Most of you have noticed that Combat Arms apparently either contains one or two viruses, or will not start or crashes after the new patch. I’ll tell you right up front, there are no viruses, and that it is your security that is making CA not work.
(So you know, I did do my research, and the reason for this is that engine.exe and another .exe file are now “covered” by security that some viruses also use. In other words, this is to protect the game from more hackers.)
The fix? Well, if you have AVG, simply turn off your “Resident Shield” and you are set (you might want to put it back on when you are done playing though). Other security software might have similar set-ups where you can allow it (BTW, ignoring/allowing on AVG does NOT work) or you can turn off that part of the security. Also, “killing” your security may not work either; I have had reports from a Norton user that even when he turns it off it still doesn’t work/crashes. My guess is that it is still running in the background.
My best recommendation would be to get AVG Free (for free, obviously at http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage), after uninstalling your old security of course,and turn off the “Resident Shield” (turn it back on when you are done playing!). I would, though, like to mention that though it is a solid defense against viruses, it is NOT as good as the pay-to-own software that takes up all your CPU and RAM. But, if you like speed, performance, and a good (non-existent) price, this would be perfect for you. (I say this from experience. I, my friends, and my family’s professional [literally] computer expert all use it).
Please comment to this post if you found a go around for other security softwares. Thanks ^-^.
EDIT: This fix apparently only works with the newest version of AVG Free (AVG Free 9), which just came out. Most people have AVG Free 8.5, so this is the perfect time to upgrade, again, for free.
I don’t have virus protecting, and firewall is turned off…so….your wrong.
It’s not wrong, I have AVG but not Combat Arms, I’m using Maple Story and I still get this. I’ll try your formula in a bit.
I was doing some experimenting with AVG and, rather than turn off the resident shield, you can open up the AVG command center, open the resident shield, click on “Manage Exceptions,” and add the domain folder by clicking “add path.” So I lol’d would add something like “C:Nexon\Maplestory\” (minus quotes) to his exceptions list.
Thought I might contribute. ^_^
I start up combat arms.. its loads. Then, once it goes to the menu were the dude has a mouth on his hand it crashes! I transfered the game files from my friends computer to mine becuase it took forever to download, could that be the problem??? Email: gamepro552@yahoo.com (Please reply)
This is exactly right. . . I play online games. I downloaded Combat Arms. It let me load into the game, but than my thing said I had a virus… So i did a scan… it went away? BUT IT IS TRUE THAT COMBAT ARMS HAS A VIRUS :( really does… u can’t hide it
It doesn’t, lol. It’s just your virus scanner being overly cautious about things that went into making the game less hacker friendly.
when i downloaded combat arms my computer crashed what was the cause?
Thank you it helped me alot and now i can final combat arms :)