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Destin2016's avatar
6 years ago

Disable Anti-Virus?

Should anti-virus be disabled during play? Wondering what everyone does?

8 Replies

  • No. There's no reason to disable your antivirus to play a game. If the game is triggering your antivirus, just add it to its exceptions list.
  • Suziish's avatar
    Suziish
    New Spectator
    6 years ago
    "Cupid;c-17089816" wrote:
    No. There's no reason to disable your antivirus to play a game. If the game is triggering your antivirus, just add it to its exceptions list.


    If the game is triggering the anti-virus, I'd be more inclined to find out why and look into the anti-virus itself, or wonder if a pirated copy of the game is at play here. I've used a couple different anti-viruses and no game has every triggered my anti-virus.
  • DeKaythePUNK's avatar
    DeKaythePUNK
    Seasoned Vanguard
    6 years ago
    Like what the others say, the anti virus should not be a problem.
  • Definitely not. If your computer is connected to Wifi, you should have anti virus no matter what.
  • "Destin2016;d-960043" wrote:
    Should anti-virus be disabled during play? Wondering what everyone does?
    visi

    I see no need to disable AV during game play. I've never heard of anyone attacking a computer connected to Origin. You can play offline and only go online when you want to download or upload to the Gallery.

  • Add ts4 to your exceptions folder. Games sometimes return false positives and the virus pop ups are annoying. I do dev work and have to except all my workspaces cause it thinks the code I'm writing could be malware as it's a script trying to change the system.
  • leo3487's avatar
    leo3487
    Seasoned Newcomer
    6 years ago
    Maybe OP refer to suites or paid AV (include firewall)

    If game was blocked, see antivirus logs / reports to see what engine/shield blocked it