A game update made the game malware?!?

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I upgraded the Aeria Game Shaiya I went to play it and then AVG and Ad-Aware told me that the game had become malware, which sucks because it was the only MMO game that did not move two inches to the left side of my screen when I went to play. I just uninstalled it. Just want to know what I should do now

Perform a full scan of your system and make sure the problem isn't coming from something else, then do a clean reinstall from a trusted souce. If the problem persists, and you know you got the game from a legitimate source (IIRC, Shaiya is free to download, so just grab it from their site directly), nicer antivirus software can be safely told to ignore it.

By the way, your problem with other MMO's sounds like it might be an issue with screen resolution. If possible, change it in your ingame options to match your desktop resolution (or vice versa). Optimally, both of these will equal your monitor's native resolution.

It could also be a false positive by the way (despite it being detected as malware by both security programs).

Also, having more than one security program is unnecessary (and potentially harmful for the system). Ditch both AVG and Ad-Aware and go with something light like Avast (for real-time protection) and MalwareByte's free version for manual scanning at your own choice.

And in case you end up noticing major signs of infection, let us know so we may help you. I'm qualified to help out when it comes to analyzing logs and such.

Yeah it is a false positive. The anti virus just picks it up wrongly as malware.

@MCalavera I got Shaiya from the company's website. I refuse to go back to Avast or MalwareBytes because A)they did not do anything. B)They ate my system resources and gave me a blue screen. C)crashed my old computer (R.I.P. Windows 2000 professional you will be missed :'( ....)

@Darth_Aspie Thanks for the help with the other MMOs I have to try it out soon.

Probably a false positive. When I tried to install a game my antivirus said it was a virus even though it wasn't.

Yep, I have to agree with everyone. Command the program to skip over the Shaiya folder during your scan and you'll have no problems.