Help Trojan Horse virus??

[Cat The Pirate Queen]

I tried to log in to pirates today , and my icon wasn't working , when I tried to download the game again , it said there was a trojan horse virus threat and woudn't complete the download. Any one else having this problem ? I sent the virus away to avg for analyses. No word back yet.

[Chris]

You wouldnt happen to have AVG Internet Security would you? or Trend Micro Anti-Virus?

if you have either look at this in the current know issues of POTCO.

- A recent AVG Internet Security update falsely detects Pirates Online's "Launcher1.exe" as a Trojan Horse.
- Workaround: Download the latest definition file from AVG released Sunday, April 27
- Trend Micro Anti-Virus has falsely detected Pirates Online's Launcher1.exe as a Trojan Horse
- Workaround: Download the latest definition file from Trend Micro

EDIT: just noticed u have AVG thats whats causing it download the AVG version released April 27th should do the trick.

[Dr. Zeppers]

Make sure to update your AVG with the latest virus definitions available.
That should clear things up. AVG has falsely detected the "launcher1.exe" before.

Its happened before, im 99.9999999% sure its a 'false positive'.

Why not 100%, well... the files not coming to me, cant be that sure.


Edit: Ooops.. What Chris said!

[Cat The Pirate Queen]

do i need to just update avg ?i did that .

[Chris]

no i think you actually need to downgrade... im not familiar with AVG

[Cat The Pirate Queen]

Sorry not a computer geek, lol so what do i have to do? i did an update but it still warned of virus threat after that . Do i have to uninstall my avg and re-download it , i got avg in june of this year. thanks

[Charlotte Grey]

Wow, that's pretty sad!

[Cat The Pirate Queen]

could i just shut off my avg for a few minutes and download pirates again?

[Cat The Pirate Queen]

You making fun of me charolette, just because im technically challenged?

[Chris]

not gonna work bc when u try to launch it it will block it give me a few mintues to look into AVG.

EDIT: no i dont think she is making fun of you i think she is saying that you have to DOWNGRADE a program for disneys game.

[Cat The Pirate Queen]

Oh thank you, thank you , i need my fix i haven't played for over an hour now. Sniff Sniff, pity me. lol

[Chris]

lol from what ive read i think u last updated it today? if so that would be why you got the new version which doesnt like pirates.

im on the AVG homepage and i cant find a link to the past versions for you to downgrade.

EDIT: i think i found it but the last one was august 19th O_o

EDIT2: ok i cant find it sorry :9 zep this is where u take over

[Cat The Pirate Queen]

Ohh it does updates by itself , hmmmm..... so if it is an update causing trouble,do I find an older version and download??? Won't the updates mess me up again?
Is there a way to restore, ignore... ??? and download anyway, without AVG sending it to quarentine..? Remember at this point I am just rying to download and install again... I'm lost .............?????
I have Norton on my other computer, should I rid AVG and put Norton here...? Or is there other good free, anti virus program.... would not all of you running avg have the same problem...??

[Chris]

Honestly install norton first then un-install AVG bc pirates and AVG dont like each other. This may be the simplest way to go bc i dont know much about AVG and if it does update itself then if u fix it it might update itself so you will always fight this issue.

[Cat The Pirate Queen]

ok thanks a bunch you guys , im gonna give it a shot , wish me luck