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76561198039197183 (Banned) Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:17am

Avast deleted steam.exe Win32:Evo-gen

How to get it back? after the small steam update avast markes it as suspicous can't get it back can\t find the virus chest on avast 2015

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S3ud-76 Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:28am

me too here

S3ud-76 Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:33am

I delete steam.old.exe from steam folder

DawdlingDan Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:43am

Go in Steam directory, rename steam.exe.old to steam.exe, disable Avast shields, retstart steam.

DawdlingDan Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:43am

Poster above me, re-install steam.

Katlen Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:47am

Same thing happened to me as well. Trying @DawdlingDan's solution.

Excess Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:54am

did any of you lost all of their games too ? tey we're all deleted from my computer... but like I can still see them, the problem is each time I open them, Steam want me to download them all over again

Last edited by Excess; Dec 15, 2015 @ 1:58am

Wild Turkey Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:22am

Check avast virus chest, scan it and restore steam.exe. It wont flag again, false positive avasts end. No need for re-install just redo your shortcuts. The virus chest can be found under statistics > component status.

Last edited by Wild Turkey; Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:23am

76561198039197183 (Banned) Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:31am

Originally posted by EL-flamingo:
did any of you lost all of their games too ? tey we're all deleted from my computer... but like I can still see them, the problem is each time I open them, Steam want me to download them all over again

nah i did not lose mine

Cr4zYcH1cK3nB0Y Dec 15, 2015 @ 2:41am

Not sure if this is what happened to me, because avast didn't pop up anything. But the steam client auto-updated, and i clicked restart steam, however steam never did restart, and the update must of deleted the steam app, because it is not there anymore. I had to re-download the steam client and re-install it. It did work, however, but wasted some time :(

The Giving One Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:16am

Sounds about right. Avast is on the list and seen here many times to cause problems with Steam.
Read this, please.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9828-SFLZ-9289

Anti-Virus Applications - Any Anti-Virus program could potentially block Steam and Steam game access, especially when not properly configured for use with Steam. Please make sure that Steam and all Steam games are listed as exceptions in these programs. If the issue persists, please try disabling or temporarily uninstalling the program to test the issue.

Last edited by The Giving One; Dec 15, 2015 @ 3:17am

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