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    Default Download? What download?

    i have been playing evony for about a month and a half with no problem, but now when i even go to the site i get my virus protection freaking out with 9 baloons all saying the site is trying to download something to my computer that others have reported as being potential malware, spyware, ect. So to the Evony staff, wtf? Did you guys change something that im not aware of that may be causing this, or are you guys actually trying to download spyware onto my computer, if the second one is the case then my responce is . And to the players of evony, A. Has anyone else experienced this? and B. If you dont already please get virus protection just incase, be it free or professional anything is better than nothing.

    I dont want to spread slander on evony if there is a simple explanation for this, however it is rather anoying when my computer tryies to open 20 windows of virus protection popups just by me logging in. nevermind the inictial 8-9 just from visiting the main page.
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    i have never experienced this, i dont know a whole lot about computers and viruses so i cant say anything about it
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    Evony is a flash application. The only thing that gets loaded are some client graphics packets, which are contained in flash. There is no download, nor could we set it to download something on your computer without you agreeing by clicking something like "Save" or "Open" or "OK" on a pop-up box on your computer.

    Evony does NOT install malware of any type on your computer. Not spyware, not keyloggers, not system snoopers, nothing.

    What anti-virus are you using that freaks out on a flash app? Or do you have something on your system that is trying to access Evony?

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    *Explanation over, hopefully waits for the other half so he can be the next Nostradamus*

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    I use mcafee, and up until yesterday it didnt say anything was wrong with evony, and it says its being downloaded not installed, i guess it could be the flash but then why would it be classified as malware/spyware or any other anoyance by the database? I mean i guess for the loading screen it is kinda obvious that somethings being loaded, but not downloaded, its just anoying so i was wondering if anything had changed on you guys end, i dont use 3rd party sites i just play to enjoy the game, so i know its not something trying to download to you guys. and i know its not caused by another site. if you guys had recently changed something that affects the way the pages load that could explain it but if not i do question why the random freakout.
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    McAfee fails almost as hard as Norton....

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    You sure about that Foxy Bunny? Because some of the software that other companies use to detect multi accounts sometimes DOES download what a Norton or Macafee would call "spyware". It doesnt harm anything but it does try and detect if you have multiple accounts and are hiding it. Also can detect greasemonkey (used for bots and scripts)

    Maybe Evony has been working on the MULTI account issue with something new?

    Not saying you are wrong....I dont really know what Evony uses to detect Multis.....if they use anything at all beyond simple IP address checks?....but it would be a possible explanation.

    One thing for sure, a few people (including me) have noticed the Evony page loads slightly differently than it did before
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    Quote Originally Posted by Verinium View Post
    i have been playing evony for about a month and a half with no problem, but now when i even go to the site i get my virus protection freaking out with 9 baloons all saying the site is trying to download something to my computer that others have reported as being potential malware, spyware, ect. So to the Evony staff, wtf? Did you guys change something that im not aware of that may be causing this, or are you guys actually trying to download spyware onto my computer, if the second one is the case then my responce is . And to the players of evony, A. Has anyone else experienced this? and B. If you dont already please get virus protection just incase, be it free or professional anything is better than nothing.

    I dont want to spread slander on evony if there is a simple explanation for this, however it is rather anoying when my computer tryies to open 20 windows of virus protection popups just by me logging in. nevermind the inictial 8-9 just from visiting the main page.
    Ignore the warnings or turn off your anti-virus/spyware.

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    Quote Originally Posted by reddbaron View Post
    You sure about that Foxy Bunny? Because some of the software that other companies use to detect multi accounts sometimes DOES download what a Norton or Macafee would call "spyware". It doesnt harm anything but it does try and detect if you have multiple accounts and are hiding it. Also can detect greasemonkey (used for bots and scripts)

    Maybe Evony has been working on the MULTI account issue with something new?

    Not saying you are wrong....I dont really know what Evony uses to detect Multis.....if they use anything at all beyond simple IP address checks?....but it would be a possible explanation.

    One thing for sure, a few people (including me) have noticed the Evony page loads slightly differently than it did before
    Flash doesn't work that way. It can't download third party programs to your computer without your approval. If your anti-virus is going haywire, you may very well have some type of malware, but its obviously not related to Evony or all users would be having the problem.

    Most of the time this happens when people visit unapproved Evony sites and install programs they find there. If you know what I mean.
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