Norman detects the Steam overlay as a trojan

[Ida]

Yeah, I know, Norman is a terrible virus protection software. With that out of the way; It has detected GameOverlayRenderer.dll (I assume this is the Steam overlay) as a trojan and has placed it in quarantine. Because the program is so shit I can't take it out of the quarantine because a script is broken, so I can't launch Steam since it doesn't find the file.

What I want to ask is if anyone else is experiencing something like this - Norman users or anyone else. Does Steam really have malware? It would also be great if anyone knew if it's actually possible to get a file out of quarantine.

Damn it. :cursing:

 

[drp]

uninstall 'Norman'.
Download steam again and reinstall. It should install its original files and update.

 

[grazr]

Norman? Do you mean Norton?

I've never heard of Norman :O

 

[The Political Gamer]

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

 

[eyefork]

Yeah I thought you were just mistaking Norton for "Norman". Anyways, Steam doesn't have malware. Sometimes AV software can detect false positives.

Use this http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

 

[Jimmy]

Yeah I thought you were just mistaking Norton for "Norman". Anyways, Steam doesn't have malware. Sometimes AV software can detect false positives.

Use this http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

I also use this and endorse it fully.

 

[Ida]

Lol, no one's heard of it even? It's free with my bank, so that's why I'm using it.

I looked into the program and I saw that it hadn't bothered to install the firewall when it was installed. That's just nice. So I installed that but I had no luck.

Since it's a false positive and I can't correct it, I have no use for this crap anymore. Avast sounds good already.

 

[Icarus]

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Free Anti-Virus if you have a legal copy of Windows!

No popups!
It stays quiet!
It is very light on resources!
It's free!
Malware Protection!
They don't advertise in case of anti-trust lawsuits!

 

[Pocket]

Free Anti-Virus if you have a legal copy of Windows!

There are people who have legal copies of Windows? :feignedshock:

 

[Numerous]

I also use this and endorse it fully.

Ditto.

Also:
that anti-spyware is a spah!

 

[Mr. P. Kiwi]

I don't think VALVe is trying to destroy our computers... (or do they?)
Anyway, I didn't have problems with steam's overlay.
You better check the web.

 

[Engineer]

I know my way around PC's. I know tons of AV software. But Norman?