Greetings -

Sony Online Entertainment has reached out to Avast and opened a support ticket for this False Positive.
Our internal forums address the issue here and have listed some known work arounds.

https://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/planetside-exe-virus-win32-hoblig-heur.124951/page-7

SOE also checked the latest PlanetSide2.exe with Virus Total and received similar results:
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/113662e24dd95de28536dbfa56396afd76f2a99e34d2186e18ea25922d1e0cf8/analysis/
Avast is the only hit on the list.

We’re eager to find a suitable solution for everyone encountering this issue and are currently awaiting word back from Avast.

Thanks

Rob Thompson
Sr. QA Director
Sony Online Entertainment
www.soe.com