MALWARE.W2 found in july 9 hotfix... cant update

[wetwork]

my norton securtiy porgram found a malware file in the july 9 hotfix and it wont let install the update because of this. has anyone else had this issue

[Fishercat]

yes. disabled norton for 15 minutes and installed update and played. Hopefully I'm not malwared

[BurntCornFlakes]

You need to make an exception for Insurgency. Some anti-viruses flag steam games as malware, but it's just a false positive.

[Fishercat]

I take that back because I just went to play a game and it said failed to launch missing exe file.
Norton must not like terrorist killing.

[BurntCornFlakes]

Fishercat původně napsal:

I take that back because I just went to play a game and it said failed to launch missing exe file.
Norton must not like terrorist killing.

You have to make an exception first, or it will delete the exe. :'(

After you do that, right click Insurgency and navigate to properties > local files > verify integrity of game cache. Then it should work.

[Fishercat]

I made an exception and verified files but it didn't for work for some reason. I am trying to delete and reinstall game.

[AncientBert]

Steam games install from the cloud which is falsely identified as a potential threat by many popular anti-malware programs.

[[57th] AngryHatter]

Norton is trash.

[Ranger]

Fishercat původně napsal:

I take that back because I just went to play a game and it said failed to launch missing exe file.
Norton must not like THE TASTE OF FREEDOM.

Fixed.

[Walter Sobchak]

AngryHatter původně napsal:

Norton is trash.

Pretty much this. Uninstall Norton and get a real anti-virus. You'll still get false positives from time to time, but at least you'll have a decent anti-virus program.

[ttv.LinkyPoo]

dear god... people use norton still?

[AncientBert]

default microsoft is better than norton these days

[BurntCornFlakes]

I have used microsoft security essentials & windows defender (for windows 8) on multiple computers and never got a virus.

The best part? 100% free.

[wetwork]

i cant figure out how to make insurgency an exception please help. i get what you are saying though. and norton is ok for 14 bucks.

[BurntCornFlakes]

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090206180216AAq20wO

[wetwork]

thanks appreciate the help