GoW + Malware bytes = malicious website detected

[Mad_Butch]

The game was running fine, then at the end of a battle (after playing for a few hours) I get a malware bytes anti malware popup saying: malicious website detected.

The game doesn’t even boot up anymore now:

And from the log of malware bytes anti malware:
Detection, 05-Feb-17 11:59, SYSTEM, MYNAME, Protection, Malicious Website Protection, Domain, 34.193.166.194, gemsofwar.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com, 1587, Outbound, D:\Games\SteamGames\steamapps\common\Gems of War\GemsOfWar.exe,

What happened?

PS. I can whitelist gemsofwar.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com in malware bytes anti malware, and play the game. But it seems very fishy to me that the website is suddenly blocked by malware bytes.

[Akashic]

I’m having the exact same problem. Stuck on the logging in screen. I shut off malware-bytes and I can get in just fine.

[Mad_Butch]

And today the exact same thing happened to my wife, on her PC.

For now, the workaround is:
In malware bytes, click settings, web exclusions, add domain, copy and paste “gemsofwar.us-east-1.elasticbeanstalk.com” (without the quotes) and click ok.

[Akashic]

Thank you for the response. I added the domain you noted below and restarted. The game is still hanging on the Login bar.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Akashic

[Haladini]

Thank you for the response. I added the domain you noted below and restarted. The game is still hanging on the Login bar.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Akashic

try Settings > Exclusions > Add Exclusion > Exclude an Application that connects to the Internet
select GemsOfWar.exe (mine is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Gems of War)

[27sonia27]

You have to add IP adress.

[binary.glitch]

If Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is stopping you from loading the game, I have the...

[Mad_Butch]

Thank you for the response. I added the domain you noted below and restarted. The game is still hanging on the Login bar.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Akashic

try Settings > Exclusions > Add Exclusion > Exclude an Application that connects to the Internet
select GemsOfWar.exe (mine is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Gems of War)

This didn’t work for me, oddly enough…
It would be better, as the link has already changed once for my wife (different server).

[KAYA43V3R]

Do you try to kill the malwarebytes process, before launch the game…
or try @27sonia27 solution but we have probably not the same ip

Check with a software like TCPView or wireshark, ip when you launch the game:

for my parts when i launch the game, firstly it connect to the 23.20.124.89 (loggin server i think) then go to the server 208.66.193.86

so if i use malwarebytes premium i must add IP:23.20.124.89 (not the same as sonia)