Hi LaughterSong,
As you can see here Virustotal has scanned
Minion2.0.5-beta.exe with 41 different scanners and it all checks out. I suggest using this site for any program you download and have questions about.
You just need to install the
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package (x64). We just didn't think to include this on the installer since most games require this and install it. It is also pre-installed on many systems. We are working to have Minion detect if this is missing and install it in the future. I am glad we are finding all these things in the beta.
Thanks for posting!