I've caught a nasty bug!

[Highlander999]

Evening all.

Got a bit of a problem. Trying to install Cricket 05 disc back on my computer and part way through the installation Kaspersky gets unhappy and starts warning me I have a trojan dropper in my .exe file. As a result once the installation has happened the game won't run which I am guessing is linked in.

Any ideas on how to get rid of this annoying little bugger? Apparently just doing a blank uninstall won't get rid of it and Kaspersky can't seem to find it

 

[SambarVadai]

Apparently..i used an AntiVirus called Counter spy...helped me to remove all the Trojan viruses.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

a trojan blocker is not a virus, it's a file used to deliver a virus.

if it's not playing then it's possible the exe has just been made to look and behave sort of like cricket05s installation run. where did you get the setup file from? off a disk or download?

when you say you can't get rid of it what do you mean? have you deleted the .exe as well as doing the uninstall? is kaspersky detecting a problem with the file or has it detected a virus running (it should be the former)

I'd delete it off your system, re-start in safe mode and then do a full virus scan using updated virus software first.

 

[Highlander999]

I had the disc but it shattered so I was using a No CD .exe a few years ago to play. I bought a new disc of amazon finally last week after finding a new disc for sale.

When I say I can't get rid of it, that message appears every time I try and install the game. It isn't the disc as it works on my gf's laptop, but on my laptop once it is installed, I press play and nothing happens. I have tried deleting anything EA Sports related in My Computer onwards but nothing has happened.

 

[SiriusBlack]

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[Highlander999]

Oh, I am fairly certain that there is something wrong with the exe. The problem is I want to know how to make it stop coming back even when I try and re-install

 

[Varun]

Kaspersky does this I guess. Add the exe as an exception.

 

[Highlander999]

Yeah, I'm a technical caveman, how do I do that?

 

[Highlander999]

Right I've just worked out that Kaspersky is deleting the .exe file when I install the game. Any idea why this is happening and how to stop it?

 

[Abhas]

Disable kaspersky when you install the program. Right click on its icon and there must be an option to disable protection.
It's not letting you play because it thinks there's a virus in the file and keeps blocking access to the file.
If you think the file is safe, do as above, else, do a full scan of your computer first to isolate any issues with it.

 

[Highlander999]

Thanks Abhas, the problem is, won't Kaspersky the moment I turn it back on, then go and delete it?

 

[SiriusBlack]

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