help! trojan virus involved with steam?

[str8killa]

everytime i try and play Counter Strike off of steam it starts to load and stops after a Norton Antivirus/internet security alert comes up and says i have a trojan. Steam then says that the game is currently unavailable try again at a lter time. does anyone know what to do so that i can play games off of steam? please and thanks for any help.

 

[str8killa]

everytime i try and play Counter Strike off of steam it starts to load and stops after a Norton Antivirus/internet security alert comes up and says i have a trojan. Steam then says that the game is currently unavailable try again at a lter time. does anyone know what to do so that i can play games off of steam? please and thanks for any help.

 

[bbson john]

Don't turn on Steam if you have trojan. They may, or may already, steal your account.

 

[Seagull]

Turn off Auto-Protect for Norton while playing Source Games such as CSS.

 

[Bulletbrain]

Don't worry. A new update causes Symantec products to inadvertantly flag Steam games as trojans. They are working on a solution as we speak.

From Tweakguides - http://www.tweakguides.com/

Users of Symantec's security products have recently been finding that they cannot launch Steam-based games. It appears the reason for this, as discussed on the Steam Forums, is that a new update from Symantec is inadvertantly flagging Steam games as trojans. Symantec are aware of the problem and are working on a patch, the only solution at the moment is to disable any background or automatic protection. Note that in general I always recommend (and so do game developers) that users disable all background programs - including security software - when gaming, as they are known to potentially cause conflicts and performance issues.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=575061

 

[Dekstar]

Symantec products cause conflicts with all programs, even Windows.

 

[deaglex]

Norton Sux

get Avast! it doesn't slow you computer down and it's free. I've had nothing but problems with Norton AV and gave up on it a couple years ago... Avast is just better...

 

[str8killa]

thank you everyone who replied and gave me information on what i should do. i will try disabling all my firewalls and protections before attempting to playa again. if not just wait for symantec to release the patch. once again thank you all.

 

[Xendance]

get Avast! it doesn't slow you computer down and it's free. I've had nothing but problems with Norton AV and gave up on it a couple years ago... Avast is just better...

What your trying to do is just stir up arguments. Thats just like saying, "My car is better than yours. Period."
Don't bother.

Its good the company of Norton are aware of the problem, and their fixing it.

 

[Pulse]

What your trying to do is just stir up arguments. Thats just like saying, "My car is better than yours. Period."
Don't bother.

Its good the company of Norton are aware of the problem, and their fixing it.

Neh he's right, Norton AV couldn't detect a hay stack on a needle. I used it for 2 years before resorting to AVG. Basic protection and a minimal memory hog.