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Malware detected when trying to upgrade Roblox
This issue is relevant to this exception:
System.IO.IOException: Operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software.
The file being detected as malware is one of Roblox's download packages. As a result, this is actually happening with the official launcher too. This isn't a problem with Bloxstrap.
It's a false-positive detection. In other words, antiviruses are falsely attributing it as malware when it really isn't.
Why is this happening? No clue, honestly. It's only happening for a select few people and is not a widespread problem.
There's no other way to solve this problem than to just add Roblox's download folders as folder exceptions in your antivirus.
Roblox's is at %localappdata%\Roblox\Downloads\
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Ours is at %localappdata%\Bloxstrap\Downloads\
(depends where you've installed bloxstrap to, this is the default location)
Google how to add a folder exception for your antivirus if you're not sure how.
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