You probably installed the bundled malware, cheat engine itself is clean. You can get the Patreon version which is free of bundleware for about 3$. It's not a bad deal considering the fun you can get out of Cheat EngineNotoiGamer wrote: ↑Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:57 pmindeed. After downloading version 7.5, I had to reinstall Windows and delete everything. It's a virus and it makes Windows go completely crazy. It takes away your permissions to do anything.
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thanks for the advice. although I already ate the malware without prior notice
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Hello,
I'm new here. I downloaded the cheat engine from the mirror link on the first post.
As soon as I tried to install it, my antivirus stopped it, and put the file in quarantine.
Just curious if anyone else detected a virus?
I'm new here. I downloaded the cheat engine from the mirror link on the first post.
As soon as I tried to install it, my antivirus stopped it, and put the file in quarantine.
Just curious if anyone else detected a virus?
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Q:When the download finished my anti virus showed up it that it contained a virus!
A:Cheat Engine lets you manipulate any running program including administrator applications. It also allows you to use Cheat Tables you may have downloaded from less-reputable sources. These tables can contain scripts which can do anything Cheat Engine can (Modify applications, file access etc...) Because anti viruses do not wish to learn CE's scritping language, they just mark CE as being potantially dangerous (aka hacktool). But, as long as you download Cheat Tables from reputable sources, check that they don't contain dangerous code (.CT's are cleartext xml) you should be fine.
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The installer also contains advertisement though you can opt-out of actually installing anything like that, there used to be an archive download outside of the installer exe but I think the alternative now is a one-time Patreon donation and from there you can then download an ad-free installer.
That said Cheat-Engine itself is blocked by several anti-virus software solutions simply for being Cheat-Engine, Microsoft's own Windows Defender should not be having a problem with it for that reason however though User Access Control and other routines may still flag it or quarantine the file if not whitelisted.
That said Cheat-Engine itself is blocked by several anti-virus software solutions simply for being Cheat-Engine, Microsoft's own Windows Defender should not be having a problem with it for that reason however though User Access Control and other routines may still flag it or quarantine the file if not whitelisted.
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^ It is also quite possible that CE - because of your AV intervening - did NOT install correctly. Iow uninstall, temporarily disable your AV, install CE and then re-enable again...
ps: for most AV, that should suffice in that launching CE thereafter should not trigger alarms anymore (perhaps a few exceptions aside). If it does, you'll need to exclude the CE root path via your AV
PS2: make sure to download CE from a thrustworthy website ofc !
=> I've installed CE vs via standard (CE forum) download back then, and followed #jonasbeckman instructions...
ps: for most AV, that should suffice in that launching CE thereafter should not trigger alarms anymore (perhaps a few exceptions aside). If it does, you'll need to exclude the CE root path via your AV
PS2: make sure to download CE from a thrustworthy website ofc !
=> I've installed CE vs via standard (CE forum) download back then, and followed #jonasbeckman instructions...
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The setup mirror I linked in the first post is almost a decade ago and doesn't appear to run on my PC now so even if your antivirus didn't find any issue with it. it wouldn't have worked. I don't know what happened to the setup, it worked when I linked it.
Anyway, like others have said now you can only get the offers bundled public setup or get the "clean" Patreon version.
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OK, so the mirror is not working. Before, I tried to download from the off site link, but my FF browser give me a warning that it's a malware website.STN wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:52 pmThe setup mirror I linked in the first post is almost a decade ago and doesn't appear to run on my PC now so even if your antivirus didn't find any issue with it. it wouldn't have worked. I don't know what happened to the setup, it worked when I linked it.
Anyway, like others have said now you can only get the offers bundled public setup or get the "clean" Patreon version.
I really don't want to infect my PC, I recently had to start over. So for the only "clean" version, I have to pay for the file?
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or you just skip the adware in the installer. it's no rocket science.
hope someone can help a noob here installing trainer
I try to open the smalland trainer and it says click on the PC icon to open the CT file but i cant find any pc icon..
all it gives me is bittorrent, firefox, notepad.WMP, word and wordpad
What do i select to open and install it?
Thank you for help!
all it gives me is bittorrent, firefox, notepad.WMP, word and wordpad
What do i select to open and install it?
Thank you for help!
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Literally the big sticky at the top of tables section and below every table is instructions on how to use cheat tables
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Hi,
I just recently made an account to ask this question. Is cheat engine related in anyway with Cheat Engine? I've noticed with some CTs that most have about 1 or 2 cheats listed and the rest is locked behind a popup asking me to download "cheat engine". (for example, the Dishonored CT, The Escapists & 2).
I just got back into using Cheat Engine and was rather confused.
Thanks!
I just recently made an account to ask this question. Is cheat engine related in anyway with Cheat Engine? I've noticed with some CTs that most have about 1 or 2 cheats listed and the rest is locked behind a popup asking me to download "cheat engine". (for example, the Dishonored CT, The Escapists & 2).
I just got back into using Cheat Engine and was rather confused.
Thanks!
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I must be a moron. How do you search this site internally. Searching the forum gives me nothing and searching the site only ever nets me one result. Both use google. There has to be a local search, right?
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Let the google search load. The forum internal search was disabled due to abuse and lacking server infrastructure to deal with such abuse.
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