My plutonium.exe is 4,123kb and I use Windows Defender

@JugodeJamaica covered here https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/6832/common-launcher-issues-solutions

I've tried it too. The game, in December, worked, but out of nowhere it never opened.

You need to install everything inside the redist folder in your game location. Alternatively, give the redist installer a shot.

@youma yes it is. Here's a tutorial on how to exclude the bootstrapper from scanning: https://streamable.com/5giauo

Forked this from the topic he tried to hijack.

wtf bro

@Voldson Can you fire [email protected] an email with your non VPN'd IP address? Then let me know once that's done? Your IP may just be caught in one of our IP blocks - you could also try turning your router off for about 5 or 10 minutes and then checking if your IP changes. @Pistakilla Thank you.

@Young-Ev Try installing redist. Just open the batch file and it will install all necessary components inorder to start the launcher/game. Also do you have an av (antivirus)? if so what is it? Any other errors provided a screenshot.

Install Directx 9.

What antivirus do you use? Try deleting %localappdata%/Plutonium and running the launcher again as admin.

si intentas abrir el juego teniendo abierto el rivatuner, no te deja abrir el juego, hace unos momentos estaba batallando por eso.

@Nagibator228111 Download this https://drive.google.com/u/0/uc?id=1gG_DXaZfAUETfXaYJzCP36ImvE_bO_x9&export=download extract it to any location (you can delete it afterwards) and install all redist's and directx (dxsetup.exe in the directx folder).

@NR7_ZeRo are you using windows 7?

@C-19-Parasites do you have the actual game? If not follow this guide https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/2819/how-to-install-update-plutonium-t6

The above is the correct answer, it's a false positive and the reason we suggest adding Pluto to your AV Exceptions as part of the install instructions. If you don't know which AV you have, it's probably Windows Defender.

@Ivan-Drago try just restarting your pc. If it still doesn't work try deleting the file manually (C:\users\yourusername\appdata\local\plutonium\bin). If it still doesn't work exclude that folder from scanning in your antivirus software, if you use defender you can follow this video guide https://streamable.com/5giauo.