the Trainz Wiki.
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I don't know about a "virus" of missing dependencies, but there certainly is a "rash" of missing dependencies 
. Unless you stick with Payware or with DLS routes that clearly state they use all DLS assets, you will run into missing dependencies. It is just a fact of life here, as creators try to use the best assets they can find, and these are often on third-party sites, some of which have unfortunately gone away. Best bet is to stay with all DLS routes, or creators who post down below in the "Freeware" forum section and support their routes with links to third-party dependencies.
. Unless you stick with Payware or with DLS routes that clearly state they use all DLS assets, you will run into missing dependencies. It is just a fact of life here, as creators try to use the best assets they can find, and these are often on third-party sites, some of which have unfortunately gone away. Best bet is to stay with all DLS routes, or creators who post down below in the "Freeware" forum section and support their routes with links to third-party dependencies.Probably means is there a virus that can affect dependencies not being found.
Avast along with AVG owned by Avast has just been bought out by Symantec and is now under the Norton umbrella. Good reason to totally avoid IMO and probably soon be the end of their free offerings as well!
When I had Avast a long while back now having previously dumped AVG due to too many false positives, I had to exclude Trainz from any on access scanning and every so often after an update the exclusions vanished, I dumped Avast and now just use Defender which is fine if you use the PC sensibly.
