Suddenly got a Windows 7 Warning saying GW.EXE wanted to change some system files or some such. I told it NO and the game kept running and nothing seems to have changed.
VERY strange as I have never had Windows 7 warn me about the gw.exe file before.
No, I have NOT downloaded or run ANYTHING new between yesterday and today. No attachments in email and my browser has noscript running so it would be almost impossible for any rouge script on a web site to get me either.
GW.EXE Windows 7 Warning
LordDragon
Venganza
When there is a game update, it is the EXECUTABLE which is changed, so any AV scanner worth it's salt will inform you of file change status, very simple and quite normal.
rhade_adama
I get it all the time when there is an update for Guild Wars. The only thing I found is there is now a GW.001 file in my Guild Wars folder and I don't know what it is or where it came from. I've never heard of a .001 file before.
LordDragon
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Originally Posted by Venganza
When there is a game update, it is the EXECUTABLE which is changed, so any AV scanner worth it's salt will inform you of file change status, very simple and quite normal.
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The UAC pop-up was asking me if I wanted to allow GW.EXE to make changes to my system. Now, everything is most likely just fine as I have everything scanned on execute and have quite a bit of faith in my AV software (Sophos). It was just VERY out of character to get that warning in the middle of playing. I did not get the warning when I started the exe which one would think would be the case.
I was in the middle of a VQ and POP! up comes the GW.EXE UAC Warning.
Pinkest One
I think the real question is "Why do you still have UAC on?"
Disable UAC>yes>Are you sure you want to disable UAC>...yes.
Disable UAC>yes>Are you sure you want to disable UAC>...yes.
LordDragon
No wonder so many peoples systems get infected and compromised.
Never mind, I'll go back through my logs and look at the packets of any network requests. Yes, I keep such logs. No, I am not going into why.
Never mind, I'll go back through my logs and look at the packets of any network requests. Yes, I keep such logs. No, I am not going into why.
Quaker
Even I would not recommend turning off UAC on Windows 7 - or even Vista since the updates.
This is a curious situation though. It would be nice to know if it was just a normal gw.exe event connected to permissions, or if your gw.exe is corrupted by a virus.
That warning does not necessarily mean that gw.exe wanted to modify your 'system files', just your 'system', which could be something as simple as creating a new folder.
I would assume that you have, or will, do a virus/adware scan.
This is a curious situation though. It would be nice to know if it was just a normal gw.exe event connected to permissions, or if your gw.exe is corrupted by a virus.
That warning does not necessarily mean that gw.exe wanted to modify your 'system files', just your 'system', which could be something as simple as creating a new folder.
I would assume that you have, or will, do a virus/adware scan.
LordDragon
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Even I would not recommend turning off UAC on Windows 7 - or even Vista since the updates.
This is a curious situation though. It would be nice to know if it was just a normal gw.exe event connected to permissions, or if your gw.exe is corrupted by a virus. That warning does not necessarily mean that gw.exe wanted to modify your 'system files', just your 'system', which could be something as simple as creating a new folder. I would assume that you have, or will, do a virus/adware scan. |
I am not too worried about the exe being infected after checking everything I can. I just find it exceedingly strange for the UAC to pop up at that time on that program. I really cannot find any reason for it to act that way which is why I posted. Just seemed, well, strange.
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It may have been a warning about it wanting to create a file called gw.tmpwhich would be created in program files which would be protected in windows 7...
just a possibility.
just a possibility.
Quaker
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I really cannot find any reason for it to act that way which is why I posted. Just seemed, well, strange.
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Draca
Let me guess you have guild wars installed in program files folder?
That count as changing system files for UAC.
That count as changing system files for UAC.
LordDragon
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Originally Posted by Draca
Let me guess you have guild wars installed in program files folder?
That count as changing system files for UAC. |
Draca
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Originally Posted by LordDragon
Actually, No. All my games get installed elsewhere.
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