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    Update 1.33.2 VIRUS??

    LuvxJennaLuvxJenna Posts: 4
    in The Sims 3 Help & Technical Discussion
    TRYING TO PLAY SIMS AND IT NEEDS AN UPDATE VERSION Update 1.33.2 AND ITS GETTING A VIRUS WHERE I CAN'T OPEN THE GAME HELP PLEASE!!!

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      uidabbey1uidabbey1 Posts: 273 Member
      edited March 2012
      A lot of us are having this issue. Hopefully EA will respond quickly. Be patient, don't jump into anything yet.

      Hang in there and watch forums and news. :)
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      TheMomminatorTheMomminator Posts: 4,215 Member
      edited March 2012
      If you scan the boards, you'll see that this has already been addressed.

      No, it's not a virus. It's your antivirus program (Norton is usually the culprit) being hyperactive.

      If it has quarantined you launcher, you just need to get it out of the quarantine and mark it as safe.
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      uidabbey1uidabbey1 Posts: 273 Member
      edited March 2012
      momminator, I don't have norton and my antivirus did not quarentine the patch.

      so just letting you know it may not just be norton
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      TheMomminatorTheMomminator Posts: 4,215 Member
      edited March 2012
      Any antivirus program can do it. Software patches and updates look a lot like a virus.

      I posted this on another thread but our network at work was brought to its knees several years ago when McAffee thought a Windows update was a virus.
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      sdhoeysdhoey Posts: 1,876 Member
      edited March 2012
      My Nortons did the same thing on the last 2 patches. It's because it's going in and making changes to the game files, so Nortons automatically picks it up as a virus and quarantines it.
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      TrexterZiamTrexterZiam Posts: 51
      edited March 2012
      It was reported and they deleted the reports - all 3 of them.

      The work-arounds do not work safely.

      Opening from the Origin application or from the exe file itself (by-passing the launcher file) ... NEITHER work correctly. Use Task Manager and you'll SEE for yourself! You're system CPU and RAMS are maxed to their limits because it's trying to open a launcher file (actually many launcher files ... I guess one from each expansion?) that no longer exists because it was quarintined. Try it, you'll see.

      By=passers will have fried computers - new recipe for Sims3 "cooked computer".

      I'm leaving it in quarintine until the virus specialists say it's okay.
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      LethalAcid25LethalAcid25 Posts: 6 New Member
      edited March 2012
      I have Norton Internet Security and checked my history/quarantine list and found nothing about the Sims 3 launcher. I tried opening it with Origin but still nothing. I guess I'm waiting... :(
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      andinic28andinic28 Posts: 2,719 New Member
      edited March 2012
      This is insane! I haven't had any problems patching from today :? I hope you guys get the help you need asap!
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      KWhit2200KWhit2200 Posts: 7 New Member
      edited March 2012
      I'm not sure if im having the same problem. But i know it started with the update right before 1.33.2 & this one hasn't solved anything. I start the game, its fine up until the loading screen before the one where you choose a household, then it stops and the screen goes kinda black and i get a pop up box from Windows saying "Sims 3 has stopped working" "a problem caused the program to stop working correctly..." and i dont know what to do :( . Any help would be great!
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      x3SimsLuverx3x3SimsLuverx3 Posts: 5
      edited March 2012
      If your Sims games crashes and go "sims 3 has stopped working..." just add Sims 3 on the DEP program. It actually works, my Sims game used to crash all the time till I added it.
      Go to System > Advanced system settings > Under Performance click Settings > Data Execution Program > Turn on DEP for allprograms except those that I select > Add > Program Files (or Program Files x86 for certain people) > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 > Game > Bin > TS3

      Repeat for other expansions. :3
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