Beforehand, I know this is not the game, it’s Avast causing the problem.
The game is Company of Heroes - Opposing Front (bought it yesterday).
After I install and try to play, game will minimize to Vista desktop, and Avast (Home Edition) will alert me that rs.dll is a virus and will not execute it. rs.dll is the game’s validation process call SecureROM. Without that file, the game cannot validate my copy of the game.
I tried adding it in the exclusion list - the dvd drive, destination game directory, wherever I can think the rs.dll file might end up. I even disabled the resident shield scanner, but it still detects the file as a virus. ???
Please, please can anyone give me some ideas on this. I would hate to change to another anti-virus after 3 years, just to play a game.
For the Standard Shield provider (on-access scanning):
Left click the ‘a’ blue icon, click on the provider icon at left and then Customize.
Go to Advanced tab and click on Add button…
For the other providers (on-demand scanning such as the screen-saver or the Simple User Interface):
Right click the ‘a’ blue icon, click Program Settings.
Go to Exclusions tab and click on Add button…
You can use wildcards like * and ?.
But be careful, you should ‘exclude’ that many files that let your system in danger.
To Vlk: I will send the file asap. I’m sure it will recognize the file as a false positive in the next VPS update.
To Darth_Mikey: Not really. That file is used to validate the correct media inserted to play the game off- or on-line. Avast just deletes the file, which causes the game’s SecureROM to say that there’s no DVD in the try to validate.
To Maxx_original and Tech: No go on that unfortunately. I have c:\Program Files\THQ, c:\Program Files\THQ\Company of Heroes, c:\Program Files\THQ\Company of Heroes\rs and c:\Program Files\THQ\Company of Heroes\rs\rs.dll set up in exclusions. Avast still pops up the message saying it’s a virus. Even rebooted the pc, still the same.
Only thing that did work, and I really had to do as last resort, was to pause the Standard Shield. Game runs, and I’m able to play. I see there’s a new VPS updated while writing this, so I’ll go and see if that sorted out the problem. Otherwise, I’ll have to pause the Standard Shield each time… :-\
Btw, the easiest solution (regarding short/long path experiments) should be copying the path from the “Virus found!” dialog - because it shows the path used to access the file (at least I hope so ;)).
