gmod not starting

[[Maxx]]

avast detected these files as some evo-gen win32 stuff when i tried to start gmod
so i went into the virus chest:

how would i fix this, please help
its happening to my friend also
what the forget

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[Nal]

restore items
disable anti-virus
run it, its probably a false positive
or just google it????

[[Maxx]]

restore items
disable anti-virus
run it, its probably a false positive
or just google it????

how would i restore them

[Subpixel]

how would i restore them

verify the cache

[Badger]

same here.

[[Maxx]]

ugh this really needs to be fixed
im about to blow a gasket

[Badger]

ye it's avast!, if you go to the virus chest thing you can hit restore but next time you go into GMOD it adds them back.

[NalNalas]

mine does not start either stop flipping stuff max

[[Maxx]]

ye it's avast!, if you go to the virus chest thing you can hit restore but next time you go into GMOD it adds them back.

is there a way you can make the files a false positive for them to run?

[[Maxx]]

turns out i think you can do this:
J. Cricket   2 minutes ago     
If you have Avast you can bypass the steam folder completely. Open up the user interface for Avast -> Click on Settings (Top right hand corner) -> Click on "Global Exclusions" in the window that pops up -> Enter the file path for your steam folder or click on the "Add" button and browse for your steam folder (e.g. mine was F:\Programs\Steam\*) the "*" indicates that anything within that folder is also exempt. If you have some other antivirus that's doing the same thing I suggest finding a way to exclude the steam folder.
brb trying to see if this works

[[Maxx]]

it works
yay

[Nal]

if it worked lock topic

[WALK2222]

I would suggest switching to something like Malwarebytes.  I had Avast for a long time, and eventually decided to switch after many false positives.  Malwarebytes however is very high quality, and does a really good job at virus detection.