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I wanted to download the game "steep" with steam and got a false positive virus alert by avira on the file "shadercontainer_engine_win64_f.dll". avira quarantined it - so I set exclusion rules for the file and tried again. for some reason steam could not create a file with the same name.
I tried for myself - I couldn't create the file as well. I deleted the folder which was containing the download. restarted the download - same problem.

so somehow avira seems to be able to block a file or a filename which doesn't even exist. it seems to block them for future uses - even if you excluded them in the scan- and search-rules.

any ideas how i could get rid of this weird file(-name) blocking issue with avira?

I am on a windows 10 PC, btw.

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    Disable anti-virus, download and install, re-activate anti-virus.
    – user565955
    Nov 18, 2016 at 19:53
  • @SiXandSeven8ths like i said - i can't even create a file with the same name on my own anymore. and of course i tried disabling avira.
    – northkildonan
    Nov 18, 2016 at 19:57

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Reset to default
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Just restart the PC, and Avira will forget this file.

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  • Can you explain your answer in more detail?
    – confetti
    Aug 26, 2018 at 1:31
  • I had a same problem: Avira deleted my .php file as infected. I tryed to create new php file with the same name, but unsuccessfully. This worked only after PC restart.
    – Vitalicus
    Aug 27, 2018 at 9:42
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I had same issue. Tried much but what I think is that Avira permits it being in Steam downloaded folder and that is litterarly it. Meaning steam can't move it to it's destined folder, and gives out a crash (I tried removing it so steam would just have to re-download it, and it wouldn't let me do that). Just remove that ****, stay safe on the web and stick with Windows own antivirus, I tried this a bit because I wanted one for my droid and they had one. But to be honest, I feel it's just a pain in the neck!

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  • please don't use vulgar language
    – Ramhound
    Nov 19, 2016 at 2:16

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