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Avast Antivirus blocking vRoute


Martin Loxbo
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Martin Loxbo
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Since yesterday my Avast Antivirus does not like to play along with vRoute. Short of having the antivirus turned off every time I start vRoute, is there any solution to this?

Martin Loxbo

Director Sweden FIR

VATSIM Scandinavia

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Don Desfosse
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Avast is well-known to be extremely restrictive. Does it allow you to except individual programs?

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Morten Jelle
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I noticed that since yesterday aswell. Unfortunately Avast is very aggresive here, and recognises the *.zip file, you download from the website as a Evo-gen virus file.

I have tried to see if it is possible to make an exception, however with no luck so far.

 

The only person who is able to do anything is Michal, so we will have to wait, until he has a solution.

Morten Jelle

VATSIM Network Supervisor, Team Lead - Supervisor Team 1

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Don Desfosse
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Are you able to suspend Avira, open the zip and install the program, and then resume Avira?

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Martin Loxbo
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Like Morten I have tried to make exceptions with no luck. I can disable Avast, reinstall vRoute and then open the program as long as Avast is disabled, but it looks like once the virus scan is enabled it will disable vRoute necessating another reinstall.

Martin Loxbo

Director Sweden FIR

VATSIM Scandinavia

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Harrison  Waltman
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Martin: Which version of avast do you have? I think I found a solution.

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Harrison  Waltman
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If you are running the latest version:

1. Go to Settings < Active Protection

2. Next to File System Shield, click Customize

3. Uncheck the box that says "Scan programs when executing"

I know it is a complete disabling of the feature, but you will still remain fairly secure

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Martin Loxbo
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Thanks, I'll try it out when I get a chance.

Martin Loxbo

Director Sweden FIR

VATSIM Scandinavia

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Wygene Chong 1089621
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In case anyone is waiting for an update on this, I have updated my virus definitions and reinstalled vRoute, which fixed the problem.

Wygene Chong

C1 Controller | Iceland | Greenland | Faroe Islands

VATSIM Scandinavia

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Morten Jelle
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Yep - I can confirm that it works for me too. The new virus definitions published by avast, doesn't recognize vroute as a virus anymore.

Morten Jelle

VATSIM Network Supervisor, Team Lead - Supervisor Team 1

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