To prevent the antivirus from deleting it again, add the game's installation folder to your antivirus Exclusion/Whitelist Safety Warning Avoid DLL Download Sites

: Many security tools, including Windows Defender, flag this specific file as malware because it is used to bypass game licensing (a "crack"). Corrupted Files

. If you trust the source you downloaded the game from, you can select Verify Game Integrity

. If you are seeing a "missing" error, it is likely because your antivirus software quarantined it as a "false positive". Why is buddha.dll "missing"? Antivirus Quarantine

If you own the game legally on a platform like Steam, right-click the game in your library, go to Properties Installed Files , and click Verify integrity of game files

. This will automatically redownload any missing legitimate files. Add an Exclusion