@Ravenant420 Just to be clear, setting an exception for the new executable, which is TS4_DX9_x64.exe, doesn't help?
Again, seems like a problem EA ought to fix if after a patch one of their launcher files makes an antivirus software that comes preinstalled with Windows 10 (ie Windows Defender's controlled folder access anti-ransomware) go apeshit and lose its mind.
@Ravenant420 It's possible that Windows Defender already "understands," so to speak, what Sims 4 does and that it's not malware; but that the information pertains to TS4_x64.exe and hasn't been updated for the new executable. That's just a guess on my part, but it wouldn't be a surprise, and in that case, Microsoft would be the one to implement the fix.
Modern games (and modern game launchers) can be very invasive, to the point where they'd look like malware to any antivirus not already set up to handle games. This doesn't mean they are malware, only that the symptoms of malware overlap with the games' behavior. I don't know of a fix for this other than the entire gaming industry reforming its ways, which seems unlikely.
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