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In most cases it means that w3l.exe file is missing in your Warcraft III directory. The file is essential for letting you connect to our servers but it may also be wrongfuly detected as a virus since it is a "hack" which redirects the game to our PVPGN servers instead of the official ones.
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In most cases it means that <span style="color:red;font-weight: bold">w3l.exe</span> is missing from your Warcraft III directory. The file is essential for letting you connect to our servers but it may also be falsely detected as a virus since it is a "hack" which redirects the game to our PVPGN servers instead of the official ones. Usually <span style="color:red;font-weight: bold">Avast</span> does that.
  
 
[[File:W3l Missing.png]]
 
[[File:W3l Missing.png]]
  
 
==Solution==
 
==Solution==
Add w3l.exe to the exception list of your antivirus and reinstall the Client.
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Add <span style="color:red;font-weight: bold">w3l.exe</span> to the [[How to whitelist in Avast|exception list of your antivirus]] and reinstall the Client.
  
 
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<noinclude>[[Category:Errors]]</noinclude>

Revision as of 00:46, 22 January 2018

In most cases it means that w3l.exe is missing from your Warcraft III directory. The file is essential for letting you connect to our servers but it may also be falsely detected as a virus since it is a "hack" which redirects the game to our PVPGN servers instead of the official ones. Usually Avast does that.

W3l Missing.png

Solution

Add w3l.exe to the exception list of your antivirus and reinstall the Client.