EVE - Eve Is Not A Virus! : EVE News

Some anti-virus programs are falsely reporting the following files as a virus:

* RedistD3DXOnly.exe located in the C:\Program Files\CCP\EVE\bin\ directory, and
* stdlib.ccp located in the C:\Program Files\CCP\EVE\lib\ directory (normal locations after a default installation).

The AV programs flagging these files as virii include:

* PCGuard from Virgin Media,
* F-Prot by Frisk Software,
* Iolo Antivirus,
* AT&T Internet Security Suite, and
* Verizon Internet Security Suite.


Some of the programs allow the user to add exclusions, that is a safe work around that will allow you to play EVE until the software companies update their virus definitions.

CCP has contacted the first three companies in an effort resolve this false positive, the latter two require support calls be made by customers of their service. If you are a customer of an ISP who has bundled an AV suite into their software and are suffering from this false positive, they encourage you to contact your ISP and inform them of this issue.

CCP does do not recommend disabling AV software in order to play EVE, neither do we.