steam verifying installation every time i start my computer

[TWin]

Steam verifies installation every time i start my computer, is this normal? it has only been doing it recently and its quite ugly as well to watch after my computer freshly boots.

[Raziel]

Reinstall

[Mr Blue Playdoh]

i have had zero virus any thing my computer is purly for gaming noting is downloaded only from steam etc

I scan every day with malwarbytes, ccleaner every week im afraid it had to be steam or linked to an account on steam as its funny my laptop is also doing it and i hardly ever use that.

[Mr Blue Playdoh]

just scanned now Threats Identified 0
I scanned with windows defender yesterday and 0 on that also.

[Mr Blue Playdoh]

only thing i have not tried is unistall as i dont feel like downloading all my games again lol

[Muppet among Puppets]

Its a steam bug since a last update.
Why should it be an infection?

[NY_Muilisx_NY]

Postat inițial de Muppet among Puppets:

Postat inițial de NY_Muilisx_NY:

If you don't have Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, and never ran it ever before on your system then I can 100% guarantee you that you have malware infections. This goes for ANYONE

Not anyone guaranteed

Postat inițial de 🌜Rockon🌛:

Postat inițial de NY_Muilisx_NY:

If you don't have Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, and never ran it ever before on your system then I can 100% guarantee you that you have malware infections.

Nope, never had a single infection in all the years I've used computers, and that is many years.

right, and how can you know that if you don't install MWB and run a scan? If you never ran it then you don''t know if you have malware or not and I bet you do. I've NEVER EVER seen a machine that never ran MWB come up with none after the scan. They ALWAYS have malware.

[The End]

Postat inițial de NY_Muilisx_NY:

If you don't have Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, and never ran it ever before on your system then I can 100% guarantee you that you have malware infections.

Postat inițial de 🌜Rockon🌛:

Nope, never had a single infection in all the years I've used computers, and that is many years.

right, and how can you know that if you don't install MWB and run a scan?

Common sense, and a sandboxed environment.

Postat inițial de NY_Muilisx_NY:

If you never ran it then you don''t know if you have malware or not and I bet you do. I've NEVER EVER seen a machine that never ran MWB come up with none after the scan. They ALWAYS have malware.

I can gurantee, I do not, sandboxed and it's simply not possible.
If that is an occuring problem on your or your friends machines, a change in the way you surf/download/install random websites and dodgy files, might be a good idea.

Edit:
Did it just for the kick.

Malwarebytes
www.malwarebytes.com

-Log Details-
Scan Date: 3/19/17
Scan Time: 2:55 AM
Logfile: 
Administrator: Yes

-Software Information-
Version: 3.0.6.1469
Components Version: 1.0.75
Update Package Version: 1.0.1533

-System Information-
OS: Windows 10
CPU: x64
File System: NTFS
User: System

-Scan Summary-
Scan Type: Threat Scan
Result: Completed
Objects Scanned: 112170
Time Elapsed: 3 min, 6 sec

-Scan Options-
Memory: Enabled
Startup: Enabled
Filesystem: Enabled
Archives: Enabled
Rootkits: Enabled
Heuristics: Enabled
PUP: Enabled
PUM: Enabled

-Scan Details-
Process: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Module: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Key: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Value: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Data: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Data Stream: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Folder: 0
(No malicious items detected)

File: 0
(No malicious items detected)

Physical Sector: 0
(No malicious items detected)

(end)

Clean as a whistle

/I'm out, we are offtopic by a mile.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Postat inițial de NY_Muilisx_NY:

I've NEVER EVER seen a machine that never ran MWB come up with none after the scan. They ALWAYS have malware.

I would change something in my habit if mwb would find malware.

Not having an antivirus does not equal having/or more likely getting an infection.
And btw, also not the other way around.

