Avast destroyed my 15 year old computer game

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I have been playing Jagged Alliance 2 since Windows 98SE. I have been playing the mod, Jagged Alliance 2 Vengeance Reloaded since 2015. Tonight Avast decided… I don’t know what… decided it was a threat, erased the EXE file and made the entire folder Read Only. I can not undo the Read Only attribute to try to drop in a new EXE file.

I am going to reinstall the entire game, but if this happens again I am forever uninstalling Avast, and good riddance.

[Report.wer]

Version=1
EventType=AppHangB1
EventTime=134098329807863794
ReportType=3
Consent=1
UploadTime=134098330742847272
ReportIdentifier=ae992daf-d5ab-11f0-97f1-ecf4bb0e1371
IntegratorReportIdentifier=ae992db0-d5ab-11f0-97f1-ecf4bb0e1371
WOW64=1
Response.type=4
Sig[0].Name=Application Name
Sig[0].Value=JA2_Vengeance.exe
Sig[1].Name=Application Version
Sig[1].Value=1.0.0.1
Sig[2].Name=Application Timestamp
Sig[2].Value=659ed176
Sig[3].Name=Hang Signature
Sig[3].Value=e999
Sig[4].Name=Hang Type
Sig[4].Value=0
DynamicSig[1].Name=OS Version
DynamicSig[1].Value=6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
DynamicSig[2].Name=Locale ID
DynamicSig[2].Value=4105
DynamicSig[22].Name=Additional Hang Signature 1
DynamicSig[22].Value=e9996d03c4afb926f347ab7d00ade77f
DynamicSig[23].Name=Additional Hang Signature 2
DynamicSig[23].Value=8ee9
DynamicSig[24].Name=Additional Hang Signature 3
DynamicSig[24].Value=8ee946f8f1f3acf51419ecf623ff89a5
DynamicSig[25].Name=Additional Hang Signature 4
DynamicSig[25].Value=e999
DynamicSig[26].Name=Additional Hang Signature 5
DynamicSig[26].Value=e9996d03c4afb926f347ab7d00ade77f
DynamicSig[27].Name=Additional Hang Signature 6
DynamicSig[27].Value=8ee9
DynamicSig[28].Name=Additional Hang Signature 7
DynamicSig[28].Value=8ee946f8f1f3acf51419ecf623ff89a5
UI[3]=Jagged Alliance 2 Gold is not responding
UI[4]=If you close the program, you might lose information.
UI[5]=Close the program
UI[6]=Close the program
UI[7]=Close the program
LoadedModule[0]=C:\Games\Jagged Alliance 2 Vengence\JA2_Vengeance.exe
LoadedModule[1]=C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
LoadedModule[2]=C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
LoadedModule[3]=C:\Program Files\Avast Software\Avast\x86\aswhook.dll
LoadedModule[4]=C:\Windows\syswow64\KERNELBASE.dll
LoadedModule[5]=C:\Windows\syswow64\WS2_32.dll
LoadedModule[6]=C:\Windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
LoadedModule[7]=C:\Windows\syswow64\RPCRT4.dll
LoadedModule[8]=C:\Windows\syswow64\SspiCli.dll
LoadedModule[9]=C:\Windows\syswow64\CRYPTBASE.dll
LoadedModule[10]=C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sechost.dll
LoadedModule[11]=C:\Windows\syswow64\NSI.dll
LoadedModule[12]=C:\Games\Jagged Alliance 2 Vengence\smackw32.dll
LoadedModule[13]=C:\Windows\syswow64\USER32.dll
LoadedModule[14]=C:\Windows\syswow64\GDI32.dll
LoadedModule[15]=C:\Windows\syswow64\LPK.dll
LoadedModule[16]=C:\Windows\syswow64\USP10.dll
LoadedModule[17]=C:\Windows\syswow64\ADVAPI32.dll
LoadedModule[18]=C:\Windows\system32\WINMM.dll
LoadedModule[19]=C:\Games\Jagged Alliance 2 Vengence\binkw32.dll
LoadedModule[20]=C:\Games\Jagged Alliance 2 Vengence\fmod.dll
LoadedModule[21]=C:\Windows\syswow64\ole32.dll
LoadedModule[22]=C:\Windows\system32\MSACM32.dll
LoadedModule[23]=C:\Windows\system32\WSOCK32.dll
LoadedModule[24]=C:\Games\Jagged Alliance 2 Vengence\DDRAW.dll
LoadedModule[25]=C:\Windows\system32\dbghelp.dll
LoadedModule[26]=C:\Windows\system32\IMM32.DLL
LoadedModule[27]=C:\Windows\syswow64\MSCTF.dll
LoadedModule[28]=C:\Windows\system32\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.DLL
LoadedModule[29]=c:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\SysWOW64\BtMmHook.dll
LoadedModule[30]=C:\Windows\syswow64\SHELL32.dll
LoadedModule[31]=C:\Windows\syswow64\SHLWAPI.dll
LoadedModule[32]=C:\Windows\syswow64\OLEAUT32.dll
LoadedModule[33]=C:\Windows\syswow64\PSAPI.DLL
LoadedModule[34]=C:\Windows\system32\opengl32.dll
LoadedModule[35]=C:\Windows\system32\GLU32.dll
LoadedModule[36]=C:\Windows\system32\ig7icd32.dll
LoadedModule[37]=C:\Windows\system32\dwmapi.dll
LoadedModule[38]=C:\Windows\system32\dsound.dll
LoadedModule[39]=C:\Windows\system32\POWRPROF.dll
LoadedModule[40]=C:\Windows\syswow64\SETUPAPI.dll
LoadedModule[41]=C:\Windows\syswow64\CFGMGR32.dll
LoadedModule[42]=C:\Windows\syswow64\DEVOBJ.dll
LoadedModule[43]=C:\Windows\syswow64\CLBCatQ.DLL
LoadedModule[44]=C:\Windows\System32\MMDevApi.dll
LoadedModule[45]=C:\Windows\System32\PROPSYS.dll
LoadedModule[46]=C:\Windows\system32\AUDIOSES.DLL
LoadedModule[47]=C:\Windows\system32\wdmaud.drv
LoadedModule[48]=C:\Windows\system32\ksuser.dll
LoadedModule[49]=C:\Windows\system32\AVRT.dll
LoadedModule[50]=C:\Windows\system32\msacm32.drv
LoadedModule[51]=C:\Windows\system32\midimap.dll
FriendlyEventName=Stopped responding and was closed
ConsentKey=AppHangXProcB1
AppName=Jagged Alliance 2 Gold
AppPath=C:\Games\Jagged Alliance 2 Vengence\JA2_Vengeance.exe
ReportDescription=A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.

Draidor

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You can exclude the game folder from Avast’s scans by adding an exception. If you’re certain the files therein are safe.

You should always have a backup. That way you can just restore the entire folder and keep playing.

You should be able to restore the exe from quarantine to its original location. Possibly after adding that exception.