Starting Client with that Virus Message

[QuackQuack]

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

[PsychoBoB]

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

[QuackQuack]

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?

[Louvegarde]

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.

[PsychoBoB]

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...

[QuackQuack]

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

[PsychoBoB]

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.

[QuackQuack]

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.

[PsychoBoB]

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

[Geosearchef]

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.