Way to Fix the Whole Scan.dll Problem (Please read before anyone flames/moderates)

[guitargod218]

Yeah, we all know that the sticky is supposed to be read. I did. Everyone also know that moderation action will be taken against people who don't follow that sticky. I know that too.

However, I thought it would be important and helpful to list to people a way to keep the scan.dll file from coming back. On my computer at least, every time I delete it, WoW tries to reinstall the file. So, to combat that, you can do this easy thing, which will make it so that Blizzard doesn't reinstall the scan.dll file.

Delete both scan.dll and scan.dll.new from your World of Warcraft folder. From here on, be hasty, as we don't want to have it come back. Next, go to notepad. Save your blank file in the World of Warcraft folder and name it "Scan.dll" without quotes. Using this, you should be able to prevent the scan.dll file from running, as well as keep it from fixing itself.

Comments and critisism are appreciated, so long as they are not "zomg u no listen 2 demunkoongah, u gon get teh banstick".

[Andrige]

I'm also curious about this since I'm not even sure what the security update applies to, is it just the use of MEFix.exe edits or even the non-MEFix.exe ones?

And honestly I think it would be helpful if the http://www.mmowned.com/forums/model-...-nerf-5-a.html was a bit more descriptive, since you're locking all the other discussions it's very hard to actually get some answers on what you should do.

I do this mostly since my work is a bit more wide than the average edit and I just want to <know> what is going on and what I should tell everyone.

[Verye]

Zoagh mah gawd, yuu knoe leecin two demonkunga, yuu gughnne geht bahnnestique.

[guitargod218]

Well, just restarted my computer and it stayed as my version of the Scan.dll, so I'm guessing this is a solid fix for it. Anyone else try it?

EDIT: Hahah, thanks Verye, I needed that :P

[bmxthief6969]

or, if you have a nice av, mark scan.dll in that folder as a virus and it deletes it when it tries to download it again

[guitargod218]

Would that work? Never heard of that, but I'll try it anyway.

[kufujew]

Is it the Scan.dll that pops up WoW after you run the WoWME.exe and says that you have a third party program running?

[bmxthief6969]

repostrepostrepostrepost!

http://www.mmowned.com/forums/model-...umrtvovac.html

[Garmol]

repostrepostrepostrepost!

http://www.mmowned.com/forums/model-...umrtvovac.html

This is different, this method is not mentioned at all in that post.

[HattarN]

Couldn't agree more with this post!

[Alareon]

Well, i just mine to work, but without those notepads. I just spam f8 as soon as i see my wow opens, and it bypass it. You think thats detecable?

[Jinrohk]

I think it's cool that we're one step ahead of Blizzard now...
But if I recall correctly this has never occured before, which means Blizzard has found a way to detect Model Edit Fix.

I'm not going to take the risk and for those who are playing on live servers, just wait a few days. It's very possible that this was a last warning from Blizzard and that you'll be banned instantly if Warden finds a way to detect MEF.

I hope I'm wrong though, but this is not worth my 70's. Even though they aren't geared wonderfully, I just put a lot of time and effort in them and it would be a shame to lose them due to a 'stupid' model swap.

I understand why Demon is deleting all the threads regarding this issue, but it's just that this might mean the end to Model Edits and it's understandable that people panic.

[guitargod218]

Alareon: I'm not sure, I didn't even know that was a method.

Jinkrohk: If you get rid of the scan file, they have no clue whether the ME fix is running or not, so it's perfectly safe.

[Demonkunga]

/closed
Read the sticky.
I'm closing these types of threads (the good ones at least, *the crappy ones will just be deleted*) to keep mayhem from rising as such. The less threads we have floating around on the topic, the better. If you post a good thread about it, I'll close it. If you cry and whine, I'll delete it. I might open up the sticky thread for commenting and also merge some of these good threads into the sticky.