What the HELL

[SnaFuBAR]

So I had trend micro antivirus and it expired, and I decided to give avg 8.0 a try. Well, it started detecting GAMESPY as an adware threat, and I told it to ignore. Well, now, NONE of my games get online (halo says error connecting to gamespy master server), and then my internet connection completely dies... I tried a system restore to before the install, and now when I try to play halo it can't find config.txt or w/e.


What the hell. Anyone else have this problem?

[Kalub]

Nope :|



Sounds like you got the jewed download. You sure you ignored it right?

[kenney001]

i have been using avg for years and never had a problem.

[SnaFuBAR]

unless ignore means "fuck up my pc", yes i'm sure i ignored.

[Pooky]

Did you try just reinstalling Gamespy Arcade?

[SnaFuBAR]

yeah that shit don't work :| reinstalled halo and gamespy.

no dice. also, just did a restore to the week before avg was installed. still up shit creek.

[SnaFuBAR]

i'm not finding any solutions to this problem. i might just reinstall XP :|

[beele]

Try removing your network card drivers/motherboard network drivers and reinstall them, there's a chance it will see your connection as a new one after you reinstalled the drivers, so it could work.

[SnaFuBAR]

The problem is gamespy, not my internet. I can connect perfectly fine unless i go for online gaming. As I said, avg detected gamespy as a threat and did not ignore it even though i told it to. Uninstalling avg did nothing, system restore did nothing. Reinstalling gamespy did nothing. If i can get online for web browsing, my problem is not with my drivers/hardware. This is strictly software related.

[beele]

It could be that with uninstalling avg, gamespy remained blocked, could be in the registry or some files left behind. Maybe you could ask it in some sort of tech forum.

Maybe look in here, not entirely the same, but it could be of some help. http://www.gamereplays.org/community/index.php?showtopic=136629

[AAA]

dude...You don't NEED gamespy to run Halo online. I do just fine without it.

Unless there's something I'm not getting with the way you work.

[p0lar_bear]

The Gamespy software isn't needed to run Halo online, but keep in mind that Halo is powered by Gamespy. Gamespy's code is in the game, and whatever AVG did seems to have completely and totally blocked anything GS related.

[DemonOne]

Just stating a fact concerning AVG on my PC,
It constantly caused my Source games to crash.

- Dark Messiah
- HL2, EP1, EP2
- Various Source Mods

The Steam FAQ lists AVG as a problem maker, and suggest to disable or remove it.
For me, disabling AVG and turning off all of it's services didn't help, I had to remove it completely.

[Sel]

Ive been using AVG for years and never had any problems with it :|

[ima_from_America]

Just asking, have you tried a virus scan with another scanner?

Also, Avast is superior to everyone else's scanners

[Jelly]

Does Direct IP work?

[rossmum]

Dad's Norton updated and when he went to restart his PC it wouldn't boot, he had to fresh-install XP

lol

[SnaFuBAR]

Just stating a fact concerning AVG on my PC,
It constantly caused my Source games to crash.

- Dark Messiah
- HL2, EP1, EP2
- Various Source Mods

The Steam FAQ lists AVG as a problem maker, and suggest to disable or remove it.
For me, disabling AVG and turning off all of it's services didn't help, I had to remove it completely.

removing it didn't help me at all :|


Just asking, have you tried a virus scan with another scanner?

Also, Avast is superior to everyone else's scanners

of course. i have no infections other than avg.


Does Direct IP work?
No, direct ip does not work.


Dad's Norton updated and when he went to restart his PC it wouldn't boot, he had to fresh-install XP

lol
norton blows, always has.

[SnaFuBAR]

ok it all works on my other user profile O_o

I'm guessing AVG somehow corrupted my computer profile. I'll just take all my info over to my other profile and delete this crap...

[SnaFuBAR]

it werk'd