F-15E not authorized

[Buzzf18e]

Hello, I've had the Razbam F-15E since pre-order and enjoy it very much, but since this last update I'm unable to fly it.  I get a pop-up error message "Authorization failed" (see attached pic) and after that any mission, mp server, instant mission, etc all I get is a map when I select the F-15E for the mission.  I've tried repairing my install, uninstalling/reinstalling the module, removing mods, etc but no luck, anyone have a fix for this?  Pre-update everything worked fine.

[fghidalg]

dear, it is the antivirus that is causing the problem, in my case it is the maccaffe, send quarantine a file of the installation of f15; I'm not on my computer, to tell you what exactly it is, but it is a .dll file of the installation F15, you must put it in the list of exceptions of the antivirus; but in any case it is easy to identify it from the quarantine list

[TrainAss]

7 hours ago, fghidalg said:

dear, it is the antivirus that is causing the problem, in my case it is the maccaffe, send quarantine a file of the installation of f15; I'm not on my computer, to tell you what exactly it is, but it is a .dll file of the installation F15, you must put it in the list of exceptions of the antivirus; but in any case it is easy to identify it from the quarantine list

Remove McAfee. No one in their right mind should be using it. It's a garbage application. Same with Norton.

 

[fghidalg]

4 hours ago, TrainAss said:

Remove McAfee. No one in their right mind should be using it. It's a garbage application. Same with Norton.

 

Friend, a question, what antivirus program do you recommend and that has given you good results, thank you for your help

[invisi-wall2]

Got help from ED support - managed to resolve issue by:

1. disable McAfee Realtime Scan.

2. add the 2 .dll files from Mod/aircraft/F15E/bin to the virus scan exception files.

3. from DCS/bin directory run the "DCS_update.exe cleanup" command

4. from DCS/bin directory run the "DCS_update.exe repair" command, selecting Slow option and extra files.

Hope that works for you.

[drPhibes]

Step 0 should be uninstalling McAfee. There is no reason to use anything other than MS Defender.

[TrainAss]

On 4/15/2024 at 3:48 AM, fghidalg said:

Friend, a question, what antivirus program do you recommend and that has given you good results, thank you for your help

Windows Defender works perfectly fine. It's non-intrusive, low on system resources, updates regularly. I haven't used a 3rd party AV suite in the past 8 years. My workplace where I'm a sys admin, we finished our migration to Defender from TrendMicro last spring and it's been so much better.

There's a reason businesses and enterprises use Defender over anything else.

[Hiob]

2 minutes ago, TrainAss said:

Windows Defender works perfectly fine. It's non-intrusive, low on system resources, updates regularly. I haven't used a 3rd party AV suite in the past 8 years. My workplace where I'm a sys admin, we finished our migration to Defender from TrendMicro last spring and it's been so much better.

There's a reason businesses and enterprises use Defender over anything else.

100% Agreement.

Most AVs (commercial and free) add nothing of substance over Defender and some (Norton and McAfee e.g.) introduce only problems and eat system resources on top.

Not suggesting that Defender is 100% secure (no AV is!), but it is certainly not worse than most of the popular AVs and probably causes the least amount of problems.

90% of protection is to stay away from the fishy parts of the Interwebs anyway.

[TrainAss]

On 4/13/2024 at 7:05 AM, Buzzf18e said:

Hello, I've had the Razbam F-15E since pre-order and enjoy it very much, but since this last update I'm unable to fly it.  I get a pop-up error message "Authorization failed" (see attached pic) and after that any mission, mp server, instant mission, etc all I get is a map when I select the F-15E for the mission.  I've tried repairing my install, uninstalling/reinstalling the module, removing mods, etc but no luck, anyone have a fix for this?  Pre-update everything worked fine.

1. Uninstall McAfee and reboot your PC altogether.

2.

Launch DCS and click the module manager in the titlebar

3.

Click the 'Installed' option to view all your installed modules.

4.

Click the garbage can icon to remove the module.

5.

Click 'YES to complete the removal

DCS will then close, the module will be removed, and then re-launch. You will then see a number next to the module manager in the titlebar. Clicking that will give you a window showing you what modules you can install. Install it from there and try again.

Edited April 16, 2024 by TrainAss

[MAXsenna]

Friend, a question, what antivirus program do you recommend and that has given you good results, thank you for your help

Like the other fellow sysadmins have already pointed out. Defender, comes free with Windows. The others are just scams and bloatware.
Cheers!

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[draconus]

21 hours ago, TrainAss said:

There's a reason businesses and enterprises use Defender over anything else.

If you mean paid Business versions then maybe yes. No serious company runs without remotely managed AV software.

You may be fine in your home, when the users are smart enough (most aren't) but generally when you don't know about the problem, doesn't mean you don't have one.

Btw, why do you promote manually reinstalling the module when you can just use DCS clean/repair function (after dealing with the software that messes with the files)? Saves time.

[TrainAss]

On 4/17/2024 at 6:18 AM, draconus said:

If you mean paid Business versions then maybe yes. No serious company runs without remotely managed AV software.

You may be fine in your home, when the users are smart enough (most aren't) but generally when you don't know about the problem, doesn't mean you don't have one.

Btw, why do you promote manually reinstalling the module when you can just use DCS clean/repair function (after dealing with the software that messes with the files)? Saves time.

