An access violation is a non-specific error that occurs while installing, loading, or playing a game. This error can come up because of the following:

an interfering software program (usually an antivirus application).
an outdated video card driver.
an outdated version of DirectX.
software on your system tried to access a protected memory address.
Access Violations errors can come up due to fifty reasons. Here is the list of steps to try and fix this error on your computer.