AVG Antivirus detects POTCO as malicious (INFO)

[Nathaniel Wolfson]

Okay guys. I posted elsewhere about this.

Currently up-to-date installs of Grisoft's AVG AntiVirus detect POTCO's Launcher1.exe as an infected file and blows it away. It then prevents it from being reinstalled, even if you shut down ALL of the AVG services.

POTCO has contacted AVG and AVG is currently working on the product.

Currently the ONLY work-around is to completely uninstall AVG.

Note: This is highly NOT RECOMMENDED!

I've tested this on my local workstation (I already have a current image of it and can easily restore it). It DOES work. After uninstalling AVG and rebooting, POTCO does begin working again.

And, in their infinite *COUGH*WISDOM*COUGH*, the people running POTCO don't seem to be planning on telling anyone about this. They're just going to sit on their hands and wait until AVG fixes the issue.

If you have friends, guild-mates, or strangers who're having problems with their POTCO installs, please pass this information on to them (well, don't tell them about uninstalling their antivirus, some people are dumb enough to do it and forget to install it again later).