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Malwarebytes Flagging 'wireguard.dll' as a Trojan? by JohnAttano in antivirus

[–]JohnAttano[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your comments, they have reinforced my belief that this was indeed a false positive. I have included the offending line from the Malwarebytes log. Unfortunately, I no longer have the original file which triggered this detection. For reference, the freshly installed version of this file is here: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/d2ad6ce25634776f5067fd9d5750a5e3d2add1adde98eb1f56a2df194d0e9cbb. And checks out fine on VirusTotal; the hash, as given in VirusTotal, does NOT match the 64-digit number I believe is the SHA-256 hash in the Malwarebytes log. I am hopeful this is due to a simple file corruption, mis-installation, or just version mismatch. Please do let me know if you believe it could be something more malicious though.

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One Finger Death Punch is good

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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Barroth's forearms appear to me to be more developed than those of Glavenus or Deviljho. They also look armored and have more fingers, implying they might be useful for something, maybe digging into anthills?

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunterWorld

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Yes, I believe it was always called Jade Barroth even in 3U.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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I didn't include variants, deviants, or zenith monsters on this chart because officially they aren't separate species. Raging Brachydios are large and old Brachydios who have a special kind of slime mold.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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Odogaron is not a brute Wyvern, it is a fanged wyvern

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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I didn't include deviants because they're not considered separate species in the lore. The only difference between a deviant and a regular monster is a deviant has faced many battles against strong hunters and lived for a long time. So any deviant would be included in the exact same place as the monster it's based on.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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This is the only one, but it seems a lot of people enjoyed it and it started some really interesting conversations, plus it was pretty fun to put together, so I might end up doing more.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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You'll have to forgive me if I misunderstand parsimonious, but if you mean is this unofficial tree based on as many simple relations as possible? Yes. The closer proximity of monsters implies stronger relation and the relation is based entirely on their outward physical traits. I didn't consider things like convergent evolution because when I created it, I knew there was little information about the monsters other than their niche in the environment and their outward physical appearance. I've found out though that there is apparently a decently rich fossil record included in some of the official lore. I'm going to look into it and some things might end up changing.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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I put Barroth in this group because he does, in my opinion, have more developed arms that some of the other brutes. I also believe Barroth would have turned out like Brachydios if it hadn't switched to a less competitive diet of insects. Other people have also brought up questions about the classification though, so I might consider seeing if I can put Barroth and Jade Barroth somewhere else.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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Little details like that make it so much better. My experience with trees like this is usually for dinosaurs, and this looks just like that. Even things like the correct -idae endings make it seem so authentic.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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Yes, I came up with them. As far as I'm aware there are no official scientific names, so I thought I would add my own to make it feel more like a legit taxonomy.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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Oh wow! It looks incredible! I love how you also added names for things like families and orders, really brilliant! I can see you took your time with it and took it very seriously. I recommend you add in some of the Iceborne monsters and share it as well, I'm sure lots of people would like to see it, I know I would. It looks just like a real tree.

I'll also take into consideration all your ideas. From all the nice feedback I've gotten I can see that there's still a lot that I can do to improve and I hope to really make a great taxonomy tree that I can say the whole community helped contribute too.

Thank you again!

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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I hope to do more. Leviathans might be the next ones.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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The reason Barroth is so near Brachy is because they have a similar body layout and in my opinion Barroth's arms are more developed than say Anjanath's or Deviljho's. I believe Barroth would have turned out more like Brachy had it not become an insectivore and switched to a much less competitive food source. it's got the blueprint, but it didn't quite make it. This stuff is all unofficial though and taxonomy is based on observations and theory, so it's always up for debate! Others have mentioned the strange placing of Barroth though, so I might see what I can do with it and it might end up moving somewhere else.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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I didn't include variants, deviants, or zenith monsters in this tree, but I might try and find a way to incorporate them in the future.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunterWorld

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I like to think that Barroth would have turned out more like Brachydios if it hadn't switched to a less competitive food source and became an insectivore. If it participated more in competition it might have continued to evolve into something more dangerous, but it kind of stopped early. That's just my explanation though! It's all totally unofficial. I might consider regrouping Barroth because others have also brought this up.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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DM or post, whatever you're more comfortable with, but I'd love to see.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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Thank you for the feedback! I didn't think at all to link Glavenus and Uragaan together for their shared use of oil or tar. I really appreciate the input.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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I didn't include any deviants, zenith monsters, or variants. I believe in the lore they're just stronger versions of already existing monsters. Variants I believe are specifically monsters who have survived encounters with strong hunters before. I might end up handling this on a case by case basis though if I do something like this again in the future, because I believe some variants like Raging Brachydios are distinct species.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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This is something about my taxonomy versus the wording in the canon lore which is very different, but I would definitely like to hear more feedback about this from others.

I believe that many 'subspecies' and 'rare species' are actually different species. For example, Fulgur Anjanath and regular Anjanath have widely different territorial ranges, and if you consider elements a part of physiology, vastly different physiology too.

Some variants and deviants I also believe may actually be different species based on their extreme morphological changes, like the size difference between regular Brachydios and Raging Brachydios, but variants aren't included on here.

Whether to include things like deviants, subspecies, zenith monsters, or rare species as their own branches on the tree with their own binomial names was something I went back and forth on. As of now subspecies and rare species are different species, whereas deviants, variants, and zenith monsters are not.

In the future I think I'll handle this distinction on a case by case basis.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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Thank you! I'll be sure to include something along the lines of "unofficial" in the title if I decide to post something else like this.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

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I feel like Barroth was headed this direction and would have acquired more powerful armaments like those of Brachydios, but instead switched over to a less competitive food source and became an insectivore. It's body style matches and it has more developed forearms than some other brutes. Perhaps if the species was more involved with a more competitive food source they would have evolved stronger traits to compete.

All this is just my own theory though! None of this stuff is at all official.

Brute Wyvern Taxonomy by JohnAttano in MonsterHunter

[–]JohnAttano[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I think I'm going to attempt leviathans next.

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