[Mr Blue Playdoh]

Postat inițial de NY_Muilisx_NY:

Postat inițial de Muppet among Puppets:

Not anyone guaranteed

Postat inițial de 🌜Rockon🌛:

Nope, never had a single infection in all the years I've used computers, and that is many years.

right, and how can you know that if you don't install MWB and run a scan? If you never ran it then you don''t know if you have malware or not and I bet you do. I've NEVER EVER seen a machine that never ran MWB come up with none after the scan. They ALWAYS have malware.

come to mine i have had noting wrong with my PC zero in the 3-4 years i have had it!

[wobbles]

Don't listen to the idiots that like to blame everything on malware.... They think that just because they can't keep a clean computer that the rest of us have the same issues....

This is usually due to a race condition within the windows shutdown procedures itself. Steam is not the best written piece of software, in fact I would hardly call it good; and when windows sends the shutdown signal and tries to nicely close applications, steam like to take its merry ol time closing down. At this point windows tries to be a little more forceful and kill steam in a less conventional way.

Upon next start steam will alwayse insist that it was shutdown improperly (which it was but it is it's own damn fault) and try to verify the integrity of itself.

Fix:

1) Disable the option within steam to start it with Windows

2) Open a windows explorer window to your old fashioned startup folder (From run box type shell:startup if you are having trouble finding it)

3) Open another window to your Steam folder and bring a shortcut of steam.exe into the startup folder

4) Edit the "steam.exe - shortcut" link by right clicking and going to Properties

5) In the target field after the closing double quotes add the following: -silent -noverifyfiles
*Should now read: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent -noverifyfiles

That's it. It will still reach out to constantly check for updates and cause your system to crawl for a few seconds during boot, but it will be hidden and less intrusive now.

Easier Fix:

1) Open your registry editor (type regedit into run dialog)

2) Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

3) Change to "Steam" entry to include -noverifyfiles at the end, it should then read:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe" -silent -noverifyfiles
(Accounting for path if different on your PC.

[KA007]

Those updates are mostly adding new features.

[wobbles]

Postat inițial de Cham:

Those updates are mostly adding new features.

Its not updates that bug people, its the fact that Steam seems to think that people need to SEE that it is CHECKING for updates at every boot. Nearly every other application checks for updates silently and just informs the user when there is an update. The biggest problem is, as the OP says, the verification of files on every start due to the application not closing properly.

[Mr Blue Playdoh]

Postat inițial de wobbles:

Don't listen to the idiots that like to blame everything on malware.... They think that just because they can't keep a clean computer that the rest of us have the same issues....

This is usually due to a race condition within the windows shutdown procedures itself. Steam is not the best written piece of software, in fact I would hardly call it good; and when windows sends the shutdown signal and tries to nicely close applications, steam like to take its merry ol time closing down. At this point windows tries to be a little more forceful and kill steam in a less conventional way.

Upon next start steam will alwayse insist that it was shutdown improperly (which it was but it is it's own damn fault) and try to verify the integrity of itself.

Fix:

1) Disable the option within steam to start it with Windows

2) Open a windows explorer window to your old fashioned startup folder (From run box type shell:startup if you are having trouble finding it)

3) Open another window to your Steam folder and bring a shortcut of steam.exe into the startup folder

4) Edit the "steam.exe - shortcut" link by right clicking and going to Properties

5) In the target field after the closing double quotes add the following: -silent -noverifyfiles
*Should now read: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent -noverifyfiles

That's it. It will still reach out to constantly check for updates and cause your system to crawl for a few seconds during boot, but it will be hidden and less intrusive now.

OMG wow! you my friend i could kiss you!!! it worked thank you so much!

[darek_page]

Solution: run as administrator

Details:
Recently upgraded my computer from Windows 7 to 10 and I've been constantly having issues trying to get my Steam to open as it would endlessly verify, on the odd occasion it would work but i could find no pattern to it after trying all the above solutions, I've Just tried to run it as administrator and it opened immediately. definitely worth the shot if your still looking for solutions.

[habib]

Exit steam, go into your steam folder and delete the .crash file, start steam. See if that fixes your issue.