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This guide captures Windows Defender, the most utilized antivirus in Windows, if you use a different antivirus, it follows the same principle, you can google something along the lines of

How to add folder or file to exceptions in (INSERT_ANTIVIRUS_NAME_HERE)

And follow that, using the same paths as for windows defender.

Windows Defender

To add the launcher to exceptions, do the following:

Adding the main game folder
- Open the start menu, search for "Security" or "Defender".
- Click on Virus & Theat protection"
- Find "Virus & Threat protection settings" and click on "Manage settings"
- Scroll way down, at the bottom there should be a button, "Add or remove exclusions", click on it.
- If it prompts you with a Yes or No option, hit Yes.
- Click on "Add an exclusion", and hit "Folder"
- At the top, there should be a search bar type thing, click on it
- Delete anything in it, and enter the following input: %appdata%/imrp-launcher/gtasa
- Hit "select folder"
- It should now appear in the list there with the full path, ending in "gtasa".

Adding the launcher executable
- Again, Click on "Add an exclusion", but hit "File" this time
- Hit the search bar again
- Delete anything in it, and enter the following input: %localappdata%/imrp
- Find the file "imrp-launcher.exe" there, click on it, then hit "open"
- It should now appear in the list there with the full path, ending in "imrp-launcher.exe".

And that's it, that's the magic of adding all the important elements of the IMRP Launcher into Windows Defender.