You are honestly so smart. Thanks a lot, it worked! <3
I added an exception to Avast for that folder and it works now. Really appreciate (was battling this for like three days!)
After replacing the .exe with the cracked one in the game folder, when I run it with the new .exe it says it can't find that new extracted .exe (itself) and just deletes itself from the folder and nothing happens. Any advise?