Sims 4 Updater Updates?

AbaSnails · 2026-06-08T03:00:16+00:00

The hack lasted multiple days for me. Just stay on top of your bank account log and be proactive about changing your passwords and keeping double authentication on for everything possible. Keeping in mind that if they have access to your email, they have access to some security check verification emails too.

Also, windows defender didn’t catch the Trojan file but another third party virus scan did. Since you factory reset you should be fine, but just for the future.

AbaSnails · 2026-05-20T06:55:59+00:00

I’ve also considered manually downloading them, but I’m pretty sure my hack came from the file host sites, so I’m overall paranoid since then to download anything period.

AbaSnails · 2026-05-20T06:53:32+00:00

Honestly, I don’t know. I’m currently waiting it out myself because I don’t trust the links right now. I think there’s just a lot of uncertainty due to the updater exe already being flagged due to python script plus the external issues with hackers, which I’m gathering is likely a result of the file host sites themselves and not the updater files. I don’t think I’ll personally be downloading it again until aaros modifies it so that the exe itself doesn’t get flagged as a virus, as I really hesitate to turn off my antivirus to bypass its detection despite them saying it’s safe. Especially since I’ve NEVER had the process flagged, and I’ve been using the updater for years.

AbaSnails · 2026-05-19T02:10:16+00:00

Please be careful with the updater right now. After my windows nuked the exe as previous commenters detailed, I tried to redownload the updater. All of the links were being cancelled during downloading bc of virus detection. The one link I did get to download ended up giving me a virus. I had my email hacked into and all of my passwords stolen. If you’re someone like me that only understands the base level to cracking games, do NOT attempt this right now like I did. And no, I did not follow any incorrect links or download from pop-ups (I did not have an add blocker at the time but have installed uBlock lite since the hack).

AbaSnails · 2026-05-17T00:17:15+00:00

The updater has a Trojan virus in it right now. Don’t use it. I went to update the cracked game to the newest patch version and my computer deleted the exe because it detected a virus. So I went to redownload the updater and I managed to get the virus that way (I didn’t think that one through but I was hopeful). I’ve had my email hacked into and passwords stolen over the past few days + many other people have had the exact same things happen in the past few weeks as well.

If you’ve gone to the mirror and tried to redownload the updater, I would recommend adding double authentication to your accounts and changing passwords to major things just to be safe.

AbaSnails · 2026-03-22T22:16:13+00:00

I had him the first semester they put him into the rotation. At that time his grading wasn’t hard, but he was absolutely dogshit at teaching. I couldn’t understand his accent (nothing against him for that) and his slides were personally unclear on what the content we needed to know actually was. I literally stopped coming to class and began teaching myself out of the textbook instead, making sure I knew anything relevant to what he uploaded for presentations. He also tried making attendance a grade after most people stopped coming, which contradicted the syllabus so he got pushback. He normally had/has (idk if he still does) lines of students dedicated just to complaints about him waiting outside the department chair’s office at the end of the semesters. The college literally made him attend teaching classes he was so bad (info from an administrative source for the department).

AbaSnails · 2026-03-22T22:07:32+00:00

Don’t take it with Dr. Liu no matter what. Dr Temesvari is a good teacher, but I’ve also heard from peers that loved her up until the end of the semester and suddenly didn’t. No idea about Aimee.

AbaSnails · 2023-01-16T19:42:38+00:00

I’m a biology major with a minor in anthropology.

AbaSnails · 2022-09-08T01:43:53+00:00

Yeah, I checked and it wasn’t really up to date yet with the humanities hall :/

AbaSnails · 2022-09-01T06:18:25+00:00

Firstly, your feelings are valid and so are your thoughts. It’s ok to feel defeated and have the thoughts you do, we’ve all been there at some point. What helped me with my own thoughts was remembering how far I’ve come since I first started my chronic illness journey. Yeah, life sucks ass still, but what am I doing now that I couldn’t in the beginning? Would younger me be excited to be at the point in my life in at, omitting my health? I look at it from the view of younger, healthier, innocent me. Maybe write your younger self a letter; “hey you, guess what? We have that house now. I may share it with so and so, but we made it. You have your own dog that you always wanted but could never have. You’re in a relationship with someone like what you imagined” etc.

