This Vortex extension has 73k unique downloads, 3.5k endorsements from the community, and is endorsed by the Subnautica modding community and Nexus Mods staff.
The most recent version of the extension has 6.7k unique downloads since it was uploaded less than a month ago, and you are the only person claiming it to have a virus.
The source code for Subnautica Below Zero Support is available on the GitHub repository, and you can always compile it directly from the source code yourself if you don't trust that what I uploaded here matches the source code.
If you're concerned about the included .exe file, its source code is also available at its GitHub repository, and again, you're welcome to compile it from source. This .exe is used by the extension to scan .dll files in mods you install with Vortex, to detect whether the mod is a QMod, BepInEx plugin, BepInEx patcher, some combination of these, or none of them. This enables the extension to tell Vortex where to install these mods.
So, what virus are you talking about? If there is actually a problem you are having with the extension, I would love to know so that I can fix it. Can you provide screenshots, logs, or anything other than an accusation to back up your claim that there is a virus in the download?
Because it's more likely to me that it's one of these:
you downloaded manually and your local antivirus gave it a false positive and you're overly cautious,
you have a virus from something else (which could easily have infected any file on your computer, including files from this download) and you are blaming the wrong thing,
Could you explain what thsi does exactly? I've installed 10-15 BZ mods with plain Vortex. Had no need for this extension. What does this add wrt functionality?
The next update to Vortex will remove the built in plugin and this will be required. This does REQUIRE Vortex 1.4+ Also this version allows you to install QMM via vortex using the zip version of QMM
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The most recent version of the extension has 6.7k unique downloads since it was uploaded less than a month ago, and you are the only person claiming it to have a virus.
It has also been automatically tested for viruses by VirusTotal on behalf of Nexus Mods who have determined it to be clean. If you don't trust that link is for the file downloaded from this page, you can click the green checkmark ✅ icon next to the download on the Files tab to go directly to the VirusTotal report for the file, which is automatically generated for every file uploaded on Nexus Mods. If a file is considered suspicious by VirusTotal, Nexus Mods won't even let you download it until they have manually verified that it is safe.
The source code for Subnautica Below Zero Support is available on the GitHub repository, and you can always compile it directly from the source code yourself if you don't trust that what I uploaded here matches the source code.
If you're concerned about the included .exe file, its source code is also available at its GitHub repository, and again, you're welcome to compile it from source. This .exe is used by the extension to scan .dll files in mods you install with Vortex, to detect whether the mod is a QMod, BepInEx plugin, BepInEx patcher, some combination of these, or none of them. This enables the extension to tell Vortex where to install these mods.
So, what virus are you talking about? If there is actually a problem you are having with the extension, I would love to know so that I can fix it. Can you provide screenshots, logs, or anything other than an accusation to back up your claim that there is a virus in the download?
Because it's more likely to me that it's one of these:
This does REQUIRE Vortex 1.4+
Also this version allows you to install QMM via vortex using the zip version of QMM