soundrats Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Peter I have a strange problem with the WideClient.exe. After download with my laptop (Mac) I see the WideClient.exe in the folder. I transfered it to my 2nd FSX computer with an winxp system. If I open the folder I saw the WideClient.exe for a short moment and then it disapeared. Really it just disapeared and I have no chance to get it back. Only the Closer app stays. Do you have any idea why? Never had this with any other apps on this machine. If I download it directly on that machine it is not there when I open the folder after DL???!!! I downloaded it to another win machine it is not there when I open the folder after DL???!!! Strange maybe hopefully you are able to help. Kind Regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 After download with my laptop (Mac) I see the WideClient.exe in the folder. I transfered it to my 2nd FSX computer with an winxp system. If I open the folder I saw the WideClient.exe for a short moment and then it disapeared. Really it just disapeared and I have no chance to get it back. Only the Closer app stays. Do you have any idea why? Never had this with any other apps on this machine. If I download it directly on that machine it is not there when I open the folder after DL???!!! The EXE is just a file, like any other. If something is deleting it then it is because you have something running which is deleting it. Maybe you have a virus checker which thinks it has got a virus? Certainly none of my programs can possibly delete themselves, and especially not without actually being run! That would be magic! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundrats Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Pete you just gave me the right hint - it looks that my antivirus software AVAST caused the problem. I shut it down the file was there. I switched it on - the file was gone. Strange this happened the first time on all machines where I have AVAST. Normally it asks for actions - in this case not. Now the client is working and connected to the win7 machine. Thnx a lot Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian P Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 AVAST turned around and informed me that WideClient was a virus yesterday as well when I tried to download it. It looks like their heuristics have decided to pick on it for some reason. Ian P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundrats Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 AVAST turned around and informed me that WideClient was a virus yesterday as well when I tried to download it. It looks like their heuristics have decided to pick on it for some reason. Ian P. And what did you do - as soon as AVAST is on (after a reboot) the WideClient is gone?! Maybe you know what to do....? Kind Regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian P Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 I don't know for certain - it didn't delete mine, it just blocked me from downloading a copy, but it's probably in a quarantine folder somewhere. I've never had to rescue a file quarantined by AVAST, so I'm not sure where it hides them, sorry. Possibly the settings in the AVAST UI might tell you? Ian P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundrats Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 I don't know for certain - it didn't delete mine, it just blocked me from downloading a copy, but it's probably in a quarantine folder somewhere. I've never had to rescue a file quarantined by AVAST, so I'm not sure where it hides them, sorry. Possibly the settings in the AVAST UI might tell you? Ian P. Yes it is in the quarantine folder. So I have to figure out how to tell AVAST that this file is ok.... :mad: I guess not so easy. @Pete Dowson - do you have any idea why AVAST see it as virus infected? Kind Regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dowson Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Yes it is in the quarantine folder. So I have to figure out how to tell AVAST that this file is ok.... :mad: I guess not so easy. All virus programs I've ever used have ways of overriding false positives. Is there no Help or documentation? @Pete Dowson - do you have any idea why AVAST see it as virus infected? It's a false positive. Wideclient is compressed and the compression creates binary patterns which are not code at all, but may contain fragments which virus checkers without more extensive checks think are viruses. You either need to overide it or report the false identification to AVAST so they can improve the checking for that specific virus, whatever it thinks it is. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian P Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 I'll try again with today's update for AVAST and if it still reports as a false positive, I'll report it directly to AVAST. They're usually pretty good at resolving them. Regarding Quarantine folders, I just had to restore part of the HTCSync tools, which explains why that wasn't working. Go to the AVAST UI // Maintenance // Virus Chest, select WideClient.exe, right click and choose the "restore" option. It'll put it back where it removed the file from. Cheers, Ian P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nic fernando Posted September 9, 2021 Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 where can i down load the wide client.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dowson Posted September 24, 2021 Report Share Posted September 24, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 2:04 PM, nic fernando said: where can i down load the wide client.exe Its in the WideFS7 package (or WideFS6) available from www.fsuipc.com or in the download section of this forum. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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