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idp.generic in Launchbox.exe quarantined by AVG


Dylan M Ferrier

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My Launchbox stopped working this morning. AVG had Quarantined LaunchBox.exe. I started by adding an exception to the folder where I keep LaunchBox. I decided to just reinstall, and AVG again tried to quarantine \Temp\is-QVEEI.tmp\LaunchBox-12.13-Setup.tmp for IDP.Generic. I added this to the Exception list also. Looks like everything is fine now, but just wanted to let everyone know this is an issue. Not sure how to report issues about LaunchBox. hope this is okay. Thanks --Dylan

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1 minute ago, Dylan M Ferrier said:

but just wanted to let everyone know this is an issue.

Its a issue with your antivirus and not Launchbox. It's a false positive, that many third party anti virus's do, its a ploy to get you to pay for a license by scaring you into thinking perfectly safe files are virus's when they are not. Just use the built in Windows defender it's just as good, free, and rarely provides these false positives.

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Ya. figured as such. Wasn't sure if something can be changed in the code to fix or prevent this. As mentioned, I added the exceptions and it seems to work. My gaming computer is my only computer so I use it for other reasons. Not sure if I want to get rid of my anti-virus... and "trust" Microsoft alone. I know all to well of Corp.Murica trying to quash retro gaming (re: "piracy"). Thanks for the response and happy gaming --Dylan

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4 minutes ago, Dylan M Ferrier said:

Ya. figured as such. Wasn't sure if something can be changed in the code to fix or prevent this. As mentioned, I added the exceptions and it seems to work. My gaming computer is my only computer so I use it for other reasons. Not sure if I want to get rid of my anti-virus... and "trust" Microsoft alone. I know all to well of Corp.Murica trying to quash retro gaming (re: "piracy"). Thanks for the response and happy gaming --Dylan

Official releases get scanned through various online resources in order to try to alleviate this issue, but bad anti virus software is bad anti virus software so not a lot we can really do. Obviously Launchbox is a commercial product, and it wouldn't be good for business if we were selling a virus.

 

6 minutes ago, Dylan M Ferrier said:

Not sure if I want to get rid of my anti-virus..

Your choice of course, but its not needed at all, Microsoft have a vested interest in trying to keep there OS safe, all the other anti virus company's have a vested interest in making money by converting people to license payers by scaring uneducated people with stunts like this.

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