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Re: Starting Client with that Virus Message

2018-07-26T16:00:42+02:00

shouldn't there be two big buttons when antivirus finds something? "Quarantine"/"cure" and "Ignore"/"add exception"

Statistics: Posted by ZLO_RD — 26 Jul 2018, 16:00

Re: Starting Client with that Virus Message

2018-07-26T15:28:46+02:00

Apparently today it doenst work. Again mcafee did find something.. need to find that whitelist too..

Statistics: Posted by QuackQuack — 26 Jul 2018, 15:28

Re: Starting Client with that Virus Message

2018-07-25T15:11:03+02:00

About antivirus software, depends on the operating system. The main protection from cyber threats comes from your behaviour. There's only so much an antivirus can do, that's why I don't use one at all (but I'm running linux anyways and don't really care about my windows installation anyways). Microsoft's built in Windows Defender has gotten extremly good in recent years and should in my opinion be sufficient. There's not many situations in which you would benefit from a third party AV that windows defender wouldn't catch. (Lookup current comparison tables, https://www.howtogeek.com/140795/htg-ex ... l-you-are/ )

Statistics: Posted by Geosearchef — 25 Jul 2018, 15:11

Re: Starting Client with that Virus Message

2018-07-25T14:47:11+02:00

Yes, both clients use it. It's a native binary so that it can't be reverse engineered that easily. The UID generated by it from your hardware components is supposed to prevent users from smurfing.

Statistics: Posted by Geosearchef — 25 Jul 2018, 14:47

Re: Starting Client with that Virus Message

2018-07-25T14:17:53+02:00

Now i'm officially confused. The error comes from McAfee and then you add the file to your Windows firewall. And now it works???

Statistics: Posted by PsychoBoB — 25 Jul 2018, 14:17

Re: Starting Client with that Virus Message

2018-07-25T14:04:44+02:00

Found it. Added it to my windows firewall. Now I can log in... this is weird because I made no update today and yesterday I could play.

Statistics: Posted by QuackQuack — 25 Jul 2018, 14:04

Re: Starting Client with that Virus Message

2018-07-25T13:59:41+02:00

Normally you find the exceptionlist in the options. Maybe you can right click the file in the message window and get options to add it to the exceptionlist.

Statistics: Posted by PsychoBoB — 25 Jul 2018, 13:59

Re: Starting Client with that Virus Message

2018-07-25T13:58:17+02:00

Which antivirus software would you suggest?
Do you know how can I add these?

Statistics: Posted by QuackQuack — 25 Jul 2018, 13:58

Re: Starting Client with that Virus Message

2018-07-25T13:58:45+02:00

Try to add faf-uid.exe to the whitelist of your McAfee.

Do both clients really use this EXE file?

Edit: i was too slow...

Statistics: Posted by PsychoBoB — 25 Jul 2018, 13:57

Re: Starting Client with that Virus Message

2018-07-25T13:53:00+02:00

yes, apparently this is due to a recent McAfee update.
The FAF-UId.exe accesses internal components of your computer to read hardware information and generate an unique ID for you as a player, therefore it can be seen as a virus from your protection software.
If you're using McAfee, I suggest you either add the file to the list of exceptions or turn to a better piece of antivirus software.

Statistics: Posted by Louvegarde — 25 Jul 2018, 13:53

Re: Starting Client with that Virus Message

2018-07-25T13:45:53+02:00

I tried it. My McAfee deletes the faf-uid.exe because of danger and then the clients doenst work.
Does anyone knows what the Virus : Artemis!5AB5A1A8AFE0 is about? How to delete it at is best?

Statistics: Posted by QuackQuack — 25 Jul 2018, 13:45

Re: Starting Client with that Virus Message

2018-07-25T13:31:31+02:00

You can try Downlord's FAF client until this get's fixed:
https://github.com/FAForever/downlords- ... 0-beta.exe

Statistics: Posted by PsychoBoB — 25 Jul 2018, 13:31

Starting Client with that Virus Message

2018-07-25T12:46:45+02:00

Hello,

today I started my Client as usual. Couldnt log in because mcafee sended me an message that there is a virus on faf exe uid...

Even when I deinstall and redownload it, I cant start it because again Virus.

Any help?

here is the forever log: https://pastebin.com/YkMTXr22

Statistics: Posted by QuackQuack — 25 Jul 2018, 12:46