I can't play freelancer anymore.

you see, FL is an old program. it conflicts with the newest software of other purposes. either you play fl on a separate machine or you let it be.
or ofc you make your regular machine work with fl. there is no fourth way. unless you can reprogram kaspersky.

@ moonhead : Never! I want another solutions.

:lol:

=Alex= wrote:
Freestalker, if you’re not going to try the advice you’re offered, don’t come looking for help.

Well, I admit I do admire his being stubborn a bit

Freestalker.fr wrote:
I wanted to say removing the best antivirus for a game is idiot, espcially when we have buy it 70 €.

70 euros?!! I though Kaspersky was free too!! I think that I would wanna try something else before just ridding a 70 bucks program…

Btw I hate paid-for antivirus software. It’s not that I think the folks who design it should do it for glory, or out of altruism. It’s just that I hate being harrassed with yearly subscriptions! A paid-for AV should at least offer life-long (or: your computer’s life-long) free definitions update. They should try to earn their money with a deluxe version containing extra stuff.

On second thoughts, forget my nuances. I just hate paying for stuff, no matter what

I’m an old die-hard Kaspersky fan and I have to say that in the last 10 years I had installed and used almost all internet security suites out there and tested them in the most harsh environment known to man … my pc. So far I’m sticking with Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 even though it’s not that cheap, but it does it’s job and that’s what I want.
Everyone is entitles to his own choices and opinions so if the guy wants to keep his AV, good !

Now let’s all be friends again :pint: :pint:

With that being said, you basically have a couple of choices:

• go into the settings, at “threats and exclusions” and add Freelancer as exclusion
• go to settings -> firewall, and make Freelancer “trusted”.

That always fixes my problems for any files, even if they contain viruses so it should work for you too.

P.S. Kaspersky PURE has some rather different settings controls settings so you might take a few minutes to find those particular settings I mentioned.

Avira’s often been classed higher than even paid versions of A/Vs like Kaspersky. I’m sorry but if you pay for your antivirus, you’re getting shafted.

Right now you have two options: fumble with Kaspersky and try to find where the hell is its file exclusion list so you can whitelist Freelancer.exe OR get a new antivirus. Whatever antivirius you want, free or not.

So what did you change? It would be useful for helping other people do the same.

And it's the best because it can protect my computer properly, more than AVG, more than avast.

```Why it is the best antivirus in your opinion?
Note that the number of virus fonds IS NOT a pure factor to rate antivirus applications, I could write a programm which detects about 30 % of your files of your HDD, would this make it the best antivirus aviable?

I agree with FriendlyFire here. Plus, no antivirus is more worth than common sense. If you have that, you don't even need to have SUCH a good antivirus, IMHO.

About antivirus i prefer Microsoft Security Essentials - truly compatible with FL :))

antivirus softwares are being updated only after a new virus is made. so they only protect against attacks known to the antivirus branch. if you are really being under attack your only chance is to know who you trust and block contact to any machine that even could be dangerous. being paranoic is the very safest and only safe way - no matter what protection system you install.

Oh… IT Security - different deep and complex topic, antivirus rating - too ;(

Zero-day exploits do exist, but they aren’t the primary infection you’ll encounter. Why? Because each zero-day exploit eventually is fixed, but still stays in the wild, so you end up with thousands of possible infections just waiting for you.

An antivirus helps you block those 99.95% that have been around for a while. Obviously, the best defense is to get a patch for the vulnerability that is being exploited, but this might not always be possible.

Being paranoid is a little too much. Have some common sense and you’ll be fine, but just remember hackers aren’t always coming for you. Keep your stuff updated as much as you can, keep an antivirus running, use a firewall if you think you need one and, most importantly, avoid fishy sites and emails.

HeIIoween wrote:
About antivirus i prefer Microsoft Security Essentials - truly compatible with FL :))

me too, its good

Nonsense, you could get hit by a drive by download without even knowing it from potentially any site out there. Everyone has to face up to the fact that the web is not safe no matter where you surf, sure you can prevent most things by not being a twit, most things by using free AV software, but if you want to bolt your PC down as best you can then you need to use a solid bit of security like Kaspersky or unplug.

Personally I use two computers, one bolted down tight as hell laptop with which I take care of all my business requirements, I never use it for anything other than business or purchasing. Then I have a gaming machine, I only use light security (MS security essentials) on it as it doesn’t interfere with anything. A gaming machine with Norton or Kaspersky is a pain in the arse.

Nonsense, you could get hit by a drive by download without even knowing it from potentially any site out there. Everyone has to face up to the fact that the web is not safe no matter where you surf, sure you can prevent most things by not being a twit, most things by using free AV software, but if you want to bolt your PC down as best you can then you need to use a solid bit of security like Kaspersky or unplug.

Well, you can deactivate JavaScript which will help you a lot against drive-by-downloads, I guess. You can deactivate it generally, or for the Fx extension NoScript for just all sites for which you don’t allow it.

Isn’t it one of the primary functions of a firewall to block drive-by-downloads?

Get Start with Free AV.

I’m no going to bother with KAV now. My boss got 3 KAV for company’s computer last year, when i open the smelly box, installed the software into computers, all of computer get slow and lag and freeze……Now i install the MSE on those computer and looks it running so high.

As my self, i use the Avira AntiVir Personal on my computer, the good point is: it’s not make computer slow and lag. And if you don’t want to see the popup ad(When update), you can pay money for a Avira AntiVir Premium.

I have seen absolutely ZERO conclusive evidence that you’re more secure with paid AV than free AV. You’ll have to back those claims up, Timmy.

Furthermore, drive-by-downloads are what I mean by paranoid. They’re not out there for you, remember! Yes, there was a time where they could be a potential threat. That time was called “IE dominance”. Browsers such as Firefox are very safe and the likeliness of you getting such a download are near zero. As Bas said, you can get NoScript running if you want (I do it).

Last thing: you can never achieve 100% security. You need to shoot for some acceptable tradeoff between security and usability. Therein lies the entire debate: where to draw the line? I think if you’re at the point where you imagine the Internet as the far west with less rules, you might be going too far. It can be harsh, but you’re just a nobody on the highway, you’re not a valuable target to anything but botnet builders, and those use very traditional techniques (spam, bad sites).

To get infected while browsing safe sites is something so unlikely you simply cannot think about protecting yourself from it. Chances are that, if it had to happen, your protections would be worthless anyways.

i had the free version of avira for the last two and a half years, even multiple mounts without any AV software (active) and almost always a deactivated firewall. haven’t experienced yet anything, my machine even runs better than on first day. it is really a question of what web server you are accessing to. there is even a massive difference between the different google servers, where by the same targets you are being led on the one hand to trustworthy sites, forums and blogs and on the other hand to sites with illegal downloads full of adds like “we haven’t detected an AV on your harddrive - klick here!”