Disabling antivirus

Some antivirus vendors like Avast, AVG and others are known to block FiveM procedures. Make sure your antivirus allows FiveM to run by adding FiveM to its exclusions list. We are aware of the situation and are intending to work on a solution for these issues.

  • First, locate where FiveM is installed.
    • If you installed FiveM in an empty folder, that's where you installed FiveM.
    • Otherwise:
      • Press WinKey+R on your keyboard
      • Type %localappdata%\FiveM in the dialog that opens
      • Hit enter
  • Copy the path to your FiveM folder.
  • Add it to your antivirus exclusions. For the common antivirus vendors: