HAC 2 Release

[Crenshaw]

dude you need to fix the download server as i cant download the latest realease of hac2 2.09.

[Btcc22]

It's your antivirus. Avast has just released an update that's started preventing HAC from running.

Edit: http://blog.haloanticheat.com/?p=120

[Crenshaw]

Ok i figured it out yesterday as well when i disabled my anti-Virus. Thanks!!

[NullZero]

Yo Btc, can I have some help with this:

I started to get this message tonight:


I have Bitdefender installed, that's all that's new these past few days. Firewall is not blocking it I don't think, as I turned it off.

[Btcc22]

Yo Btc, can I have some help with this:

I started to get this message tonight:

I have Bitdefender installed, that's all that's new these past few days. Firewall is not blocking it I don't think, as I turned it off.

BitDefender is a pain. It appears to be blocking connections to the HAC update server. Try disabling it.

Which BitDefender product are you using?

Double edit: Released a small update to fix that crash and to provide slightly more helpful feedback when things do go wrong. See http://blog.haloanticheat.com/?p=146.

[NullZero]

BitDefender is a pain. It appears to be blocking connections to the HAC update server. Try disabling it.

Which BitDefender product are you using?

Edit: It might not be blocking the connection, even though they've blacklisted the server for some reason, but rather messing around with the update it downloads as it tries to load it into Halo. That would seem to make the most sense if it only broke tonight, after the update.

I use Bitdefender Internet Security 2014 specifically. I sit behind a firewall here in uni too, which may be blocking any inbound or outbound ports that HAC uses. I noticed HAC using a 56xxx port - I assume that is the update port, instead of 80? That is probably getting blocked.

What ports, in addition to the ones in the OP, are used with HAC 2?

Edit: Was HAC 2 always looking for updates before today? If so, it can't be the uni firewall (unless they changed the system). All I can think of, is that bitdefender is filtering client.haloanticheat.com, but not sure.

I've installed the latest release, and can confirm I get the following:

[Btcc22]

I use Bitdefender Internet Security 2014 specifically. I sit behind a firewall here in uni too, which may be blocking any inbound or outbound ports that HAC uses. I noticed HAC using a 56xxx port - I assume that is the update port, instead of 80? That is probably getting blocked.

What ports, in addition to the ones in the OP, are used with HAC 2?

It uses port 80 for updates. The 56xxx port was probably the inbound port (will appear random).

Could you try updating to the newest loader.dll? Thanks.

Edit in response to your edit: HAC 2 checks for updates at every launch but this evening was the first time in a while that an update was released, so it's most likely BitDefender preventing it from downloading. I've checked and can confirm that it's causing problems with connecting to the server.

[NullZero]

Have done so, in my edit above (I don't know if edits bump topics).

[Btcc22]

Check my last edit.

Are you able to try disabling BitDefender? I've made another quick change to the loader.dll, although it's not going to solve the problem, just be a bit more helpful in diagnosing it.

[NullZero]

Check my last edit.

Are you able to try disabling BitDefender? I've made another quick change to the loader.dll, although it's not going to solve the problem, just be a bit more helpful in diagnosing it.

I haven't tried the updated loader.dll, but I managed to fix it (I think). I believe it is BitDefender's anti-malware/phishing page block that is causing it. When I switched these off, I no longer get the error.
I looked through all my Bitdefender settings, but it seems that these option can only be accessed by visiting haloanticheat.com, and turning off the option there (when bitdefender tries to filter it). I can't believe this is the only way, so I will keep digging.

Edit: These have to be disabled: