Norton AV killing EXE

[MF_pennsy]

I recently installed on a new rig, win 10. Had been working flawless for several weeks.

Last night Norton quarantined the EXE file for game start. Undid that and went in a while.

Tonight Norton just deleted the file and said it was a virus. The setting on Norton was at auto, switched to allow.

 I'm now forced to reinstall the game to get the exe back. Hope that stops Norton.

Edited April 8, 2018 by MF_pennsy

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

It is best to uninstall Norton. Antivirus software of this type needlessly causes many problems.

[Solmyr]

Maybe we could provide the .exe to you instead of you re-installing the whole sim ?..

Edited April 8, 2018 by Solmyr

[TJT]

Norton has a notorious reputation for being the (online) gamers worst choice of AV since..well..  1990'ish. 

[MF_pennsy]

On 4/8/2018 at 11:14 AM, Solmyr said:

Maybe we could provide the .exe to you instead of you re-installing the whole sim ?..

I tried to make a copy from my other rig, and a few dlls were taken away also. I could have copied them in also but chose to re-install since the old install is on a different OS

I didn't want to create a conflict of any kind.

 I had a chat session with Norton. Once the program was re-installed we used the "file insight" feature to tell Norton the files are trusted. I did that to several programs inside of IL-2. (Norton users can right click on program inside folder, click on "file insight", click on "trust now")  I haven't had a problem since doing this. The latest updates were not recognised as safe yet.

   Norton A/V catches a lot of flak from gamers, but more often it's not set up proper. I've been using NAV since 1995 and this is the third time it's interfered with a game. Only once Norton had to write an exception, it was done during a chat session and resolved that conflict (BF2  and the new launcher). The other two fails were due to my set up, permissions not set right. Often I hear "turn off your firewall" but if you do, what good is having A/V protection? Every time, and it has only been a few, the chat feature with Norton resolved my issues. So if Norton is causing problems, just chat with them. After all, support is part of what you pay for.

   Thanks to the answers I received. Help is always appreciated.

[ZachariasX]

Do yourself a favor and avoid the yellow plague. It is a good idea to reinstall the whole rig again from scratch, first of all it is the only way you can assume beeing free of the yellow plague plus take it as punishment for getting things from snake oil vendors.

 

Bad software has never been helpful.