Anti-Virus removes steam

[UnknownLlama126]

My anti virus just removed steam because it claimed I got hacked and I now can't uninstall the games that I used to have and they are still taking up space on my computer can someone help me remove them.

[Haruspex]

What's your anti-virus?

[UnknownLlama126]

I used this one my dad installed called Kasperky and I am not really sure if it is good.

[Zekiran]

Yes, that one is garbage.

Make sure that you white-list Steam and ALL of its processes and folders. Tell it to not 'live' scan (that will interrupt things while you're trying to play online, or download things, anything that goes between your computer and a source like Steam).

If your dad is in control over the computer, have him do this. Steam is not a virus. A lot of poor excuses for virus scanners and firewalls, however, tend to false-positive Steam particularly if there's been an update or if you get a new game installed on the computer.

[UnknownLlama126]

Thanks, is there a way to uninstall the old games I found the steam folder but I am not really sure what to do seeing as I can't open it normally.

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by UnknownLlama126:

I can't open it normally.

Sounds like your dad gave you a limited user account and Steam is probably installed in a protected folder like Program Files. You're going to have to ask him to do it from his user account.

[UnknownLlama126]

I am the owner of this computer I can open program files but I am not sure how to open steam from there

[Haruspex]

Are your games listed in the Windows Add/Remove Programs uninstall menu?

[UnknownLlama126]

How do I get there could I just go to storage because they are not listed there.

[UnknownLlama126]

I found the files and I found out that they contain all the information so I think if I delete them it will clear up my storage and I will be fine asides from my mods.

[UnknownLlama126]

I have figured out a way to delete the old files to clear up storage for the new files should I delete them or maybe save them in case there is a better way to do this.

[kitt]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

Yes, that one is garbage.

Make sure that you white-list Steam and ALL of its processes and folders. Tell it to not 'live' scan (that will interrupt things while you're trying to play online, or download things, anything that goes between your computer and a source like Steam).

If your dad is in control over the computer, have him do this. Steam is not a virus. A lot of poor excuses for virus scanners and firewalls, however, tend to false-positive Steam particularly if there's been an update or if you get a new game installed on the computer.

calling Kaspersky garbage... just stop. Kaspersky is literally one of the top programs.

[Zekiran]

It is complete ♥♥♥♥♥, lol. To have a program *actively not have Steam as a basic "this is acceptable" whitelist on start* is absurd.

OP: why not ... get a new drive? You're going to run out of space anyway, why not have a dedicated drive for Steam games once you've gotten the old one cleaned up.

[UnknownLlama126]

I have been thinking about it for a while but maybe that would be a good idea for like a plugin drive or something so I could have a copy.

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by UnknownLlama126:

I have figured out a way to delete the old files to clear up storage for the new files should I delete them or maybe save them in case there is a better way to do this.

You can just delete them if you want, but unless you uninstall they'll leave behind stuff, like registry entries and such.

Click "Start" or hit the Windows key then just start typing "add remove programs", click the first thing that pops up after typing that. You'll see a list of every application installed, including Steam games. You can properly uninstall them there.

Kaspersky isn't "bad" persay, but it can be overzealous as you found out, and I think it's unnecessary.

[UnknownLlama126]

Originally posted by 8bitbeard:

Originally posted by UnknownLlama126:

I have figured out a way to delete the old files to clear up storage for the new files should I delete them or maybe save them in case there is a better way to do this.

You can just delete them if you want, but unless you uninstall they'll leave behind stuff, like registry entries and such.

Click "Start" or hit the Windows key then just start typing "add remove programs", click the first thing that pops up after typing that. You'll see a list of every application installed, including Steam games. You can properly uninstall them there.

Kaspersky isn't "bad" persay, but it can be overzealous as you found out, and I think it's unnecessary.

Thanks