Re: The Artifact
[Re: Marian]
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09/19/20 04:21 PM
09/19/20 04:21 PM
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Jenny100
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Well, here's a strange thing. I can hear birds singing. I did not have birds singing before and am afraid this is part of the leftover remnants that do not uninstall??? I don't know how to use an uninstaller. Here's a how-to for REVO Uninstaller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ5kIU2TJhgWhen do you hear birds singing? When you are just at your desktop? I would not think what you are describing would be possible being as you uninstalled the game, even if it did leave a few remnants behind. I suppose it could be possible If the previous game and the current game have the same folder structure, Norton was no doubt finding some false positive, but again I agree that it's better to move on at this point.
[quote=Marian]This does make me remember my old antivirus AVG. It would not let me install Everlight or So Blonde when there was absolutely nothing wrong with either one of them. That was when I got rid of AVG and got a different antivirus. AVG was just terrible about false positives. Most likely it detected the DRM on the game rather than the game itself. DRM that requires installing low level driversis going to trigger an antivirus.
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Re: The Artifact
[Re: oldbroad]
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09/19/20 05:16 PM
09/19/20 05:16 PM
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But what did you mean by "that could have been the problem with Everlight and So Blonde"? What problem? Both of those games used SecuROM DRM and could trigger antivirus when you tried to install or play them.
Last edited by Jenny100; 09/19/20 05:17 PM.
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Re: The Artifact
[Re: oldbroad]
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09/19/20 08:24 PM
09/19/20 08:24 PM
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Norton didn't give me a problem with either of those games. If Everlight is Everlight of Magic and Power. I played that in Window 7 though I think it was sluggish or something. I can't quite remember but no Norton warning. I played So Blonde in 2019 on my Windows 7 from a Shiny Loot download that was a couple of years on my computer and no Norton problem with that either as far as I can remember.
Anyway, this Norton was a "Data Protector" warning and I did ignore it but then had this other problem anyway, so I just shoudn't have bothered ignoring it. I have Norton to give me advice and I should just follow it. I know sometimes it may be false but it may turn out not to be. If I'm not going to listen to it, I might as well not have it at all. Although, certain games that are new such as a Carol Reed game, I would trust and understand that it is just new and that is why Norton is warning me.
Ah Marian, I hadn't seen what you posted earlier about those 2 games and AVG.
Last edited by oldbroad; 09/19/20 08:51 PM.
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