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Virus in Dowload v1804
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:05 pm
by helop5
I just bought the game and went to download the patches. Everytime I download the v1804 comprehensive patch my anti-virus program quarantines the witprec.exe file with a virus. Is there somewhere else I can get the update? HELP!
RE: Virus in Dowload v1804
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:38 pm
by wdolson
It's a false positive. Some AV program flag witprec.exe as a virus. It isn't.
Bill
RE: Virus in Dowload v1804
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:05 pm
by helop5
I can count on that? You are positive? I would hate to kill my computer!
RE: Virus in Dowload v1804
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:06 pm
by Nomad
Yep, it has happened before. What AV are you using and what version?
RE: Virus in Dowload v1804
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 9:16 pm
by wdolson
If you google witprec.exe, there are about 1200 hits on people who ran into the same problem. It's well documented.
Bill
RE: Virus in Dowload v1804
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 2:59 pm
by helop5
Guys, thank you. I just have to run it with my anti-virus program shut-off. Even restoring the file doesn't solve the problem. When I launch the game the virus progam immediately quarantines the file.
RE: Virus in Dowload v1804
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 3:49 pm
by rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: helop5
Guys, thank you. I just have to run it with my anti-virus program shut-off. Even restoring the file doesn't solve the problem. When I launch the game the virus progam immediately quarantines the file.
Good luck then... often when the file is quarantined, it is "sanitized" first - which pretty much destroys the functionality of the file. This requires reinstallation.
Contact your anti-virus provider and ask them if you can specify an exception for a false positive...
AVG had this problem, but updated within a day or so to correct it... i forget all the other programs that also labelled it as false positive, but i think there were several.