I have just tried to download the C310 from Flight1 and get a "This file contains Trojan Horse virus".

 

Anyone experienced this or experiencing it now? Certainly don't want to continue if the file contains the virus.

 

Jas

A false positive.... what AV are you running?

 

I'm using MSE and it detected no issues.

This is a widely known false positive issue. It is documented on the Flight One website.

 

Thousands upon thousands of satisfied payware customers have experienced the same false alert and took the steps necessary to install the product and had a very happy experience doing so.

 

Cheers,

 

Ken

I'm curious as to how many people try to download, get the warning and stop right there...????

I'm curious as to how many people try to download, get the warning and stop right there...????

 

That's what scares me. And how many people are running draconian AV software and living with it.

I'm using AVG. Keep getting the threat warning and won't allow me to download. It just stalls.

One thing I dont understand is that supposedly thousands of users have experienced this false positive, but for some reason AV software still flags Flight1's wrapper as a virus. Have there been no communication with these companies in regards to adding the Flight1 wrapper to the whitelist, or are these companies simply ignoring requests? What is the name of the antivirus packages that flags this as a virus?

Please find a pic below of virus message:

 

 

This false positive can occur if your AV detection settings are set a to very high levels of sensitivity

If you have, for example, enabled scan for (PUPS)potentially unwanted applications,then

some AV engines will detect this exe, among others,as a threat.

Nevertheless this is definitely a false detection!

 

Cheers.

What we recommend is that you turn off all antivirus prior to downloading, do the download, do the install and then, turn your antivirus on. You may scan freely (and even delete) after that but... F1's DRM systems generate that false positive.

 

We know, they know, even AVG knows... but they won't change their algorithm...

 

Alternatively, you can buy it here....

Thanks for that. I will have a look through settings and see if I can download it.

 

Jas

eset detects it as a virus also, although it's happy to let you ignore it and continue

Why not buy it through the AVSIM Store? This helps support the site and the d/l is painless.

Even with my AV turned OFF, the download continued to be blocked until I deselected 'Enable SmartScreen Filter' under Internet Explorer-Tools-Internet Options-Advanced-Security group (last category).

 

Don't give up, this addon is worth every effort! and every pennie also!

 

This is one of those frustrating glitches that someone at F1 is just not taking the time to fix despite numerous requests from users and developer. As suggested, consider buying it from another source.

 

JJ

I think most people want to buy from F1 because of their returns policy.