It's a prank not a virus.

[FatherPineTree]

This isn't malware. It's a render exploit, similar to a crasher gif.

The entire purpose of the gif is to trip your anti virus. That is it.

It only works on Windows Defender users due to a false positive created by harmless javascript/vbscript code.

More tenable premium softwares (ex. Malwarebytes) find nothing wrong/malicious with the file, and that is no fault of the software.

It's impossible to have injectable code in a gif format anyway. The code embedded is non-functional and inert even outside of it's current format.

I encourage you to run the file through any tenable virus scanning software, or even scrub through the metadata yourself. You will find nothing descriptive of a true virus in any capacity.

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/375409856569540612/812200121474613298/don_ramon.gif

Edit:
> Added the notion that the file also contains Javascript.
> Added line 4
> Specified better the nature of the file and the lack of integrity of Windows Defender

 

[Neonity]

Please update your appeal to follow the format found in this thread: https://willard.network/forums/threads/ban-warning-appeals-requests.303/

 

[Votton]

Hey,

This is my opinion, and I won't be dealing with this appeal either as I will let the staff handle it, but I want to say this personally nonetheless.

I personally know that the file you sent isn't malicious, but that doesn't mean it should be sent on the Willard discord as some form of prank as a lot of people aren't as technologically literate, so when you cause an antivirus pop-up on computers of people, they would typically assume the worst, in this case, a lot of players reported this to the staff members and they would typically assume the worst.
Also, it is possible to inject code like JavaScript into gifs, which you mentioned in your EDIT aftermath, but in this case, it wasn't anything actually malicious, but please do not do it again in some public Discord for your own fun as it can cause genuine panic to some people.

 

[Rabithunter]

Hello! Just to re-iterate the previous from Neonity here. Can you please edit your original post to conform with the above linked template. Many thanks and happy holidays in advanced!

 

[Neonity]

Closing this thread because you haven't replied in over a month. If you still wish for your appeal to be continued, please make a new appeal and follow the correct format next time. Thank you.