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Did anyone else have to do that MT4 live update today?

  • #1
  • First Post: Mar 25, 2010 7:46pm Mar 25, 2010 7:46pm
Guys,

Both of my demo MT4 platforms wanted to run some type of "live update" today. I clicked it and my virus software says it's infected on both of the? Called the themelda virus or something??

Did anyone else have to run this update?? I'm just curious because now every time I start up either demo platform, it pops up this update window...

Thanks for any help,

Donnie
  • #2
  • Mar 25, 2010 7:53pm Mar 25, 2010 7:53pm
Quoting uraceulose
Guys,

Both of my demo MT4 platforms wanted to run some type of "live update" today. I clicked it and my virus software says it's infected on both of the? Called the themelda virus or something??

Did anyone else have to run this update?? I'm just curious because now every time I start up either demo platform, it pops up this update window...

Thanks for any help,

Donnie
same situation here. interestingly enough only 2 of my demos that i use for charting wanted me to update. fxopen's mt4 hasn't complained yet

i haven't found a solution yet ... it is annoying though, that is for sure
  • #3
  • Mar 25, 2010 7:59pm Mar 25, 2010 7:59pm
Thanks for the reply man. Hopefully someone will jump in and let us know whats up.

My MB trader and Broco both want the update done...?
  • #4
  • Mar 25, 2010 8:08pm Mar 25, 2010 8:08pm
The update is legitimate: http://forum.mql4.com/30807

The virus is unconfirmed on my systems.
  • #5
  • Mar 25, 2010 8:13pm Mar 25, 2010 8:13pm
Quoting Ronald Raygun
The update is legitimate: http://forum.mql4.com/30807

The virus is unconfirmed on my systems.

Thank you Ronald. Now I just went to try and run it and when I hit "ignore" on my virus software, it won't let me download it.
I download the update, it says "you must restart" "click okay/restart" then when it starts back up it says...

MT4 Live update all over again. lol

I'll figure it out here now though hopefully, at least we know it's not harmful so go ahead and mess with it until it loads up.

Thanks you again Ronald and take care,

Donnie
  • #6
  • Mar 25, 2010 8:13pm Mar 25, 2010 8:13pm
Quoting Ronald Raygun
The update is legitimate: http://forum.mql4.com/30807

The virus is unconfirmed on my systems.
thanks for the info ... i guess it is time to have a serious conversation with my anti virus program
  • #7
  • Mar 25, 2010 8:15pm Mar 25, 2010 8:15pm
It seems the people on that link are having similar issues, I'll see if someone on the mq4 site responds with the fix.
  • #8
  • Mar 25, 2010 8:23pm Mar 25, 2010 8:23pm
ok. i updated my anti virus software and the problem dissapeared
  • #9
  • Mar 25, 2010 8:32pm Mar 25, 2010 8:32pm
Quoting mikekneip
ok. i updated my anti virus software and the problem dissapeared
lol, same here. easy fix
  • #10
  • Mar 30, 2010 5:57pm Mar 30, 2010 5:57pm
Hi. i'm having problems with this update. I'm using XP and everytime i start metatrader i get the update option box show up. if i update then everything seems to go well but when i restart the update box comes up again. I have 4 clients installed on two computers and its the same problem on all of them. metatrader works fine apart from this. anyone know of a solution to this problem.

Thanks.
  • #11
  • Mar 30, 2010 7:46pm Mar 30, 2010 7:46pm
go to mt4 folder, click live update there
  • #12
  • Mar 31, 2010 5:43am Mar 31, 2010 5:43am
Thanks for your help RR. I double-clicked on liveupdate.exe in all my metatraders but nothing happened in any of them. there is also a liveupdate folder in them which is empty. Unfortunately i'm still having the same problem. any ideas?
  • #13
  • Mar 31, 2010 7:28am Mar 31, 2010 7:28am
can you just ignore the updates in this situation or does mt4 need themn to oprerate
  • #14
  • Mar 31, 2010 8:35am Mar 31, 2010 8:35am
Doesn't it give you the option not to install them? Of course I don't know if that makes the window go away or not?
  • #15
  • Mar 31, 2010 8:56am Mar 31, 2010 8:56am
I could just ignore them but i would prefer to make the update and get the problem solved. i could try just downloading a new copy and copying all my preferences across to it. its just pretty annoying to be reminded of the update everytime i open a metatrader as because of my style of trading i am constantly switching between them.
  • #16
  • Mar 31, 2010 9:23am Mar 31, 2010 9:23am
Still it says "Expert Adisors" when you right click on a chart.
I guess they'd have to divide by 0 to get that shitty bug fixed.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5...benanntobs.png
  • #17
  • Mar 31, 2010 11:40am Mar 31, 2010 11:40am
What, is that the German version? Mine is US version and "Advisors" is spelled correctly.
  • #18
  • Apr 2, 2010 1:41pm Apr 2, 2010 1:41pm
Quoting ecTrade
What, is that the German version? Mine is US version and "Advisors" is spelled correctly.
Yeah probably. The question is why did they try to translate Expert Advisor in the first place?
  • #19
  • Apr 2, 2010 1:55pm Apr 2, 2010 1:55pm
iv had simular problems long ago

what i ended up determining, was that copying mt4 directories and pasting them, those gave the problems, any mt4 i installed normally updated fine

maybe its the registry entries giving the problems

the solution is to instal all mt4's normally wrather than copying from already installed mt4's
  • #20
  • Apr 2, 2010 2:02pm Apr 2, 2010 2:02pm
I don't have problem with Live Update.
I update both fxopen and TVF mt platform. The update went successful.
I use AV Avast Home on Vista machine.

if this problem still occur, not only AV maker, but MT maker also must do something to patch the hole..

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