ACR - Avast finds a new virus threat Aug. 15, 2018

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Opened ACR this morning to find a new virus threat :(
So is ACR safe? :eek:
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Same happened to me with AVG, and it's never happened before. Something has changed and I would love to know what it is. I understand exceptions can be made within my antivirus program, you can allow any virus or malicious software to run against antivirus suggestion.
 
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i have avast and no problem with ACR.
 
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mine just says configuring and fails to open up sometimes.
sometimes it takes a minute or two. other times 10 or 15 minutes. other times doesn't load fully at all. just says configuring.

this just started happening within the last few days.
 
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My AVG did the same thing. It's not happened before. I had issues after this trying to use the software. I uninstalled and reinstalled ACR and it didn't happen. I also am wondering what has changed and if the client can be trusted.
That is interesting because, as with your AVG, my Avast was fine with the ACR that was installed until I opened it that day.
Something changed to trigger Avast to flag it.

I did as you did - uninstalled and reinstalled ACR.
For the re-install I used the ACR I had downloaded Sunday, ‎August ‎05, ‎2018, ‏‎1:59:22 PM
Check sums:
File: americascardroom_com.exe
CRC-32: 0e43bdba
MD4: d232377f7af18887d8ad7e5678d40159
MD5: b0878d422537bd31c8a77598486fc4c6
SHA-1: 2db98eb503deec6d72d1c3a82e2f63c7b1c95e9c

Also - as what happened with your re-install - after my reinstall of ACR - my Avast had no problem with ACR!
Very weird happenings - especially considering that Avast had no problem with Black Chip Poker during this whole time frame :bandit:

And you are RIGHT - " I understand exceptions can be made within my antivirus program, you can allow any virus or malicious software to run against antivirus suggestion" We should never have to allow an exception - Period! :cool:
 
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That is interesting because, as with your AVG, my Avast was fine with the ACR that was installed until I opened it that day.
Something changed to trigger Avast to flag it.

I did as you did - uninstalled and reinstalled ACR.
For the re-install I used the ACR I had downloaded Sunday, ‎August ‎05, ‎2018, ‏‎1:59:22 PM
Check sums:
File: americascardroom_com.exe
CRC-32: 0e43bdba
MD4: d232377f7af18887d8ad7e5678d40159
MD5: b0878d422537bd31c8a77598486fc4c6
SHA-1: 2db98eb503deec6d72d1c3a82e2f63c7b1c95e9c

Also - as what happened with your re-install - after my reinstall of ACR - my Avast had no problem with ACR!
Very weird happenings - especially considering that Avast had no problem with Black Chip Poker during this whole time frame :bandit:

And you are RIGHT - " I understand exceptions can be made within my antivirus program, you can allow any virus or malicious software to run against antivirus suggestion" We should never have to allow an exception - Period! :cool:
When I reinstalled there was no issue with my avg
 
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There was definitely something up with ACR, I had issues being able to log in. Would have to two or three times to get past configuring.

Once you uninstall and download and install new client everything is working fine.
 
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mine just says configuring and fails to open up sometimes.
sometimes it takes a minute or two. other times 10 or 15 minutes. other times doesn't load fully at all. just says configuring.

this just started happening within the last few days.
I am experiencing the exact same thing. Started happening yesterday and has continued today. I wait about 3-5 minutes between tries. Yesterday I rebooted my computer thinking the problem might have been on my side (it isn't) but that also didn't resolve things.

Like you, I think the best thing to do is to try and try again.
 
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I have Avast Internet Security but I have not seen such a thing yet.
 
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No problem with ACR for me. Using Norton and avg. Was the software tricked into thinking there is a virus or was there an issue with the software?
 
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Norton tries to block ACR every now and then.I just restore it.
 
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There are no viruses on acr. I have Norton and it's never found anything there, but it finds malware and spyware and adware to block on aol quite often.
 
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