Avast marking CSGO as a virus?

[KillahInstinct]

After the most recent update (today, 24th november 2014) Avast seems to be marking CSGO incorrectly as a virus, yet again. It's the only anti-virus to do this, and incorrect.

Symptom: The CSGO.exe file is removed

Fixes:
1) You can try validating the game cache file.
2) You can add CSGO.exe to the exception list before doing step above so the file is re-added.

For more detailed step by step instruction see here.


Edit by Spawn of Totoro:
Looks like someone posted about it in the Avast forums already[forum.avast.com].
Also, Report[www.avast.com] false positives to Avast!:

----- GERMAN / DEUTSCH -----

CS:GO wird fälschlicherweise von Avast als Virus markiert?

Seit dem letzen Update scheint Avast CS:GO erneut also Virus zu markieren. Es ist das einzige Anti-Virus-Programm, was dies leider fälschlicherweise tut.

Symptom: CSGO.exe wurde entfernt

Lösungen:
1.) Sie können versuchen, die Game Cache Files (GCF) zu verifizieren.
2.) Sie können, bevor Sie den obigen Schritt durchführen, "CS:GO.exe" zur Ausnahmenliste hinzufügen, sodass die entsprechende Datei wieder hinzugefügt wird.

[Azuwi]

AVG Antivirus says Csgo is a threat/virus

Wtf i just tried to launch Csgo and AVG antivirus popped up saying it was a threat "general behavioral detection" and wanted it removed from my disk.

Object name \Steam\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo.exe

like seriously??

anyone else had this experience??

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Other ppl who got same issue...
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2689623

[Rin Marie]

False positive

[Azuwi]

Not gonna hate on csgo but on avg antivirus seriously if this ♥♥♥♥ continue to interfare with my gaming im gonna remove the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ antivirus program and get some other. like srsly is it stupid why the ♥♥♥♥ does it think csgo is a threat?

just wanna know, will this "threat alarm" and that i put csgo in "exception list" in avg antivirus make me getting banned in csgo when i play competitive so servers think i use hack or something??

[Tilted]

just add it to your trust list lol

[Satoru]

Use Microsoft Security Essentials

AVG has way too many false positives

[-FwG- ^ speed]

AVG is crap. use avast

[Grizzledorf]

Originally posted by -FwG- ^ speed:

AVG is crap. use avast

+1

avg seems to give false positives too often in my past experience. i been using avast and it works great.

[boneknocker]

funny i found some malwares (for me i found 12 of malwares) come with a small patch that follow a capsule update. they can't be detect by avast but by malwarebytes and windows defender. fake them self as a dot net file and cause cpu run 50% all the time. lucky, they still can remove by malwarebytes and windows defender.

[-FwG- ^ speed]

Avast is not really for malware. that where malware bytes comes in. if you run a 3 tear protection on Avast, MB, and Spybot S&D it will catch anything out there and will not mess with games

[Satoru]

Originally posted by boneknocker:

funny i found some malwares (for me i found 12 of malwares) come with a small patch that follow a capsule update. they can't be detect by avast but by malwarebytes and windows defender. fake them self as a dot net file and cause cpu run 50% all the time. lucky, they still can remove by malwarebytes and windows defender.

There is no malware in the Steam updates.

[Azuwi]

Originally posted by .ZeRo|*Overlord Grizzledorf*:

Originally posted by -FwG- ^ speed:

AVG is crap. use avast

+1

avg seems to give false positives too often in my past experience. i been using avast and it works great.

i will try avast out. is it free?

funny after i added csgo to my exceptions list in avg it says also that the state of csgo.exe was "healed" , what the ♥♥♥♥ does it mean with healed??!?! like it was ever infected in the first place...

[⭕d̶e̶c̶o̶y̶꧂]

get nod32 4. Dont get 5-6 useless.....get the older version and its a bomb, it senses what it should be not too many aberattions.

[chalky]

Who the f.ck uses AVG tho...

[Mal]

Originally posted by Twiѕтer ☆:

Wtf i just tried to launch Csgo and AVG antivirus popped up saying it was a threat "general behavioral detection" and wanted it removed from my disk.

Object name \Steam\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo.exe

like seriously??

anyone else had this experience??

-------
Other ppl who got same issue...
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2689623

I have avg 2014 and my anti virus dont think cs go is virus, youhave maybe downloaded something from a server or something

[Azuwi]

Originally posted by MalBoY:

Originally posted by Twiѕтer ☆:

Wtf i just tried to launch Csgo and AVG antivirus popped up saying it was a threat "general behavioral detection" and wanted it removed from my disk.

Object name \Steam\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo.exe

like seriously??

anyone else had this experience??

-------
Other ppl who got same issue...
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2689623

I have avg 2014 and my anti virus dont think cs go is virus, youhave maybe downloaded something from a server or something

Nah man i only downloaded a new browser thats all