
If you downloaded left4dead2.exe from untrusted, anonymous or hackers website, the risk is high. If you got it from manufacturer (CD, manufacturer's website), the risk is relativelly low. Hopefully not another 10-year wait, though.Is left4dead2.exe virus or not? And how to recognize it How to recognize if there is a virus or security threat in your Windows 11, 10 or 7 process named left4dead2.exeįirst of all, think about origin of your left4dead2.exe. Or this could all mean nothing - it's a wait-and-see situation. So, L4D3’s rotting corpse could potentially dig itself out of the grave, too, and barrel toward us with the speed of a Tank. Valve have more recently stated that, yes, they do “definitely have games in development,” and we also know that other projects, like the ethereal Half-Life 3, have stopped and restarted development a handful of times. Left 4 Dead 3 was said to be an open-world undead bonanza set in Morocco, and it was apparently cancelled due to the Source 2 engine’s limitations. In the Half-Life: Alyx - Final Hours documentary, we learned that Valve had actually been working on L4D3, but they eventually scrapped the project alongside another Half-Life shooter (not Alyx) and a Dark Soulsish RPG. Even still, priority-none doesn’t instil much confidence that the project is imminent, or even in development. Most recently, mentions of Counter-Strike 2 were found in CS:GO’s files, and - against all odds - Counter-Strike 2 was real, and it’s coming this summer.

It’s funny to think that Valve just enjoys trolling fans via obscure code names hidden in files, but sometimes they do become actual tangible games.

This prompted Valve to declare that they were "absolutely not working on anything L4D related now, and haven't for years." Mentions of a Half-Life 3 and a Left 4 Dead 3 also popped up several years ago in the files for Portal VR, but Valve often recycles assets between projects, so the remains of a once-in-development L4D3 might be the culprit here. As we reported at the time, in 2020 HTC’s president Alvin Wang Graylin shared VR-related slides mentioning Left 4 Dead 3 alongside Half-Life: Alyx. This isn’t the first time there have been rumblings of a third Left 4 Dead.
