DO NOT RUN THIS GAME THROUGH TrueFacials.exe IT CONTAINS AN INFO STEALING MALWARE / VIRUS
The genuine executable for the game is
bin.exe, while the fake
TrueFacials.exe is a malicious file intentionally renamed to appear legitimate and trick users into running it. In reality, it is an
info-stealing malware that extracts and executes a batch script in your temporary folder with elevated permissions,
patches your default browser with a fake updater (updater.exe), and steals
sensitive personal data.
This malware was first seen in the wild on 2021-08-27 13:21:44 UTC, and remains active in the distributed build. If you ran it and your antivirus did not block the payload, assume your information has been compromised.
I personally tested the executable in an
isolated virtual machine to verify the earlier analysis by user
poopybutt77 and can confirm with
100% certainty that it is an
info stealer.
Do
not try to reproduce this on a real host machine, only test in an isolated VM or sandbox. Run it on your main system and you'll get your shit rocked and your data looted.
Key evidence I observed inside an isolated VM
Sample batch content observed (exact snippet reproduced from legit TrueFacials.bat launcher):
Echo off
cd ntleas\x64
ntleas.exe ../../bin.exe "L1041"
cls
This is what the legitimate launcher should do. Instead, TrueFacials.exe extracts and runs a malicious batch that patches the browser and runs updater.exe
Why “false positive” claims are wrong
- This is not a heuristic alert with no side effects. The binary actively modifies registry keys, creates & executes batch files, spawns processes/services, and downloads/places a payload that impersonates a browser updater. Those are explicit malicious behaviors, not a heuristics mistake.
- Behavior reproducible in an isolated VM.
Here is a video of the analysis with a guide on how to verify it yourself.
View attachment 5363357
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