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Title: Avast stops Steamgames from starting
Post by: REDACTED on March 12, 2017, 10:09:58 PM

The newest Avast update (17.2.2288) stops most of my steam-games mid start.
Has anyone a solution for this problem that lets me keep avast.

Also: I uninstalled it to see if that worked and surprise, all my games worked perfectly.
So the problem must be with avast.

Title: Re: Avast stops Steamgames from starting
Post by: Gopher John on March 12, 2017, 10:53:18 PM

My grandson is playing Steam games with Avast Internet Security v17.2.2288 without issues.  So far, he has played 11 different games.  The problem isn't necessarily Avast, but perhaps a conflict between Avast, Steam and something else on your computer.

Title: Re: Avast stops Steamgames from starting
Post by: REDACTED on March 12, 2017, 11:44:45 PM

Possible. The issues started after the update though (i use avast since roughly a year and haven't had any issues so far), and i haven't installed any new software lately.
If there are known issues between steam avast and something else, i'd love to know about them.

Title: Re: Avast stops Steamgames from starting
Post by: Gopher John on March 13, 2017, 04:03:44 AM

Running any other security software? Those are the usual suspects.

Title: Re: Avast stops Steamgames from starting
Post by: Asyn on March 13, 2017, 05:18:28 AM

Quote from: xMichiJ1 on March 12, 2017, 10:09:58 PM

The newest Avast update (17.2.2288) stops most of my steam-games mid start.
Has anyone a solution for this problem that lets me keep avast.

Hi, disable the behavior shield or set an exclusion.
Avast GUI -> Settings -> Components -> Behavior Shield

Title: Re: Avast stops Steamgames from starting
Post by: REDACTED on March 13, 2017, 01:09:55 PM

Hi, disable the behavior shield or set an exclusion.
Avast GUI -> Settings -> Components -> Behavior Shield

Worked! Thank you so much!

Title: Re: Avast stops Steamgames from starting
Post by: Asyn on March 13, 2017, 01:18:15 PM

You're welcome.

Title: Re: Avast stops Steamgames from starting
Post by: Gopher John on March 13, 2017, 04:39:44 PM

FWIW, we didn't have to disable the Behavior Shield. But, if that's what works for you, all well and good. ;D