HELP: Deus Ex GOTY & Norton Security Conflict

JMD on 4/10/2009 at 00:07

Hello All,

This is the oddest thing. I recently reinstalled Deus Ex GOTY edition just to feel that magic again. Game installed fine and played well. Later that evening I ran my Norton Internet Security / Full Virus Scan and came back later to find that it was "hung up" on a Deus Ex texture file. Sorry I don't have the file name, I'll run it Norton again to see which one it is.

Not sure if this would matter and although I have the full game from when it came out I installed the full and patched GOTY Edition which came on a PC Game mag DVD.

I've never had any other problems with this version of Norton, actually it is the best they have released in years.

Any suggestions?

Best

JMD

D'Juhn Keep on 4/10/2009 at 12:32

My initial thought would be to get rid of Norton. Apart from that, the suggestions in (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118040) this thread might help.

Ostriig on 4/10/2009 at 16:03

While I don't support Norton, before you go any further I think you should see if you get the same blip on the original disc. See if you can identify said texture file that pops up as a problem in the GOTY installation, and if you can can find it among the files in the original release. If the original doesn't show up as a problem, you could swap it for peace of mind.

Personally, I really don't think it's anything to be concerned with, probably just a false positive. But can't hurt to check.

JMD on 4/10/2009 at 16:34

Quote Posted by Ostriig

Well I have always say the best way to learn is to admit you don't know. That being said and given I have been a PC gamer now for close to 28 years I have to admit I feel pretty foolish.

First Norton was not flagging the texture file as a potential virus. What was happening was the virus scan would simply get hung up on a texture file and fail to advance.

The answer?

The file was on the actual game DVD disk which was still in the drive (in order for the game to load). Norton was set to scan all drives including CD Rom drive.
I would imagine the file on the disk is highly compressed (and possibly in a proprietary manner) and therefore gave Norton a massive migraine.
After running Norton without the DVD disk in the drive there were no problems.

Also in closing while I will admit Norton had a few dodgy releases in the recent past I have found the latest Norton Internet Security to have a very small footprint, fast and very non intrusive.

Thanks for all your help.

Best.

Ostriig on 4/10/2009 at 18:19

I'm not really up to date with the latest and greatest with antivirus programs, I admit, so maybe I'm just clinging to old impressions with Norton. Either way, glad it turned out to be nothing for you!

DDL on 6/10/2009 at 10:32

Quote Posted by JMD

The file was on the actual game DVD disk which was still in the drive (in order for the game to load).

For what it's worth, DX is so old that it has zero copy protection. If you open your deusex.ini file and look for (I think) "CDPath=whatever", and it's pointing to your DVD drive, simply deleting the pointer so it says "CDPath=" will allow you to run the game with no disc.

ZylonBane on 6/10/2009 at 17:44

Quote Posted by DDL

For what it's worth, DX is so old that it has zero copy protection.

This statement is nonsense. Copy protection has been around since the earliest days of 8-bit computing. SafeDisc CD protection was alive and kicking in the late 90s.

DDL on 7/10/2009 at 09:49

Fair enough.

"Zero protection against simply installing it, deleting the drive reference, then giving the disc to someone else because you never need the disc ever again".

Pedant. ;)

negativeliberty on 27/10/2009 at 21:54

Quote Posted by Ostriig

Norton's still as bad as ever, even the business/pro versions. I'd go with ESET NOD32 over Norton any day, not only because it's a better antivir and is much less bloated, it also saves you the annoyance of dealing with loads of false positives.

Macha on 29/10/2009 at 23:59

Just turn norton off for the duration