Can't Install OBS due to Avast Antivirus using the files
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Antivirus programs have done a very good job at keeping people paranoid so that they stay in business. You really don't need them now.
Yes, there are still plenty of threats, but the operating system itself, and its regular updates, keep on top of them...provided that you don't hang out on shady sites or download/install everything that strikes your fancy.
It didn't used to be that way, hence the market for third-party protection.
If you want to keep it, fine, but it's also fine to just turn it off. My experience, both with and without, indicates a ton of false positives, and no real threat anymore, that gets past an up-to-date OS itself and good internet practices.
Yes, there are still plenty of threats, but the operating system itself, and its regular updates, keep on top of them...provided that you don't hang out on shady sites or download/install everything that strikes your fancy.
It didn't used to be that way, hence the market for third-party protection.
If you want to keep it, fine, but it's also fine to just turn it off. My experience, both with and without, indicates a ton of false positives, and no real threat anymore, that gets past an up-to-date OS itself and good internet practices.
Suslik V
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You can use portable version of OBS, just unpack the OBS files to the new folder and follow steps mentioned for example here (to make the installation portable):
Antivirus programs usually has special settings to whitelist (exclude from scanning) any user application. You may try this feature - it useful for OBS, because OBS itself capturing your screen and thus it's "suspicious" activity from the view of the security software.
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Bug Report - Crash with «Could not find locale.ini path» when opening app Settings
Probably, a duplicated issue. If so, please point to a thread with solution. When I open settings while a brand new scene is showing, settings window opens fine and look like working fine, but if I add at least one source, settings stop opening and app starts crashing each time a Settings...
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Antivirus programs usually has special settings to whitelist (exclude from scanning) any user application. You may try this feature - it useful for OBS, because OBS itself capturing your screen and thus it's "suspicious" activity from the view of the security software.
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YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips in the video from 24.03.2023 titled "My Channel Was Deleted Last Night" says other things.... In short - it's still an user factor.
One of his employees clicked on a (well-written, for a change) fake sponsorship offer, that took advantage of their not having logged out. I've always explicitly logged out of everything, which force-expires the session, when I'm done, to prevent exactly this kind of attack. Now I have something to point to, to explain why:
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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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Still don't need explicit AV. Just be suspicious of so-called "convenience", and be careful what you click on. Not in a sense of paranoia, but in a sense of, "I don't need," or, "It's not attractive."
And, yeah, anytime a stranger offers you something, there's gonna be a catch. Sponsorships are NOT trophies! It only happened in LTT's case that the catch was...something different.
Suslik V
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even from your smartphone accounts? You rock!
Anyway, if user got OBS from the https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases or other official sources - it's likely free of any malicious code, so it can be whitelisted. Of course, it has build-in browser... but this is other story. For some reason user prefers Avast to Windows Defender, so suitable workaround I see here is to whitelist the application.
Lawrence_SoCal
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As for 3rd party AV.. I've largely given up as well... HOWEVER, to Aaron's list I'd start with - I also do NOT log on with local admins privs (and haven't for almost 30 years.. since NT4 days). Going pretty much anywhere on the Internet (due to compromised ads, even from most reputable sites) or email, and having local admin rights is just asking to be compromised.
I almost always use an InCognito/InPrivate browser session, don't save site USN/pwds, etc. And my browsing from a phone is almost zero. I do browse on iPad, but again almost always in Private mode, close tabs, etc.
Anything valuable online should have 2-factor enabled
I almost always use an InCognito/InPrivate browser session, don't save site USN/pwds, etc. And my browsing from a phone is almost zero. I do browse on iPad, but again almost always in Private mode, close tabs, etc.
Anything valuable online should have 2-factor enabled
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