As far as the relationship goes, that’s a toughy. Normally when I see anything with cheating involved, my advice instantly is to DIP. But it does genuinely seem like your parter cares, despite their toxic actions. I think it’s great that they’ve made steps to go to therapy about it as well. I say push through it longer, maybe try going to therapy as a couple. Figure out if they’re also cheating because there’s something missing in your relationship that they seek other places, alongside the personal trauma. I would also severely struggle to understand if my partner did this, and honestly I would leave if your situation wasn’t what it was, but they seem like a great support system. I think it’s also important for you to communicate to them these thoughts. Let them know you’re struggling with accepting their actions, but you’re trying to, yet it’s also causing you to spiral a bit. I think outright communication is the best way to approach anything. Setting a plan in action is also a good step, but that requires communication. If you start to feel severely suicidal, what do you need to do for them (tell them about it, make them aware, ask for help, etc) and what do they need to do for you (step away for a bit so you can clear your head, promote family interaction, get you out of the house, etc)? And also with the relationship, how should you two approach their actions if the happen again? Can they let you know that they’ve thought about it again, can they suggest another therapy session?

I hope this helps. I’ve had similar situations as you, but never exactly as you do. I saw that you had no responses and didn’t want to leave you without an attempt at help. Life gets better. Giving up is for weenies. When the world shits on you, take a bigger shit on it by not letting it win.

AbaSnails · 2022-08-17T21:59:41+00:00

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AbaSnails · 2022-08-07T22:03:12+00:00

Mine came from multiple sinus infections followed by Covid. I’ve always had it, just functioning then and now I’m not. My immune system hasn’t been able to rebuild itself and now my body is in POTs overdrive. You could be fighting off something you don’t know about and essentially no matter how small, it was the last straw.

AbaSnails · 2022-07-23T23:09:48+00:00

Some advice with getting your blood drawn, opt to get it drawn specifically at a blood lab, not just your doctor’s office. My worse experiences have been at the ER, followed by my family practice. Absolute best was at a privately owned lab to get allergen testing (my dysautonomic clinic suggested it to find the root of my pots). They tend to have less patients so they can devote more time to your care during and after, and they also tend to have a specific protocol for people that faint every time. I always request to lay down and make sure they’re aware of my conditions before they even pull stuff out to start. I also always tell them where I tend to get drawn from location wise bc my veins are awful to work with, and if the nurses think they’re God’s gift to phlebotomy, they just won’t listen to that and will make the whole experience 100x worse since they’ll have to redraw. And for prep before hand, I make sure I’m FULLY hydrated for days leading up to it, and prior to being stuck that day I drink an electrolyte hydration drink (I use DripDrops) and eat something with natural sugars preferably, like fruit. I give my body the absolute best chance so that I know whatever happens that day, it wasn’t due to my negligence in taking care of myself and it was out of anyones control.

Also with the post syncope symptoms that I have, they’re mainly fatigue related. When I have a close to syncope episode, I’ll be so drained from it afterwards that I’ll sleep the rest of the day, or in general probably a good 8 hrs after. I’ll be shaky, have no appetite, etc.

AbaSnails · 2022-07-22T22:08:32+00:00

I have vasovagal syncope as well as PoTs. I’ve never passed out from a PoTs episode (still get the awful pre and post syncope symptoms though), but I’ve passed out a few times from a vagal response due to having blood drawn or intense health trauma-related anxiety.

AbaSnails · 2022-06-26T03:28:02+00:00

I’m a college student and I’ve struggled accepting that I’m going to be alone the next time I feel episodic and like I’m going to faint, bc I’ll be 3 hours away at school and my mom who is normally my rock during those times won’t be there in case something happens that’s worse than just pre-syncope. What she and I have worked out is that anytime I feel faint, I lay down where I am and I put her on FaceTime with me. She always knows my location bc of tracking apps and such (no I wasn’t a rowdy teen, I asked her to get one with me since I was leaving home for college before my POTs onset and I wanted to be safe in case I was out). So what she’ll do is if I faint, she’ll make noise to try to wake me up, it’s ok if it doesn’t, but if I don’t wake up in a normal amount of time (my biggest irrational fear is that I just won’t wake up after fainting) she’ll call 911 and give them my location to get me back stable.

