(I will probably write a separate article on this). As such, many of the games work very well on Steam 4 Linux & Proton. In addition to many other activities, I occasionally need a game or two to “come down” after a stressful day at work.Īpart from that, it would be a shame if many of the games you bought could no longer be used. Since I definitely want to “get away” from MS Windows at home, but can also be called a gamer, some of my games are quite important to me. To do so, add the game exe to your exclusions using the method described under the Exclude an Application that Connects to the Internet section of this support article.Many Windows games now also run under “Linux” thanks to Steam & Proton. Such connections are not a threat however, and you may exclude Torrent based software from the Web Protection component in Malwarebytes to stop the blocks from happening without compromising your protection (your web browser and other critical web facing programs will still be fully protected from malicious websites and other malicious content). This is because servers/IP addresses are often shared by multiple sites, so while what you are Playing/downloading through Torrent based software may be perfectly safe, some of the sites hosted on some of the IP addresses that Torrent based software connects to may be malicious.

The Games use torrent tech to run the game.Īs for why Malwarebytes blocks Steam, Epic and other games, this is because Steam is Torrent based software, are what are known as Peer-to-Peer (P2P) applications meaning it connects to many different servers/IP addresses (this is how files are downloaded through Torrent based software) and because of this, sometimes Torrent based software will connect to a server that is also known for hosting malicious content.

I'm NOT setting up a torrent with malicious IPs.

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