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Offline flsh

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AltBinz doesn't try to connect
« on: November 25, 2009, 05:24:18 pm »
I downloaded and extracted the latest version of AltBinz and started using it. I logged in, filled my server details and connection speed and downloaded an NZB file. Whenever I press connect nothing happens and the log stays empty. I deleted AltBinz and extracted it again but it didn't solve it. Tried rebooting to no avail  :(
Anything I am doing wrong?

Offline Rdl

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Re: AltBinz doesn't try to connect
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2009, 05:32:29 pm »
I downloaded and extracted the latest version of AltBinz and started using it. I logged in, filled my server details and connection speed and downloaded an NZB file. Whenever I press connect nothing happens and the log stays empty. I deleted AltBinz and extracted it again but it didn't solve it. Tried rebooting to no avail  :(
Anything I am doing wrong?
Your exe is modified - virus?

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Re: AltBinz doesn't try to connect
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2009, 05:37:31 pm »
You are right, it was a virus. Just scanned it with avast to make sure :(
I'm guessing downloading again would help, or would it just become infected again? It is pretty weird as this is a fresh OS install and all I've done is install drivers and the likes :(

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Re: AltBinz doesn't try to connect
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2010, 11:06:02 pm »
I have the same problem... click "connect", nothing happens, even though I have files in the DL queue.

Doesn't try to connect, nothing shows up in the logs.

Running Win7 x64. No virus, at least according to AVG and Trend Micro.

MD5(altbinz.exe)= 3cbd26a9279b3b649620994afe0d8fc6

Any ideas?

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Re: AltBinz doesn't try to connect
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2010, 11:52:46 pm »
Deleting the "misc" config dir and redoing all settings solved the problem.

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Re: AltBinz doesn't try to connect
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2010, 12:17:58 am »
Out of curiosity, where was your misc directory, and what did you do just before the problems started? Did you update Alt.Binz by overwriting the .exe? Wondering if/how altbinz.exe loses read/write access to the user directory on Win 7 x64 in certain conditions.