Windows® 8 Cliffs of Dover Fix (is here).

[yiph]

Downloaded the .zip file, AVAST antivirus reported a malware attached to the files?

[jojimbo]

Originally Posted by yiph

Downloaded the .zip file, AVAST antivirus reported a malware attached to the files?

microsoft security essentials is the best free anti virus/malware all those others are just chaff including AVG.
Also doesn't give false positives and take no dedicated RAM

[broken pixel]

Originally Posted by jojimbo

microsoft security essentials is the best free anti virus/malware all those others are just chaff including AVG.
Also doesn't give false positives and take no dedicated RAM

No is not!

http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/none/...-certification

[michel91]

Originally Posted by yiph

Downloaded the .zip file, AVAST antivirus reported a malware attached to the files?

I have the same problem with AVIRA free antivirus, but also with GDATA which is not a free antivirus. In both cases, Trojan malware is detected. When you look at Readme file joined to the .dll and .exe, sYk0 warns us that it is possible to have such reaction from antivirus.
Today, I use IL2 COD under Windows 7 (a dedicated disk!), but I would prefer to have everything under Windows 8.
May be sYk0 can explain to us why we have such problems with antivirus programs?

[donfrodini]

I am also struggling to load this game in Windows 8, i tried this fix but antivirus just automatically deletes it as soon as i extract it from the folder (Norton 360) don't even have the option of telling it to ignore it :\

I would also like to know why it causes our antivirus applications to go crazy??

Also if anybody knows how to allow the file in Norton 360 i cant find the option anywhere in the settings

[broken pixel]

Originally Posted by donfrodini

I am also struggling to load this game in Windows 8, i tried this fix but antivirus just automatically deletes it as soon as i extract it from the folder (Norton 360) don't even have the option of telling it to ignore it :\

I would also like to know why it causes our antivirus applications to go crazy??

Also if anybody knows how to allow the file in Norton 360 i cant find the option anywhere in the settings

1st uninstall the virus software unless you browse porn sites all the time. Virus software is really all hype and not needed for the average user. Norton is killing the file because it thinks it is harmful aka a false positive.

Dont be scared NOT to use anti crap software. You would be better off using malware bytes software only if you need that extra feeling of PC protection.

[sYk0]

Originally Posted by donfrodini

I am also struggling to load this game in Windows 8, i tried this fix but antivirus just automatically deletes it as soon as i extract it from the folder (Norton 360) don't even have the option of telling it to ignore it :\

@donfrodini,

You can add files and/or folders to your anti-virus white-list, please see the help document that accompanies your anti-virus product for instructions on how to do this.

You can also temporarily disable your anti-virus product in order to extract files from the archive, again see the help documentation that accompanies your anti-virus product.

Originally Posted by donfrodini

I would also like to know why it causes our antivirus applications to go crazy??

Anti-virus products implement a technique they call a "Heuristic Virus Detection".

Please see this article for more information.

The sweet and short version:

The main essence of each method is to analyze the suspicious file’s characteristics and behavior to determine if it is indeed malware.

The main concern with heuristic detection is that it often increases false positives. False positives are when the antivirus software determines a file is malicious (and quarantines or deletes it) when in reality it is perfectly fine and/or desired. Because some files may look like viruses but really aren’t, they are restricted and stopped from working on your computer.

Due to the nature of my fix (it changes another processes code in memory, somewhat "virus-like") some anti-virus products will see this as malicious.

If you really don't trust the fix, don't use it (no one is forcing you), simple as that.
You could also take the time to read the comments from various other members of this forum on the joys they are having with the fix.

Regards,
sYk0.