Steam friendly Antivirus's

[A Sodding Dishwasher]

Hi all,

I'm currently having trouble with my current antivirus (AVG) where I start a steam game and it instantly crashes it. Before trying AVG I used Avast which was pefectly fine until the latest update it had in which it would do the exact same that AVG did. Would anyone know any good antivirus's that dont interfere with steam or if theres anything I can do in the setting to stop it?

thanks

[Honda Civic 2006]

Originally posted by A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Kettle:

Hi all,

I'm currently having trouble with my current antivirus (AVG) where I start a steam game and it instantly crashes it. Before trying AVG I used Avast which was pefectly fine until the latest update it had in which it would do the exact same that AVG did. Would anyone know any good antivirus's that dont interfere with steam or if theres anything I can do in the setting to stop it?

thanks

Hi, this source from Valve may help you: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9828-SFLZ-9289

AVG Anti Virus is on that list, it will block Steam and Steam games

[mimizukari]

The only antivirus worth using nowadays good day 1 detection not many false positives are kaspersky and bitdefender supplemented by malwarebytes anti-malware. AVG is ripe full of false positives (just like avast) and neither detect anywhere near as well as the aforementioned combo.

[Honda Civic 2006]

Originally posted by Shiki Ryougi:

The only antivirus worth using nowadays good day 1 detection not many false positives are kaspersky and bitdefender supplemented by malwarebytes anti-malware. AVG is ripe full of false positives (just like avast) and neither detect anywhere near as well as the aforementioned combo.

I would also recommend the classic Microsoft Security Essentials, it's not that heavy as many other Anti Viruses are, and it does the job well.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by LP Mr_Oren:

Originally posted by Shiki Ryougi:

The only antivirus worth using nowadays good day 1 detection not many false positives are kaspersky and bitdefender supplemented by malwarebytes anti-malware. AVG is ripe full of false positives (just like avast) and neither detect anywhere near as well as the aforementioned combo.

I would also recommend the classic Microsoft Security Essentials, it's not that heavy as many other Anti Viruses are, and it does the job well.

day 1 detection of windows defender is piss poor compared to the leaders. (anything under 95% is awful, because that 5% is what you're going to be infected by browsing the web)

[VioLaToR]

I would also recommend Microsoft its now called Windows Defender Security Center in windows 10...I have had no Issues with it...and older versions of it worked great...and its free....

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Shiki Ryougi:

Originally posted by LP Mr_Oren:

I would also recommend the classic Microsoft Security Essentials, it's not that heavy as many other Anti Viruses are, and it does the job well.

day 1 detection of windows defender is piss poor compared to the leaders. (anything under 95% is awful, because that 5% is what you're going to be infected by browsing the web)

And let me guess, you think that those leaders can actually reliably protect you?

[Honda Civic 2006]

Originally posted by Shiki Ryougi:

Originally posted by LP Mr_Oren:

I would also recommend the classic Microsoft Security Essentials, it's not that heavy as many other Anti Viruses are, and it does the job well.

day 1 detection of windows defender is piss poor compared to the leaders. (anything under 95% is awful, because that 5% is what you're going to be infected by browsing the web)

People who understand how to use the web know what websites they need to go into.. however, people still make mistakes, so I believe having a Anti Virus that also secures your browsing session is important.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by Shiki Ryougi:

day 1 detection of windows defender is piss poor compared to the leaders. (anything under 95% is awful, because that 5% is what you're going to be infected by browsing the web)

And let me guess, you think that those leaders can actually reliably protect you?

Malwarebytes anti-malware premium has very good zero hour/zero day protection versus most threats, Yes, they do protect you when the net throws you a curveball, and because of that, you should be using the best, most reliable ones on the market, which at the moment are kaspersky/bitdefender for AV, and malwarebytes anti-malware for anti-malware. In conjunction, you are not 100% safe of course, but it will stop over 99% of zero day threats.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Shiki Ryougi:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

And let me guess, you think that those leaders can actually reliably protect you?

Malwarebytes anti-malware premium has very good zero hour/zero day protection versus most threats, Yes, they do protect you when the net throws you a curveball, and because of that, you should be using the best, most reliable ones on the market, which at the moment are kaspersky/bitdefender for AV, and malwarebytes anti-malware for anti-malware. In conjunction, you are not 100% safe of course, but it will stop over 99% of zero day threats.

"Most" is not "all". At the end of day, any AV is but a second measure, the first being you not being dumb. That's the most important part of security!

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by Shiki Ryougi:

Malwarebytes anti-malware premium has very good zero hour/zero day protection versus most threats, Yes, they do protect you when the net throws you a curveball, and because of that, you should be using the best, most reliable ones on the market, which at the moment are kaspersky/bitdefender for AV, and malwarebytes anti-malware for anti-malware. In conjunction, you are not 100% safe of course, but it will stop over 99% of zero day threats.

"Most" is not "all". At the end of day, any AV is but a second measure, the first being you not being dumb. That's the most important part of security!

Even if you are not being dumb things happen, even big programs get hijacked and injected with malware, there's been atleast one case a steam game update was pushed with malware, and puu.sh got injected with malware before too, websites can be hijacked with browser exploits, etc. To be safe you NEED the most advanced available engines to save you from these threats, even if it ends up costing 1 gb ram on reserve. (and even mods from gta 4-5 were injected with malware and those were just .dll files that weren't even executables, forcing the game itself to act maliciously and create extra files/etc, these were mods that big journalists commented on and endorsed such as pc-gamer, because they were great mods... just created with mal-intent)

[ReBoot]

Actually, not really. Those most advanced engines don't save you. Sure, sometimes they do, but in reality, they're a "nice to have", but nothing else. That's at least the consens of the security research community. You know, the specialists on that topic.

[The End]

Originally posted by Shiki Ryougi:

Originally posted by ReBoot:

"Most" is not "all". At the end of day, any AV is but a second measure, the first being you not being dumb. That's the most important part of security!

Even if you are not being dumb things happen, even big programs get hijacked and injected with malware,

And that happen when a user on that system is stupid, and plug in that random usbstick they found on the floor, or browse/install things they should not.

Common sense is number one.

Originally posted by Shiki Ryougi:

there's been atleast one case a steam game update was pushed with malware

The "malware" you say was on Steam, was in “The Final Hours of Portal 2“, it was not on Steam, it was a website used within the guide that were compromised.
https://www.google.dk/search?q=The+Final+Hours+of+Portal+2+pulled
That is the only instance I've ever heard of in my +13years with Steam, the random false-positives we see on a weekly basis, does not count.

Originally posted by Shiki Ryougi:

Malwarebytes anti-malware premium has very good zero hour/zero day protection versus most threats, Yes, they do protect you when the net throws you a curveball, and because of that, you should be using the best

About Malwarebytes, I've used to promote that, but as of v3, they have a crapload of issues, some of the hardcore helpers in the forum, is even questioning if they really are protected.
Go and look at the forum, it has been a loot of problems since they released v3.
https://forums.malwarebytes.com/forum/41-malwarebytes-30/

Originally posted by Shiki Ryougi:

To be safe you NEED the most advanced available engines to save you from these threats

Not at all, a proper installed sandbox, and you are good to go.