Trojan Horse Alert with Avast!

packersfan · 05-07-2013, 11:32 AM

I got home tonight and double clicked on OOTP 13 and suddenly my AVAST Anti-virus starts screaming that the ootp.exe file is a trojan horse and moved it to the virus chest. I tried to access a backup from my backup harddrive and immediately this .exe was sent to the chest. I even downloaded the game fresh and while installing it, AVAST said it was infected. Is this a similar problem from a few years back with the antivirus program?

Assos · 05-07-2013, 11:49 AM

Same issue

packersfan · 05-07-2013, 11:52 AM

Did this just start for you today? I had no problem until today. Maybe Avast updated their definitions and it is not conflicting with the game?

Assos · 05-07-2013, 11:54 AM

Yep, just started today. It is an avast issue. I sent them two reports.

packersfan · 05-07-2013, 11:55 AM

Have you tried shutting off or creating an exception? Or just waiting and seeing at this point? Glad to hear it is an issue on the Avast's end.

Assos · 05-07-2013, 11:59 AM

You can bi pass it

packersfan · 05-07-2013, 12:14 PM

How?

Assos · 05-07-2013, 12:38 PM

under settings, global overrides

Rizon · 05-07-2013, 01:43 PM

Oh jeeze, same issue here. Imagine my horror when I got on my machine this morning, went to start up OOTP13 and it was gone.

Sometime last night Avast did not like OOTP13 and virus chested it.

Freeeeaaak out ...

I was able to restore it, though.

snepp · 05-07-2013, 03:42 PM

I always put my games folders into the antivirus's exception list. You don't need your AV scanning every file every time a game accesses them.

micropterus58 · 05-07-2013, 04:12 PM

Here's how to restore the file.
avast! Support | FAQs

You may also have to make a new shortcut. Mine was deleted.

Bottom Of The Sixth · 05-07-2013, 07:10 PM

Sounds like another classic Avast! false positive

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RchW · 05-07-2013, 07:13 PM

Can the mods merge these two parallel threads?

easedel · 05-08-2013, 05:00 AM

Lovely. Happened to me too, just found this thread and checked. Problem is I can't restore anything ....it is just gone

Rizon · 05-08-2013, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by easedel

Lovely. Happened to me too, just found this thread and checked. Problem is I can't restore anything ....it is just gone

I believe it just kills the exe file, and not the game files. So you should be able to reinstall without problems.

Then do what is mentioned above: go into Avast settings and have it exclude searching in your OOTP folders.

easedel · 05-11-2013, 11:36 AM

Yea it just deleted my exe file itself. I had one backed up though so just had to run that and update.

05-07-2013, 11:32 AM	#1
packersfan Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 24	Trojan Horse Alert with Avast! I got home tonight and double clicked on OOTP 13 and suddenly my AVAST Anti-virus starts screaming that the ootp.exe file is a trojan horse and moved it to the virus chest. I tried to access a backup from my backup harddrive and immediately this .exe was sent to the chest. I even downloaded the game fresh and while installing it, AVAST said it was infected. Is this a similar problem from a few years back with the antivirus program?

05-07-2013, 01:43 PM	#9
Rizon Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: SF Area, California Total Posts: 531,691 Posts: 2,369	Oh jeeze, same issue here. Imagine my horror when I got on my machine this morning, went to start up OOTP13 and it was gone. Sometime last night Avast did not like OOTP13 and virus chested it. Freeeeaaak out ... I was able to restore it, though. __________________ JML MILKSHAKES

05-07-2013, 07:13 PM	#13
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	Can the mods merge these two parallel threads? __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

05-07-2013, 11:49 AM	#2
Assos All Star Starter Join Date: May 2004 Location: Just on the fair side of the foul pole! Posts: 1,772	Same issue

05-07-2013, 11:52 AM	#3
packersfan Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 24	Did this just start for you today? I had no problem until today. Maybe Avast updated their definitions and it is not conflicting with the game?

05-07-2013, 11:54 AM	#4
Assos All Star Starter Join Date: May 2004 Location: Just on the fair side of the foul pole! Posts: 1,772	Yep, just started today. It is an avast issue. I sent them two reports.

05-07-2013, 11:55 AM	#5
packersfan Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 24	Have you tried shutting off or creating an exception? Or just waiting and seeing at this point? Glad to hear it is an issue on the Avast's end.

05-07-2013, 11:59 AM	#6
Assos All Star Starter Join Date: May 2004 Location: Just on the fair side of the foul pole! Posts: 1,772	You can bi pass it

05-07-2013, 12:14 PM	#7
packersfan Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 24	How?

05-07-2013, 12:38 PM	#8
Assos All Star Starter Join Date: May 2004 Location: Just on the fair side of the foul pole! Posts: 1,772	under settings, global overrides

05-07-2013, 03:42 PM	#10
snepp All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,505	I always put my games folders into the antivirus's exception list. You don't need your AV scanning every file every time a game accesses them.

05-07-2013, 04:12 PM	#11
micropterus58 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,240	Here's how to restore the file. avast! Support \| FAQs You may also have to make a new shortcut. Mine was deleted.

05-07-2013, 07:10 PM	#12
Bottom Of The Sixth All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of Lincoln Posts: 1,255	Sounds like another classic Avast! false positive !

05-08-2013, 05:00 AM	#14
easedel Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 22	Lovely. Happened to me too, just found this thread and checked. Problem is I can't restore anything ....it is just gone

05-11-2013, 11:36 AM	#16
easedel Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 22	Yea it just deleted my exe file itself. I had one backed up though so just had to run that and update.