:( Unable to Update

Maybe the reason is that you downloaded the virus (and FAKE) patch posted by another player? Next time I suggest to only download patches that were uploaded (and linked) by MODs or GMs

EDIT: Autoupdate ftw

I have played PWI for 3 years now and for every single patch I have used autopatcher. Patches often come late my time or when Im about to go to school so I just leave the game to autopatch itself.

Your not the only one i had the same problem, when i opened the pwi it said to launch update, then imediately it deleted my launcher.exe saying it was a trojan virus, the only way to fix it was to get my friend over skype to send me the launcher.exe again, cos like hell i;ma reinstall the whole friggin game again.. and it worked getting them to send me the launcher so thank god :P you can try this. it worked fine for me b:victory

I have the same issue... . A virus warning popped and first I tried ignoring it, but even so, it would not allow me to update the client. I tried to reopen it, got same warning so just decided to allow removing the threat. It just messed up the entire game now.... and will probably have to reinstall it.
Nice one, PWI.

same think, i try launch game-> autopatch need to updage -> virus trojan qq
and now what download game again?? to get another trojan at patching? get fix this PWI, please, because i will not risk play to get robed

Snowycookie - Sanctuary wrote: »

You can just try to shut your antivirus, firewall and other stuff like that off while you update. Personally me and sis never had to do that during our PWI journey.. o.o

b:lipcurlwhy would i shut my anti virus and keep the virus on my pc b:question

Ok so seeming the updater was being a right little **** for me I decided to uninstall PWI and see if re-installing it may do it justice. So I go to download it (Keep in mind I'm on google chrome) and you know when you're downloading something on google chrome how it has the pre-installer at the bottom of the screen that you then click to open up to then open the proper installer? well when I go to click it, it comes up with an error message saying "[insert file of PWI installer here] is not a valid installer" or file or something along those lines.
HELP?!?!? what do I do?

I was just using the auto installer, but I will try that, thanks!

When I try the "show in folder" way, it comes up with the same, "C:\User\Nick\Downloads\PWI_EN_v658_Installer (1).exe is not a valid Win32 Application" .-.

Any other suggestions b:shocked I'd like to get back in-game for TW in the weekend b:cry

Completely remove your client freshly download the game using Torrent, it is more faster and reliable download the manual patch and update it . Enjoy

Note:You can try adding the game folder/files to your exceptions list in your antivirus and firewall software. Please see the help menu or support website for the software that you use if you aren't sure how to do it.

At your own risk, you may have to disable your antivirus, firewall, and other security software temporarily while you download, install, update, login to, and play the game. Sometimes the security software will block it or throttle it, no matter what you try or even if you try to add exceptions for the game files in your security software.

Coz your anti-virus ate that file thats why it is always recommended to add PWI files/folder in the anti-virus/security/firewall exception lists, so it doesn't mess up the game.

For those who are running into an issue where your antivirus has locked the patcher.exe in your virus vault and it needs to be restored (as just happened to me), and restoring it does not appear to make it run, here is a replacement for that file:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71145886/patcher.zip

If you extract the file inside this zip and then put the .exe in the "patcher" folder, you should be able to run the autopatcher as normal. It helped me, and it was in the maint thread. Credit to CroPsy for originally posting it and KevinLuv for reposting it over there. Thanks guys, it helped me out a lot.

If you are someone who has the issue I describe, this will mean you won't have to redownload the whole of PWI. Time saving at it's finest!

gordiasz wrote: »

well i play in this game over 2 years and always download new patches the same way - autopatcher, and never had problems, now it pop up it with virus so i dont know if it is only anty virus program problem. Specialy when u see that lataly many my friends get robed i try to be guarded to not lost 2 years of hard work on what i have now in game

Were they fuzzy robes?

Your friends may not be practicing computer safety and poking around in things they should not. The people getting the red flags for the non-existent virus are the minority here. Most seem to be using the program AVG, so it seems the problem is isolated.

Consider the fact that elementclient.exe is a program downloaded from the internet that takes information installed on your computer and shares it with the servers however far away from you they may be.

Consider the fact that a trojan virus is a program usually downloaded from the internet that takes information installed on your computer and shares it to someplace else however far away from you it may be.

It's easy for a program to mistake something safe (the game) for something malicious (an actual virus)