I also use curseforge app and I’ve done an offline antivirus check. Nothing found. Are you sure it’s malicious? If you just play wow, there are no .exe addons anyway. It’s just interface addons
I wouldn’t trust it. It’s known to collect all sorts of data. It doesn’t do this nefariously (indeed you can turn a lot of it off!) but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s collecting really unnecessary data for something that automates zip files
There is discussion about overwolf & curseforge in your post, I’m sure they are referring to this. Read your post’s comments before you throw a hostile reply to them…
never had problem forge use it for years
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The standalone app doesn’t require overwolf.
I get that people don’t want to touch the official addon manager with a bargepole because of their reputation. I was very dubious before I got it but it works really well for me. I just open standalone Curseforge app before I play WoW, do the updates and close it again.
There used to be a whole host of alternatives but I’m not sure which ones are or aren’t up and running now.
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For me it’s more than that.
Overwolf has this feature called “In-Game Apps” and WoW have some, too.
In-game apps are various programs that interface with the game, reading its memory and presenting a series of statistics and scores based on what happens on screen - for example it can go in and read the WoW scoreboard in a battleground.
This is straight up against WoW’s EULA, and the fact that the developers of WoW are allowing Overwolf to even exist is a testament to how little they actually care about people doing memory injection and reading in WoW.
It does not use Overwolf.
Overwolf is not installed on my PC.
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There are two programs, one is Overwolf, which is a full application suite that includes an addon manager, and one is a stand-alone app. I wrote this the whole time.
What I’m saying is: Don’t get Overwolf. Get the stand-alone from the company behind Overwolf or get WoWUP. And what I also said is Blizzard should ban the use of Overwolf altogether. Not the stand-alone one, but Overwolf the big application suite.
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It is a shame that what seems to be the better Warfractlogs client is also overwolf bound
Never had any issues used oversold for years since heartharena app launched. Sounds like typical internet paranoia
Allegedly!
No, it’s been known for a while that its data collection is excessive.
I installed Overwolf originally, and after the outcry i decided to uninstall it. Took me three days to get rid of all the trash it had put on my system
Did anything happen to you to make you know that it was a problem? Or did you just believe the typical fake internet outrage?
Yes, my system slowed to a crawl, popups appeared from nowhere, virus system went nuts.
Next pointless question!
Funny I’ve never had an issue in like 8 years
Lucky you then I guess.
I am using wowup, happy with it. While it doesn’t cover all addons - at least it’s not some spy app from China.
Lucky me I guess there no way your wrong
Hey there! I came across the same issue with the software deleting itself, and it’s definitely puzzling. Like you, I’ve seen others mention it but haven’t found any clear answers. Your decision to go back to manually managing addons seems like a sensible move until there’s more clarity on this. It’s always better to be safe, especially when something doesn’t feel right with the software.
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Well seeing as the problems stopped after the 3 days of clearing the rubbish left by overwolf, correct, I’m not wrong, just as the other posters in this threat also experienced problems!
But no, you’d rather go down the ‘fake Internet outrage route’
As i said, lucky you, the rest of us must be doing something wrong!