Sunday, August 23, 2020

Witcher 3 Won’t Launch – Antivirus Detects GFSDK_SSAO.win64.dll As a Virus (Possible Fix)

"Witcher 3 Won’t Launch – antivirus detects GFSDK_SSAO.win64.dll as a virus" is not an uncommon problem judging from the search results I got. Here's a possible fix that might work for you. Good luck! 

WARNING: This video guide only addresses the GFSDK_SSAO.win64.dll file being tagged as malware-infected by antivirus solutions, no more, no less. If your Witcher 3 won't launch because of other reasons, this how-to is NOT for you. 

Timestamps: 

 

0:00 intro 

0:12 Disclaimer 

1:06 The fix 

1:21 The fix explained 

1:42 Explanation why I'm not doing the fix yet 

2:07 Why it's a false positive 

4:19 What to do if you don't have Avast Antivirus 

5:00 Outro

 

 

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