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Launcher for Beamng is unsafe?

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting: Bugs, Questions and Support' started by Calais, Mar 28, 2014.

  1. Calais

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    So I decided to do a Norton Power Eraser scan, and it comes up as follows.

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    I quite certain its not harmful, but is anyone else getting this?
     
  2. Motovader72

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    Norton is your problem, not that game launcher.
     
  3. TechnicolorDalek

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    Avast Free Antivirus is miles above and beyond Norton... Get rid of it. Nao.
     
  4. Jack Attack

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    Haha "MANY USERS, MATURE, BAD" I'm glad I don't use Norton.
     
  5. Narwhal

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    yea its norton. from my experience anything that is not a big company gets a ws.reputation.1 virus alert and then it gets quarantined. i dont like norton very much.
     
  6. Cardinal799

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    I think I remember 6677 saying Norton once flagged his entire System32 folder as a virus. (For less techy people, that folder is essential to the operation of your computer. If deleted, your computer is rendered unusable.)
     
  7. logoster

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    norton... delete every single thing having to do with norton from your pc, it is the WORST anti-virus EVER made in the history of anti-virus's, like, worse then McAfee, i personally suggest, avast, or MSE in combo with Malware-bytes
     
  8. daniel_j

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    Better than [everyone heres] anti virus product. You make one.
     
  9. logoster

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    what? no, norton is one of the worst anti-viruses you can currently download
     
  10. SixSixSevenSeven

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    I'd rather run nothing at all than even let norton touch my machine
     
  11. logoster

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    exactly
     
  12. Masheen88

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    Guys all you need is Eset Smart Security. You'll never know it's running and I have only twice ever had a false positive. Beamng was not in that
     
  13. Tommi_6o

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    Get avast
     
  14. raiderfan

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    Don't use anti-virus, just know what your downloading and don't download crap from untrusted sites.
     
  15. TechnicolorDalek

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    Bad advice.. always have an anti virus. Viruses can run without you downloading anything...
     
  16. raiderfan

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    i've haven't had any, maybe if you use public wi-fi or something you could get one but on my home network i've never had any.
     
  17. TechnicolorDalek

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    That is idiotic. It only takes one to ruin all your files, or even your whole life if it gets access to personal info.
     
  18. logoster

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    and how do you know that you don't? viruses don't make themselves obvious, you probably do have a virus and don't know it if you don't have any anti-virus at all
     
  19. raiderfan

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    It may be but it's worked for me for 6+ years now so i must be doing something right.
     
  20. TechnicolorDalek

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    No, no you're not. You probably DO have several viruses, perhaps benign, perhaps not. It is nigh-on impossible to avoid contracting viruses while using the internet, even from perfectly safe sites.
     
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