RustBelt Posted March 23 Posted March 23 9 hours ago, Flagrum said: Admittedly, I only skimmed over the whole thread, but it seems that the commonly agreed upon "solution" is to disable your AV to ignore the DCS folder. Really? I mean, yes, false positives happen, but we now have many different AV products complaining about the same file. Probably because of some heuristics that consider that file to contain some "virus/trojan typical code". I am sure HB did not implement malicious code in there. And I trust HB that they have established proper means to prevent infections on their servers. But what if the implemented code is actually a _potential_ security risk that some ill minded people _could_ exploit? Are we sure that the file is really safe? Did HB do a code review or something like that of their code to ensure that this can not happen? What is HB's stance on this issue? To say noting of the amount people talk about it now, a malicious entity KNOWS people have their DCS folders excluded now.
scommander2 Posted March 25 Posted March 25 On 3/22/2025 at 4:00 PM, MAXsenna said: You want to set it at Steamapps. @MAXsenna, thanks so much. I have confirmed that the download directory is under Steamapps and it is "steamapps/downloading". The exception directory sets to "steamapps" for both download and installation 1 Spoiler Dell XPS 9730, i9-13900H, DDR5 64GB, Discrete GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, 1+2TB M.2 SSD | Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + TPR | TKIR5/TrackClipPro | Total Controls Multi-Function Button Box | Win 11 Pro
Clawhammer Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Great idea to exclude the steamapp downloading folder: Another one
pierscockey Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Making the DCS folder an exception in Defender has fixed my long loading times which I’ve experienced for the past couple of years! 2 i9 12900KS | 3090ti 24GB | 64GB 5200Mhz DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum GS-4 Seat | NLM V3 | Moza AB9 | Warthog Throttle + stick | MFG Crosswind | Reverb G1
MAXsenna Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Making the DCS folder an exception in Defender has fixed my long loading times which I’ve experienced for the past couple of years! Yes, that's another benefit. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
sleighzy Posted March 26 Posted March 26 1 hour ago, Clawhammer said: Great idea to exclude the steamapp downloading folder: Another one The steamapp/downloading folder is a cache used when downloading the update. The exclusion can be removed post-update once DCS has completed. This will ensure that anything downloaded in the future will still be scanned. AMD 7800x3D, 4080Super, 64Gb DDR5 RAM, 4Tb NVMe M.2, Quest 2
RustBelt Posted March 27 Posted March 27 11 hours ago, Clawhammer said: Great idea to exclude the steamapp downloading folder: Another one That sounds like a You and Steam problem. 2
draconus Posted March 27 Posted March 27 14 hours ago, Clawhammer said: Great idea to exclude the steamapp downloading folder: Misinformation. The malware file did not come from Steam. 1 Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
Dragon1-1 Posted March 27 Posted March 27 It is a good idea to keep running scans on a folder like Steam cache. Unlike DCS folder specifically, it's on all computers with Steam installed, it changes frequently, and things get downloaded into it.
AndyB Posted April 1 Posted April 1 I just turned it off, installed it, turned it back on. Haven't had any issues.
Falken2 Posted April 2 Posted April 2 On 3/14/2025 at 1:52 PM, razo+r said: You should: Add DCS as an exception to your anti virus and then run a repair of DCS. That should fix it. For more information, there are some topics about this already. Feel free to browse the F-14 subforum. Thank you
Bagpipe Posted April 10 Posted April 10 On 3/23/2025 at 7:43 PM, sleighzy said: Can you show the Window that Defender shows when it flags this as a Virus. Restarted your PC? To confirm, you don't have any other antivirus or malware software installed...only the default Windows Defender that comes with Windows? Yes only default defender and no other av software. Yes restarted several times trying to get it to work. Exclusion is set correctly but somehow it keeps blocking this file from installing and i need to do the whole process again each time i try. (i.e. downloading, unpacking etc.)
MAXsenna Posted April 10 Posted April 10 Yes only default defender and no other av software. Yes restarted several times trying to get it to work. Exclusion is set correctly but somehow it keeps blocking this file from installing and i need to do the whole process again each time i try. (i.e. downloading, unpacking etc.)It seems the exclusions are not set correctly. Please provide some screenshots. I didn't get if you have Standalone or Steam. With Steam you MUST make sure \steamapps\download is included in the exclusions, or it will not work. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
Bagpipe Posted April 24 Posted April 24 On 4/10/2025 at 10:19 AM, MAXsenna said: It seems the exclusions are not set correctly. Please provide some screenshots. I didn't get if you have Standalone or Steam. With Steam you MUST make sure \steamapps\download is included in the exclusions, or it will not work. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk Changed nothing and it fixed itself. Weird. Maybe a restart or something i dunno. Anyway, we are now rockin and rollin with the correct version again so all is well at last Thanks for your help 1
Zabuzard Posted April 25 Posted April 25 13 hours ago, Bagpipe said: Changed nothing and it fixed itself. Weird. Maybe a restart or something i dunno. It is because MS and friends processed the whitelisting requests. As explained throughout this and other threads, the problem is the Antivirus Software incorrectly detecting a virus in the DLL files and it takes them a few weeks to process the request to whitelist the files. If you have not made an explicit exclusion rule on your side this issue will likely get back to you in a future update that changed the DLLs again in a way that the AV software thinks its a virus again. And then it will eventually go away again as they processed the request. 3
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