Failure to launch - frozen golden target

[SlipBall]

A couple of things I would try

use MS anti virus, its free and proven to work with the game
set Steam to off line and test again
check your firewall settings
good luck!

[Spyre]

Thanks for a quick reply.

I use nod32 anti virus, also proven to work with the game.
Tried steam in offline mode, same result.
I assume you mean I should try turning my firewall off? Tried that, and it also gave the same result.

Thanks anyway