DJI Assistant 2 For Mavic Ransomeware ?

Bill The Drone Reviewer · May 2, 2019

My Anti Virus software displayed this message when I tried to run the latest firmware update for the Smart Controller using DJI Assistant 2 For Mavic. The update failed at 98%. The Anti Virus software is Bitdefender. Has anyone had this and if so what do I need to do ?

Former Member · May 2, 2019

I have to go try mine before I start ranting.

Former Member · May 2, 2019

BTW, can you note which computer system you are using and the software version of your computer?

Might be time to dust off the Windows 7 machine again...

msinger · May 2, 2019

Bill The Drone Reviewer said:
Has anyone had this and if so what do I need to do ?

It's a false-positive. Either whitelist it in your security software or temporarily disable your security software so you can run it.

Bill The Drone Reviewer · May 2, 2019

Thunderdrones said:
BTW, can you note which computer system you are using and the software version of your computer?

Might be time to dust off the Windows 7 machine again...

It’s a Windows 10 running on a Dell Inspiron 5680. I7 Intel processor, 16 GB RAM, 8 GB video RAM (Nvidia), two 512GB SSD drives, one 6TB 7200 RPM drive

Bill The Drone Reviewer · May 2, 2019

msinger said:
It's a false-positive. Either whitelist it in your security software or temporarily disable your security software so you can run it.

Understood. Thank you.

Former Member · May 2, 2019

I'm going to wait until DJI comes out with a fix for it. The last bug with DJI assistant took them 2 weeks to get fixed.

mrreddog · May 4, 2019

Its always somthing with DJI, disable driver support, ignore virus scans, etc,... cmon DJI??

Former Member · May 4, 2019

mrreddog said:
Its always somthing with DJI, disable driver support, ignore virus scans, etc,... cmon DJI??

...not too long ago they suggested using a windows 7 machine to run djia2 because it wouldn't run on win 10.

ff22 · May 4, 2019

Thunderdrones said:
...not too long ago they suggested using a windows 7 machine to run djia2 because it wouldn't run on win 10.

Actually, I was recently thinking (dangerous I know), that since these apps run on Android or Ithings, why don't have have a version of Assistant that can run on Android. That way I could use my Samsung Tablet to deal with some of these updates!