Because if you have any mods installed in the root folder, you're going to have to repair/reinstall them. This way saves time.

Are you arguing against using Windows defender as your AV software? I'm not sure I follow your statement. Even if you're a small business and you just let defender do its own thing because you cannot afford the management setup, it's still leaps and bounds better than McAfee, Norton, Avast, avg, trend micro, Kaspersky, etc.

[draconus]

5 hours ago, TrainAss said:

Are you arguing against using Windows defender as your AV software? I'm not sure I follow your statement. Even if you're a small business and you just let defender do its own thing because you cannot afford the management setup, it's still leaps and bounds better than McAfee, Norton, Avast, avg, trend micro, Kaspersky, etc.

I'm not against Defender. I was specifically replying to your statement that companies use Defender over any other AV software. That's simply not true.

And that it's way better than any others isn't true either.

[rayon89]

 

Windows security, do I have anything to worry about?

file: C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\F-15E\bin\ARF.dll

file: C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\F-15E\bin\F15E_CPT.dll

[razo+r]

No. It is 99% a false positive. If you don't believe it, contact the Anti Virus provider and ask them to check the files manually. 

[rayon89]

hace 12 horas, razo+r dijo:

No. It is 99% a false positive. If you don't believe it, contact the Anti Virus provider and ask them to check the files manually. 

is windows security

[Devil-101]

The issue isn't Norton or Macafee. Why is Razbam using a trojan in the F15E files? Mcafee & Norton are doing their job of protecting your computer!

Defender is an open game and is weak! I love this know it all community!

[Czar66]

8 minutes ago, Devil-101 said:

The issue isn't Norton or Macafee. Why is Razbam using a trojan in the F15E files? Mcafee & Norton are doing their job of protecting your computer!

Defender is an open game and is weak! I love this know it all community!

By this logic, the more trigger happy is a anti malware program the better they are. Regardless on what they are actually pointing at.

Anti virus programs are redundant for a decade now. They resort to fire up at files with outbound traffic or unknown to their database to be flagged to justify their asking price in order to not feel like a mugging.

Edited June 11, 2024 by Czar66

[rob10]

3 hours ago, Devil-101 said:

The issue isn't Norton or Macafee. Why is Razbam using a trojan in the F15E files? Mcafee & Norton are doing their job of protecting your computer!

Defender is an open game and is weak! I love this know it all community!

How many examples are there in the forums of McAfee and others throwing an alert that later get whitelisted by McAfee and others over the last 10 years.  How many examples of ACTUAL problem files have been found in DCS?

[draconus]

7 hours ago, Devil-101 said:

Why is Razbam using a trojan in the F15E files?

You might have read it wrong. Look for a word "potentially".

[MAXsenna]

How many examples are there in the forums of McAfee and others throwing an alert that later get whitelisted by McAfee and others over the last 10 years.  How many examples of ACTUAL problem files have been found in DCS?

My guess is none.

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The issue isn't Norton or Macafee. Why is Razbam using a trojan in the F15E files? Mcafee & Norton are doing their job of protecting your computer!
Defender is an open game and is weak! I love this know it all community!

In what way is Razbam using a Trojan? Apologies, but are you sure you know how this works?

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[MAXsenna]

The issue isn't Norton or Macafee. Why is Razbam using a trojan in the F15E files? Mcafee & Norton are doing their job of protecting your computer!
Defender is an open game and is weak! I love this know it all community!

In what way is Razbam using a Trojan? Apologies, but do you have proof of this, or maybe this works differently from how you believe it does?
Cheers!

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[TrainAss]

20 hours ago, Devil-101 said:

The issue isn't Norton or Macafee. Why is Razbam using a trojan in the F15E files? Mcafee & Norton are doing their job of protecting your computer!

Defender is an open game and is weak! I love this know it all community!

If Razbam had indeed included a Trojan in the F-15E module, then there would be thousands of reports of it from all works of anti-malware software. Not to mention a lawsuit on their hands and criminal charges.

If you honestly think that Razbam has included a trojan and it's not just crappy software like McAfee or Norton throwing a false positive, then I have a bridge for sale that I think you would be really interested in.

McAfee and Norton are very poor applications. Sure they may catch some things, but they end up causing more problems than not.

What do you mean by "Defender is an open game and is weak"? Do you have any idea what you're talking about?

There is a reason why large businesses, companies and agencies use Defender over programs like McAfee, Norton, TrendMicro, etc.

I'd go in to more detail, but I don't think it would get through to you, especially considering you think that Razbam is putting malware in to their modules.

[Hiob]

20 hours ago, Devil-101 said:

The issue isn't Norton or Macafee. Why is Razbam using a trojan in the F15E files? Mcafee & Norton are doing their job of protecting your computer!

Defender is an open game and is weak! I love this know it all community!

You can't make that up.

Are you serious?

[Raisuli]

18 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

In what way is Razbam using a Trojan? Apologies, but do you have proof of this, or maybe this works differently from how you believe it does?
Cheers!

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Oh, I'm pretty sure it's not a trojan, but until my anti-virus likes it I've disabled the F-15E (as opposed to disabling my anti-virus) so I don't get the countdown clock as shown in the OP.  Guess I'll re-enable when new patches come out and see if things are more better-er since I have to do a bunch of file updates after every patch anyway.