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Title: Garry's Mod
Post by: REDACTED on November 29, 2014, 05:25:32 PM
Hello

For whatever reason today everyone in Garry's Mod community who use Avast as their main anti-virus ran into problems starting the game.
When you try to start the game, avast quarantines the hl2.exe file. Stating that it's something called "Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]".

I assume that someone falsely reported the file. And I hope that someone at Avast sees this thread and fixes the problem.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/4000/discussions/1/624076027713588767/

Thanks.
Title: Re: Garry's Mod
Post by: Asyn on November 29, 2014, 05:28:44 PM
You can report a possible FP here: http://www.avast.com/contact-us.php?subject=VIRUS-FILE
Title: Re: Garry's Mod
Post by: Para-Noid on November 29, 2014, 05:46:11 PM
On four blacklists here http://multirbl.valli.org/lookup/23.201.61.210.html
Some issues here http://www.dnsinspect.com/steamcommunity.com/1417279172

http://zulu.zscaler.com/submission/show/4655a67e9ae01d74ed30bf9b6a2d51ef-1417278821
Title: Re: Garry's Mod
Post by: Asyn on November 29, 2014, 05:55:48 PM
Para-Noid, reread the initial request. ;)
Title: Re: Garry's Mod
Post by: Para-Noid on November 29, 2014, 06:35:47 PM
I did read his request. His request does not make my links useless.
Title: Re: Garry's Mod
Post by: Asyn on November 29, 2014, 06:39:34 PM
Quote from: Para-Noid on November 29, 2014, 06:35:47 PM
I did read his request. His request does not make my links useless.

Well...

Quote from: Exorade on November 29, 2014, 05:25:32 PM
When you try to start the game, avast quarantines the hl2.exe file. Stating that it's something called "Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]".
Title: Re: Garry's Mod
Post by: REDACTED on November 29, 2014, 08:27:16 PM
Quote from: Asyn on November 29, 2014, 05:28:44 PM
You can report a possible FP here: http://www.avast.com/contact-us.php?subject=VIRUS-FILE

Great, thank you very much. I instantly did that. No doubt someone else might have done it as well by now.  :)

Quote from: Para-Noid on November 29, 2014, 05:46:11 PM
issues

That's... just the Steam forums. Doesn't have anything to do with my issue besides what's written in the thread in that link.
Title: Re: Garry's Mod
Post by: Asyn on November 29, 2014, 08:28:57 PM
Quote from: Exorade on November 29, 2014, 08:27:16 PM
Quote from: Asyn on November 29, 2014, 05:28:44 PM
You can report a possible FP here: http://www.avast.com/contact-us.php?subject=VIRUS-FILE
Great, thank you very much. I instantly did that. No doubt someone else might have done it as well by now.  :)
You're welcome.
Title: Re: Garry's Mod
Post by: REDACTED on November 29, 2014, 09:53:01 PM
Same precise issue here. I can't open Gmod at all at the moment, even clicking to restore the file and add it to the exclusion list doesn't seem to stop it.
I can verify the cache on Gmod to make it download another hl2.exe but avast immediately throws up the same warning and quarantines it.

I've reported it as a false positive.
Title: Re: Garry's Mod
Post by: REDACTED on November 29, 2014, 10:51:40 PM
I got an answer from Avast.  :)

Quote

Hello,

it will be fixed in next VPS.

Best regards,
Valerij Medviď
Virus analyst
Title: Re: Garry's Mod
Post by: REDACTED on November 30, 2014, 02:48:17 PM
It appears to have been fixed now.