F-4 Phantom Module not authorized DCS OB

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after installing the latest update my F-4 Phantom module is no longer authorized be used in DCS World OB, I haven't updated DCS World and its available.  Anyone else having this issue?

[Czar66]

My F-4 is activated at this moment. No issues.

1-Make an exception on the whole DCS root folder on your anti virus(es), including windows defender. Authorization files are being wrongly flagged as threats for a good while. (issue not exclusive to DCS).

2-verify/repair DCS (fast method).

Edited December 24, 2024 by Czar66
2nd step added.

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The repair option worked.

[Clawhammer]

During updating DCS windows defender flagged this file:

I guess its a false posetiv again? Someone else got this file flagged?

Virustotal Report:

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/e7bc9ece4576479ec617b84b400577935dc7ace3a2610e3d1c5587fdc5ae2511

Can someone confirm the file hashes? (DCS\bin\inter.dll) ->

MD5
e05cee37a3d3693786df972234c18a44
SHA-1
2d0d018d670c8305b35d6992a67330a56f7a0db3
SHA-256
e7bc9ece4576479ec617b84b400577935dc7ace3a2610e3d1c5587fdc5ae2511

EDIT: It seems like my windows defender wasnt up-to-date. After updating this file no longer gets blocked. So if you get this file marked as well update Windows Defender!

Edited December 25, 2024 by Clawhammer

[silverdevil]

On 12/25/2024 at 5:33 AM, Clawhammer said:

During updating DCS windows defender flagged this file:

I guess its a false posetiv again? Someone else got this file flagged?

Virustotal Report:

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/e7bc9ece4576479ec617b84b400577935dc7ace3a2610e3d1c5587fdc5ae2511

Can someone confirm the file hashes? (DCS\bin\inter.dll) ->

MD5
e05cee37a3d3693786df972234c18a44
SHA-1
2d0d018d670c8305b35d6992a67330a56f7a0db3
SHA-256
e7bc9ece4576479ec617b84b400577935dc7ace3a2610e3d1c5587fdc5ae2511

EDIT: It seems like my windows defender wasnt up-to-date. After updating this file no longer gets blocked. So if you get this file marked as well update Windows Defender!

guten tag. am besten wäre es, im Defender Ausnahmen hinzuzufügen. Bei jedem Patch werden bestimmte Dateien aktualisiert und können aufgrund von Änderungen an der Datei blockiert werden. tschuss

[II.JG1_Vonrd]

I now have the same issue regarding the F-4 authorization. DCS is allowed through all security and firewall. While doing a complete repair I got this error.

[II.JG1_Vonrd]

Since the linked thread is marked solved I wanted to start a new one since it's not solved for me.

 

[II.JG1_Vonrd]

I deleted the dcs_manifest.bin as specified in the DCS Authorization errors web page and ran another repair with the same error. When I look at C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\_downloads\Mods/aircraft/F-4E/bin there is no HeatblurJester.dll file there and when I look at C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods/aircraft/F-4E/bin there is again no HeatblurJester.dll.

I don't understand how a nonexistent file is being flagged as virus.

Please help! 

[EPKolev]

I have the same problem.

[sleighzy]

5 hours ago, II.JG1_Vonrd said:

I deleted the dcs_manifest.bin as specified in the DCS Authorization errors web page and ran another repair with the same error. When I look at C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\_downloads\Mods/aircraft/F-4E/bin there is no HeatblurJester.dll file there and when I look at C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods/aircraft/F-4E/bin there is again no HeatblurJester.dll.

I don't understand how a nonexistent file is being flagged as virus.

Please help! 

It’s probably non-existent as your anti-virus software has probably quarantined it (or deleted). Have you added the entire DCS installation folder to your anti-virus software as an exclusion? What anti-virus software are you using?

[sleighzy]

What anti-virus software do you use?

Have you added the entire DCS installation folder as an exclusion to it, restarted your PC, and run a slow repair of the game?

[II.JG1_Vonrd]

4 minutes ago, sleighzy said:

It’s probably non-existent as your anti-virus software has probably quarantined it (or deleted). Have you added the entire DCS installation folder to your anti-virus software as an exclusion? What anti-virus software are you using?

Windows Defender Firewall and yes, EVERYTHING DCS is checked as allowed to pass.

I think you're right that the dll has been deleted or quarantined since I can't find it anywhere in the files. Why is a repair or reinstallation of the F-4E not resurrecting that dll file?

[TacticalFalcon]

Try reinstalling the module, maybe the problem is solved then.

[Major Corvus]

I had this exact same issue, but putting the root DCS folder and the DCS folders in the USERS/SAVEDGAMES folder as a Windows Security exception, then running the fast repair and rebooting, seems to have fixed it

[sleighzy]

12 hours ago, II.JG1_Vonrd said:

Windows Defender Firewall and yes, EVERYTHING DCS is checked as allowed to pass.

I think you're right that the dll has been deleted or quarantined since I can't find it anywhere in the files. Why is a repair or reinstallation of the F-4E not resurrecting that dll file?

Windows Defender, not Windows Defender Firewall as this has nothing to do with your firewall. Send a screenshot of your Windows Defender that shows the DCS installation folder as one of your excluded folders.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/add-an-exclusion-to-windows-security-811816c0-4dfd-af4a-47e4-c301afe13b26#ID0EBF=Windows_11

Edited December 28, 2024 by sleighzy

[II.JG1_Vonrd]

A link to the solution here. For other people who thought that excluding the game exe is sufficient (which obviously is not the case)

 

Edited December 28, 2024 by II.JG1_Vonrd

[EPKolev]

I think I found a solution. I just put in excluded folders- file DCS World\CoreMods\aircraft\F-4E\. The installation of Phantom was successful and the game started without a problem.

[GunslingerII]

Yep , same problem here , updated to 2.9.10.4686 and my F-4E in unauthorized.

[Rudel_chw]

17 minutes ago, GunslingerII said:

Yep , same problem here

then same solution applies.

[GunslingerII]

On 1/7/2025 at 8:59 PM, Rudel_chw said:

then same solution applies.

Yeah ,that's great for those that know their way around these systems. For those of us that don't , not so great.

[Rudel_chw]

58 minutes ago, GunslingerII said:

Yeah ,that's great for those that know their way around these systems. For those of us that don't , not so great.

the solution was just a couple of posts above yours.

[GunslingerII]

I finally fixed it. Thanks guys---From a computer illiterate.

[GKOver]

Such a „solution“ is the same as closing a police station inside a city district…..

[Rudel_chw]

33 minutes ago, GKOver said:

Such a „solution“ is the same as closing a police station inside a city district…..

 

surely you mean an incompetent police station, after all they are wrongly accusing innocent files of being virus infected.