[rtrooney]

I admit to playing what are commonly referred to as causal games. They offer me a quick fix while I continue my search for an Adventure game I want to play. Most are hidden item games. Some, such as Death in Scarlet and A Darker Shade of Grey, have more of an adventure "feel" to them.

I do have a large concern about these games. More than a few are caught by my AV with embedded viruses. (Or is that virii?) And another few are stopped from installing by my AV because it detected a problem. Most recent example was a game called Annabel.

While I know they are primarily a distributor, rather than a publisher, Zylom Games downloads seems to be caught most often by my AV.

Anyone else have any experience in this arena?

[kadji-kun]

The best place to get these games are through Reflexive or Big Fish. I never ran into such problems. What AV do you use?

[3rdFloor]

I never had any troubles with Big Fish either. I've only been a member for a few weeks now, but so far, it's smooth as silk.

[rtrooney]

I use the paid version of AVG.

[ggreen737]

I wouldn't worry about it, poor programming and/or shortcuts taken with registry files often set off AV programs. It doesn't mean they actually have viruses, just that your reigistry files are being accessed in an unconvential way.

[kadji-kun]

Originally Posted by ggreen737

I wouldn't worry about it, poor programming and/or shortcuts taken with registry files often set off AV programs. It doesn't mean they actually have viruses, just that your reigistry files are being accessed in an unconvential way.

Exactly. I use avast, and haven't been mislead with false Warnings though, especially since its free.

Norton, McAfee, and AVG can't present a lot of false warnings, based on my experience.

[rtrooney]

Originally Posted by ggreen737

I wouldn't worry about it

Agree to a point. That is when a poorly-programmed game sets my AV bells ringing because of unexpected registry calls, do I really want to take the risk?

And to the others that commented, I, too, have had excellent success with BigFish. But they don't carry all the titles. (I am playing an excellent EAP game that has more adventure logic in it than I'm used to in a casual game.)