Read if you have issues with Avast anti-virus software and GDS games

[shawn michaels]

Originally Posted by MichiganHero

Odd, I installed the patch and the game has ran smoothly ever since.

Check my edit.

[shawn michaels]

I got it working. I had to turn the internet shield off to download the file and than I turned it back on. The game is working, but avast still considers the site from where we download the patches a threath. So, I just wanted to let Arlie know that.

[michgcs]

Nice to see that I wasn't alone on this I turned off Avast just so I can open the game, then turned Avast back on and so far it's been okay.

[Darothane]

I had the same problem yesterday, I just reinstalled the demo and then the demo to retail and it is working fine now.

[Wolverinex23]

i simply added the whole gds folder as an exception in avast and it worked...since i know there is no virus in them i have no problem having them not checked

[gazwefc83]

Originally Posted by Wolverinex23

i simply added the whole gds folder as an exception in avast and it worked...since i know there is no virus in them i have no problem having them not checked

How do I do this? I cant even download the latest patch without it blocking the download, the TEW2013.exe file is in my chest though

[DeadCeleb]

Avast did the same to me, I just restored the file from my virus chest, and added the whole GDS folder to scan exclusion list.

[RatedRKO16]

Originally Posted by DeadCeleb

Avast did the same to me, I just restored the file from my virus chest, and added the whole GDS folder to scan exclusion list.

Where is this exclusion list? I cannot find it for the life of me.

Please someone help.

[RatedRKO16]

Nevermind. I finally figured it out.

For those who havent:

1 - Open Avast

2 - On the upper right should be a "settings". Click.

3 - Click on "Global Exlcusions"

4 - Select "browse"

5 - Find the GDS folder and select it.

6 - Hit enter so it actually adds it to the exclusions list.

[Wolverinex23]

from what i can see u can also add web pages adress to exclusion list..if u can't download from this site,try that too..

[RA27]

I have Bitdefender Anti-Virus Plus, and every time I try to access the FBB3 3.022 patch download, Bitdefender tells me that it is malware and blocks the download. Any ideas?

[Skolyiam]

I am having the same issue with MacAfee. I have accepted it as a safe programme to use and its still removing it. Any suggestions please?

[Adam Ryland]

I suggest that you make sure that:

1 - You don't have TEW open when you add it to McAfee's safe list

2 - You make sure you restart your machine after adding to the safe list; you shouldn't immediately run TEW after adding it

3 - You make sure that you're adding the TEW2020.exe that you're actually intending to use; that sounds obvious, but more than one person has had two copies on their machine and added the 'wrong' one.

4 - You make sure you're always playing the game in admin mode

The second step is generally the crucial one.

Following those steps has worked for everybody else as far as I'm aware.