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Recently there have been some issues with Source engine games and certain Anti-Virus applications. These issues can cause game crashes and prevent the Steam Community overlay from functioning.
- AVG 7.5 and NOD32 have both been confirmed to cause crashes with Source engine games. Here are some examples of the symptoms you will see as a result of this issue:
1) A warning message telling you to reduce your screen resolution
2) A error message about failing to lock the vertex buffer
3) The game hanging with steam.exe at 100% utilization (or 50% utilization on a dual core, or 25% utilization on a quad core).
4) A hang while connecting to servers
If you are running either of these Anti-Virus programs then they need to be fully uninstalled.
- Kaspersky anti-virus can prevent the in-game overlay from working correctly. Kaspersky has provided a work-around that can be found here:
System Problem: Antivirus or security software reports Steam is malicious - Steam Support Wiki
Please be aware that we are working with these companies to improve these issues.
As always, we suggest closing as many background applications as possible while you are using Steam. This includes Anti-Virus and Security related programs. For more information, please see:
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well that explains that then, sure as hell aint removing my AV tho
Recently there have been some issues with Source engine games and certain Anti-Virus applications. These issues can cause game crashes and prevent the Steam Community overlay from functioning.
- AVG 7.5 and NOD32 have both been confirmed to cause crashes with Source engine games. Here are some examples of the symptoms you will see as a result of this issue:
1) A warning message telling you to reduce your screen resolution
2) A error message about failing to lock the vertex buffer
3) The game hanging with steam.exe at 100% utilization (or 50% utilization on a dual core, or 25% utilization on a quad core).
4) A hang while connecting to servers
If you are running either of these Anti-Virus programs then they need to be fully uninstalled.
- Kaspersky anti-virus can prevent the in-game overlay from working correctly. Kaspersky has provided a work-around that can be found here:
System Problem: Antivirus or security software reports Steam is malicious - Steam Support Wiki
Please be aware that we are working with these companies to improve these issues.
As always, we suggest closing as many background applications as possible while you are using Steam. This includes Anti-Virus and Security related programs. For more information, please see:
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well that explains that then, sure as hell aint removing my AV tho