Random "Tampering detected" crashes when I try to access mod workshop

Age of Empires II: DE II - Report a Bug
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:play_button: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: 145651
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11

:play_button: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

:backhand_index_pointing_down: DESCRIBE THE ISSUE IN DETAIL (below). LIMIT TO ONE BUG PER THREAD.
Since the latest update, “Tampering detected” errors that had never occurred before have been occurring in random attempts by me to access the Mod Workshop, forcing me to close and reopen the game.

:play_button: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

:backhand_index_pointing_down: How often does the issue occur? CHOSE ONE; DELETE THE REST!

  • Less than 25% of the time / matches I play (RARELY)

:play_button: REPRODUCTION STEPS

:backhand_index_pointing_down: List CLEAR and DETAILED STEPS we can take to reproduce the issue ourselves… Be descriptive!

Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Click on the “Mods” button on the starting screen of the game
  2. The error randomly may or may not occur

:play_button: EXPECTED RESULT

:backhand_index_pointing_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?
This error should not happen and I should be able to navigate the game interface normally

:play_button: IMAGE

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Hello @robfbms
Are you using any third party antivirus?

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Hello, I use Avast, Malwarebytes, and Windows 11 Defender.

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Add the whole folder of the game to the exception list of all of them.

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Thanks, I did it. Hopefully the issue won’t return.

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Updating: the issue persists even after I added AOE2DE directory to exception list of my antiviruses. Now it also may happen any time when I’m with the Campaigns section open, before of after playing any campaign. Recently the error occurred twice right after I closed the Tariq ibn Ziyad campaign window.

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Have you tried adding the Documents folder to the exception list of the antiviruses?

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Isn’t this risky, because of the possibility of unintentionally downloading infected files (e.g. .docx files with malicious macros) to this folder?

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Great catch. Try to see if the mods you have already downloaded are safe and then try the former. If so, we at least have the cause.

Btw, AoE2 only lets certain files to be uploaded in mods. No exe files, for example.