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Sudden Launcher Corruption - is anonymous running this server

sentinel64sentinel64 Member Posts: 901 Arc User
edited May 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I played the game this morning without a problem and come back this afternoon to a totally corrupted launcher. The only thing I did after log off was run Norton. The game did do some in game patching, but nothing else. I did get back for a little while doing a reload but then the launcher went down again after the game locked up my O/S. All these problems started after the most recent update.
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  • blgoldenforceblgoldenforce Member Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I think that last set of patches royally screwed the game up. Everything from the launcher to certain missions such as Surface Tension are seeing major problems. I had no choice but to uninstall the game until I can be sure these problems can be fixed. It's a shame, really, because I like this game a lot.
  • stoutesstoutes Member Posts: 4,219 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Funny story though, I heard about another player also having Norton and being unable to play... Norton is usually viewed as bloatware (with lately a huge list of false positives).

    Try starting msconfig, go to services and startup tab and disable everything concerning Norton. Then download the latest loader from the forums and replace the current loader (you have to put it on the same place where the original launcher is).

    Replay, and look if it's going okay. If you feel unsafe without Norton active, search for different VA's like Nod32, AVG, etc.
    maxvitor wrote: »
    Nerf is OP, plz nerf
    That's quite the paradox, how could you nerf nerf when the nerf is nerfed. But how would the nerf be nerfed when the nerf is nerfed? This allows the nerf not to be nerfed since the nerf is nerfed? But if the nerf isn't nerfed, it could still nerf nerfs. But as soon as the nerf is nerfed, the nerf power is lost. So paradoxally it the nerf nerf lost its nerf, while it's still nerfed, which cannot be because the nerf was unable to nerf.

    I call it, the Stoutes paradox.
  • macfellymacfelly Member Posts: 107 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I realized long ago Norton was a P.O.S.
    Apparently not loyal enough :|
  • sentinel64sentinel64 Member Posts: 901 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I tried reinstalling with my old STO disk, but it seems that launcher is no longer compatible with server. I had to use ARC version. Fortunately I have other computers with good load ups of original version.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    stoutes wrote: »
    Funny story though, I heard about another player also having Norton and being unable to play... Norton is usually viewed as bloatware (with lately a huge list of false positives).

    Try starting msconfig, go to services and startup tab and disable everything concerning Norton. Then download the latest loader from the forums and replace the current loader (you have to put it on the same place where the original launcher is).

    Replay, and look if it's going okay. If you feel unsafe without Norton active, search for different VA's like Nod32, AVG, etc.
    I use MSE. It's worked quite well so far. The price was economical too.
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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    stoutes wrote: »
    Funny story though, I heard about another player also having Norton and being unable to play... Norton is usually viewed as bloatware (with lately a huge list of false positives).

    Try starting msconfig, go to services and startup tab and disable everything concerning Norton. Then download the latest loader from the forums and replace the current loader (you have to put it on the same place where the original launcher is).

    Replay, and look if it's going okay. If you feel unsafe without Norton active, search for different VA's like Nod32, AVG, etc.

    back in early 2000's and didnt know any better as a kid, my father ran norton on his computer, after pestering him over a bit that norton was the problem with his whole setup, eventually i proved it was the case, have not used norton since.

    norton used to slow things down big time, cause errors and hard lock ups with the computer back then. i doubt norton software has changed, best avoid it to be sure.
    T6 Miranda Hero Ship FTW.
    Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,597 Community Moderator
    edited May 2014
    Yea... there are plenty of good free AV programs out there to choose from. Heck... I have MSE and Malwarebytes, as sometimes... having a secondary thing to scan with can help in case the primary active one doesn't catch anything.
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    Yang Xiao Long wrote:
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
  • sentinel64sentinel64 Member Posts: 901 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Finally got back in after using a version I had downloaded before and clearing my cache (think the latter did it).
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