Avast flagging WoW and Starcraft II Cache File – C.Auth – False Positive
Posted on Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 and filed under Warcraft.
Went to login to Warcraft today when Avast started freaking out about Warcraft and threw up a big red flag on a file in the battle.net cache directory and was refusing to let me connect to any of the servers. My PC is pretty secure and I was confident I didn’t have a keylogger or anything (plus I have an authenticator), but I was getting a little aggravated that it was preventing me from logging in.
Thankfully a quick google search returned a massive amount of results, including a blue post on the Warcraft EU forums that eased my concerns and provided some instructions for a temporary fix until the next avast update. If your having the same problem and your not comfortable taking my word for it (c’mon, have I ever steered you guys wrong?), just do a quick google search for “avast wow c.auth” and it will give you a better idea of whats going on.
After a recent update, users of Avast anti-virus software may be experiencing problems logging in. This is caused by a false positive which is flagging StarCraft II and World of Warcraft cache files as malicious.
To log in before another update, you will need to add these game files as exceptions in your anti-virus software.
- Open Avast5 (double-click the program icon in the system tray)
- Open the real-time protection
- Open the advanced settings
- Press Browse, locate your game folder and add WoW.exe to the list of exceptions
Additionally you will need to repeat the process for the game’s cache folder. The default paths are as follows:
Windows Vista and 7 – C:\ProgramData\Blizzard Entertainment\Battle.net\Cache\
Windows XP – C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Blizzard Entertainment\Battle.net\Cache\
This workaround should allow you to log back into the game. .
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Cataclysm Class Masteries Revealed
Posted on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 and filed under Warcraft.Blizzard released the new Class Masteries that they will be testing for Cataclysm. It’s set to vary off of your gear score. So your gear will reflect and improve your mastery. They’ve also released the 30 point talent system to simplify the new talent specs.
- Blood – Each time you heal yourself via Death Strike, you gain 50% of the amount healed as a damage absorption shield. Absorb increased further by mastery rating.
- Frost – Increases all frost damage done by 20%. Damage increased further by mastery rating.
- Unholy – Increases the damage done by your diseases by 20%. Damage increased further by mastery rating.
Druid (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
- Restoration – Increases the potency of your heal over time spells by up to 20% based on the current health level of your target (lower health targets are healed for more). Healing increased further by mastery rating.
- Feral – Increases the damage absorbed by your Savage Defense ability by 32% and increases the damage done by your Cat Form bleed abilities by 20%. Absorb and damage increased further by mastery rating.
- Balance – Increases the bonus damage from Eclipse by 12%. Damage increased further by mastery rating.
Hunter (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
- Beast Mastery - Increases the damage done by your pets by 20%. Damage increased further by mastery rating.
- Marksmanship – Grants a 16% chance for your ranged attacks to also instantly fire an additional ranged shot for 80% normal damage. Chance increased further by mastery rating.
- Survival – Increases all elemental damage you deal by 20%. Damage increased further by mastery rating.
Mage (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
- Arcane – Increases all spell damage done by up to 12% based on the amount of mana the Mage has unspent. Damage increased further with mastery rating.
- Fire – Causes your non-periodic fire spells to deal 10% additional damage over 4 sec. Damage increased further by mastery rating.
- Frost – Your Frostbolt spell causes its victim to take a 12% increased damage from all other spells you attack the victim with. Damage increased further with mastery rating.
Paladin (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
- Protection – Increases your chance to block melee attacks by 16%. Block chance increased further by mastery rating.
- Retribution – Increases all holy damage done by 20%. Damage increased further by mastery rating.
- Holy – Your healing spells also place an absorb shield on your target for 8% of the amount healed lasting 6 sec. Absorb increased further by mastery rating.
Priest (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
- Shadow – You have a 10% chance for your Shadow Word: Pain and Mind Flay spells to gran you a Shadow Orb each time they deal damage. The Shadow Orb Increases the damage done by your Mind Blast and Mind Spike spells by 20%. Damage increased further by mastery rating.
- Holy – Your direct healing spells heal for an additional 10% over 6 sec. Healing increased further by mastery rating.
- Discipline – Increases the potency of all your damage absorption spells by 20%. Absorption increased further by mastery rating.
Rogue (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
- Assassination – Increases the damage done by your poisons by 20%. Damage increased further by mastery rating.
- Combat – Your main hand attacks have a 10% chance to grant you an extra off hand attack. Chance increased further by mastery rating.
- Subtlety – Increases the damage done by all your finishing moves by 20%. Damage increased further by mastery rating.
Shaman (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
- Elemental – Grants a 20% chance for Elemental Overload to occur. Elemental Overload causes a Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, or Lava Burst spell you cast to trigger a second, similar spell on the same target at no additional cost that causes 60% of normal damage and no threat. Chance to trigger increased further by mastery rating.
- Enhancement – Increases all elemental damage done by 20%. Damage increased further by mastery rating.
- Restoration – Increases the potency of your direct healing spells by up to 20%, based on the current health level of your target (lower health targets are healed for more). Healing increased further by mastery rating.
Warlock (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
- Demonology – Increases the damage done by your demon servants and damage you deal while transformed into a demon by 12%. Damage increased further by mastery rating.
- Destruction – Increases all fire damage you deal by 10%. Damage increased further by mastery rating.
- Affliction – Increases all periodic shadow damage you deal by 13%. Damage increased further by mastery rating.
Warrior (Forums / 3.3.5 Talent Calculator / Cataclysm Talent Calculator / Beta Skills/Talents)
- Fury – Increases the benefit of abilities that cause you to be enraged or consume an enrage effect by 80%. Enrage abilities improved further by mastery rating.
- Protection – Increases your chance to block by 10% and your chance to critically block by 10%. Chances increased further by mastery rating.
- Arms – Grants a 16% chance for your melee attack to instantly trigger an additional melee attack for 50% normal damage. Chance increased further by mastery rating.











