(09-24-2015, 11:03 AM)Zetchryn Wrote: This might not be restricted to Windows 10, but that's what I'm running and I need to fume... This morning, I got an error. Basically this error:


So, I try various solutions to the problem, old, new, and the like, and finally find out that damn WINDOWS had decided that FFXIV was evil, and needed to die. After having to mess around in the main files for a bit (files that it kept closing on me due to it's security measures, thinking I was a virus!), I finally fix the issue...

But now FFXIV needs to repatch.

There is a certain pit of hell reserved for my computer at the moment.

(09-24-2015, 11:29 AM)Zetchryn Wrote: Oh, what basically happened, for those that are curious, is that windows defender decided to block FFXIV from connecting with frontier.ffxiv.com, the patching service. It viewed this as a hostile action. It wouldn't allow me to run the launcher as an administrator, as even with administrator privileges, it decided that the website was still completely evil.

Long story short, I just put in an exception on the website. The messing around in system files was to get it to stop auto-closing the window whenever I went into Windows Defender.

(09-24-2015, 11:49 AM)Devyn Piper Wrote: Zetchryn: I would strongly recommend using a third party malware scanning service, such as Malwarebytes, to make sure there's nothing nasty hiding out on your computer.  This is in addition to any anti-malware or anti-virus software you have anyway, as different programs often catch different things.

In my experience, malware LOVES to mess with your current anti-malware/anti-virus software by disabling it or making it impossible for you to change the settings - it's how it makes sure it can continue running around unchecked.  I'm not saying that's necessarily the case here but better safe than sorry!