i hate my anitvirus

[Zachary0111]

im not the only one but but my anit vuirus i assume has been deleting trainz files when i DONT WANT IT too
so is there a way to whitelist the game along side the files so wont delete the files

 

[JCitron]

Yes, you can do that.
Go into your antivirus settings and exclude Trainz.exe and the folders belonging to the program and also your data folder. You may want to look in your data folder, open the backups folder and one of the dates, and then exclude all the file types in that folder such as .tzarc files, and the others.

 

[Robert3a0]

Dump the anti-virus, Windows Defender is all you need. All the so called virus protectors (McCafe, Norton, etc) do is suck up all your computer power. They are no longer necessary.
Regards
Bob

 

[boleyd]

But Microsoft was hacked.

 

[johnwhelan]

But Microsoft was hacked.

That was office 365 and it wasn't hacked so much as details were obtained from it. Defender still does a very reasonable job.

Other things to do is work in a standard account that way Malware finds it much more difficult to install.

Cheerio John

 

[Forester1]

I use Defender and have never had an issue other than false positives. But if your antivirus is deleting files without asking you, you definitely need to dump it. The MOST it should do is quarantine files, which means moving them to a protected folder for you to review. Then YOU decide if they should be deleted.

 

[lewisner]

It's many , many years since I had a third party antivirus and I remember it causing huge problems so I removed it and the problems went away.
I think it was Kaspersky.

 

[fjbicrf]

I have Trainz 2019 and Trainz+ on a separate drive and in my anti-virus, I exclude the entire drive.

 

[Zachary0111]

how do i put all the files on all on one go like hold right click and ya know is there anyway of doing in like macfree or something

 

[PhilChorusch01]

Instead of creating a new thread, you could just replied here https://forums.auran.com/threads/i-hate-my-anitvirus.177459/

 

[PhilChorusch01]

Just use Windows Defender! Why waste money on worthless anti-virus software when Windows Defender offers the same level of protection?.
Back on Windows XP and 7 I used Microsoft Security Essentials 'I wished this was available for Windows 10/11' it used less ram LOL just my personal opinion

The only best paid anti-virus software that 'WAS' available was Bullguard 'I don't care what anyone else thinks' it was top of the line. Now gone thanks to jealous Norton garbage!

 

[Zachary0111]

Instead of creating a new thread, you could just replied here https://forums.auran.com/threads/i-hate-my-an

i thought i put the name was a follow up on my i hate my anitvuris well guess im pretty much stupid and ngl lie useless looking back

 

[Zachary0111]

Just use Windows Defender! Why waste money on worthless anti-virus software when Windows Defender offers the same level of protection?.
Back on Windows XP and 7 I used Microsoft Security Essentials 'I wished this was available for Windows 10/11' it used less ram LOL just my personal opinion

The only best paid anti-virus software that 'WAS' available was Bullguard 'I don't care what anyone else thinks' it was top of the line. Now gone thanks to jealous Norton garbage!

alright thx

 

[PhilChorusch01]

well guess im pretty much stupid and ngl lie useless looking back

I never said you were or anyone else! Never judge yourself either mate. It's all good, I've double posted things before.

 

[Zachary0111]

I never said you were or anyone else! Never judge yourself either mate. It's all good, I've double posted things before.

oh no its only the stupid bit i meant the post was useless but thanks im touched dankie laddie