We are currently investigating some compatibility issues with specific anti-virus products which are flagging the sotgame.exe as potentially harmful. Until we can resolve this issue you may want to whitelist the game within your anti-virus product. The default install location for the game is here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sea of Thieves\Athena\Binaries\Win64\sotgame.exe
If you are unsure on how to complete the whitelisting process we have included guides for the most popular products below:
AVG
- Open AVG
- Select menu> Settings> Exceptions
- Click Add Exceptions
- Select Browser
- Navigate to the Sea of Thieves Steam exe file
- As mentioned above, the default location is : C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sea of Thieves\Athena\Binaries\Win64
- Select the EXE
- Press OK
- Reboot Sea of Thieves
Avast
- Open AVAST
- Select menu> Settings> Exceptions
- Click Add Exceptions
- Select Browser
- Navigate to the Sea of Thieves Steam exe file
- As mentioned above, the default location is : C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sea of Thieves\Athena\Binaries\Win64
- Select the EXE
- Press OK
- Reboot Sea of Thieves
You can also find your anti-virus products support page by using the following search in your favourite search engine: (anti-virus product name) antivirus exception.
