Norton Antivirus tripping on New version of DCS.EXE

[DishDoggie]

I have Norton set to Exclude DCS program but it still blocked DCS.EXE from accessing this windows file. In this window I had the option to excluded DCS.EXE so I did. Not sure why or if it was because of the New hot patch that I had just installed a short time before. I went back into Norton to check if the Exclusions I already setup for Both Install location and Saved Game locations were still set and they were. My thoughts are now that I have reset the Exclusion on this last Norton Security Trip it will not do it again. Giving You a Heads up on the Norton situation if it matters to anyone Customers and ED if you too use Norton Antivirus. BEFORE I excluded it in this window it read BLOCKED not Excluded

Edited April 16, 2024 by DishDoggie
for one info line

[Flappie]

Do you run DCS as Administrator?

[DishDoggie]

7 hours ago, Flappie said:

Do you run DCS as Administrator?

Yes Sir it is set up on both EXE files DCS and the DCSupdater.exe

Edited April 16, 2024 by DishDoggie
for one info line

[Flappie]

Maybe that's what makes your antivirus freak out.

There's no benefit from launching DCS exes with admin rights.

[maxTRX]

Man... that useless microshaft's copilot... just sits there and watches me. It could've told me not to put DCS as a root...  too late now!

[Hiob]

I‘m probably beating a dead horse, but I would suggest to ditch Norton in favor of the integrated MS Defender. You‘ll be better of in every way.

[Ithronwise]

20 minutes ago, Hiob said:

I‘m probably beating a dead horse, but I would suggest to ditch Norton in favor of the integrated MS Defender. You‘ll be better of in every way.

Full agreement. Third party antivirus programs are snakeoil that dig deep into your system and cause more problems than they solve.

Edited April 17, 2024 by Ithronwise

[silverdevil]

to add to @Flappie, @Hiob, and @Ithronwise state. after all, MS has a unique perspective on their OS and what affects it. MS AV is to the point of being as good as any of the others one has to buy. and it is totally free.

[DishDoggie]

Thanks To all for Your input and Advice. I Run Norton because I Disabled Windows Updates To Prevent Installs of Things I do not Need or Want and I have a HP G2 I still use However This is going to change so Again Everyone Thank You.

[Oil]

Eset makes same thing with files updated by DCS updater - found Win64/Packed.VMProtect.AC

[Hiob]

Some AVs take offense in certain encryption or compression algorithms.

Try to check the file with virustotal to be sure.