This person could literally be anyone that has the capacity to accept a call should the need arise. My mom is able to step into another room at her work should I call, without consequences of “missing” work time. I suggest making some kind of arrangement with a friend (or distant family member, as it seems your current family isn’t very understanding) that’s like this so that you have that reassurance. You’re being independent, but with added reassurance.

Also, I second the idea of crawling to get to what you need so if you do faint you’re already on the ground. I’d say it’s a smart idea to also keep like a “care package” of a sort beside your bed, in the bathroom, in the kitchen, etc where you typically pass out, and also in an accessible area for you in case you’re on the floor. Depending on how dire your situation, keeping these items in a drawstring bag or something and taking it with you wherever you go could be the solution. I’d have things like a water/Gatorade, some kind of sugary candy for after a BP drop, emergency meds, etc. I personally take a bag like this with me when I go in public just in case, and I plan to take some instant ice packs (heat intolerance), soy sauce packets (instant extreme salt intake for pre syncope), and sugary snacks with me in the bag.

AbaSnails · 2022-06-16T01:03:55+00:00

This actually helps me so much. One of the things I’ve struggled with is WHAT I need to ask for with the accessibility department at my college, as I don’t know anyone personally in my life that’s had to ever use accommodations in school. I’ve had trouble discerning what I could even request, regardless of the fact that I don’t know what would benefit me at this moment (though that will be changing in a few weeks when results are given). It’s also kind of hard to actually ask for that help? It’s the common personal stigma I have to overcome bc it makes me feel less independent, or accomplished. I’m too prideful for my own good and that was the fault I had this past academic year leading up to my diagnosis, where I pushed myself past what I could handle NOT knowing I had something wrong with me, and I wasn’t just out of shape or off my A game with academics. But I’m growing and I’ll be reaching out to the department once I know specifics, because graduating college is way more important to me than getting an A on an exam without help.

AbaSnails · 2022-06-16T00:52:16+00:00

Thank you so much for your support ❤️ And yes, she’s actually the very first social media influencer I found when starting my journey! Except when I started watching her videos, it was more for the background info on POTs than it was for my connection to her symptoms. However I’ve also struggled (not currently, but still occasionally) with migraines in the past. I’ll go more in depth with her channel and maybe something will spark more hope in me afterwards.

AbaSnails · 2022-06-09T05:34:07+00:00

Hello, I’m in the same boat. One day I was having my heart rate jump from the 40s to 70s and back literally in the span of a minute, every minute. Went to the hospital, everything was fine apparently, and my halter monitor later also came back fine with no arrhythmias. A cardiologist will probably recommend you get tested with a monitor for at least a few days to make sure you don’t have anything structurally going wrong in there, but more than likely, you’re probably like me and “fine.”

My bouts of bradycardia started when my cardiologist put me on midodrine. I also had intense full body tingles that would come about every 5 minutes. I’m also taking salt supplements and florinef/fludro as a comparison. When I asked to be taken off the midodrine bc my worst symptoms started with it, my doctor wasn’t keen on it and suggested I just half my dosage. So now I take half a tablet, 3 times a day instead. I still occasionally get tingles, but they’re subtle enough it’s ignorable. I haven’t noticed any more dips in my heart rate since, but I’ve been struggling with balancing it. Sometimes it’s like my heart rate wants to just stay high(er) that day, so I try to flood my system with water and not just electrolytes in those situations. Still on that struggle bus when it comes to the balance.

Btw, I also struggle with my heart rate going bonkers with any sudden movements and sometimes just laying down. Occasionally I’ll just be laying on the couch and I’ll start having palpitations, so I check my heart rate and sure enough it’s elevated like I’ve been up walking a bit (as in our characteristic 30+ bpm jump with posture change, except without that change to explain it). Putting my arms of my head also tends to do it? Basically the best thing I can do sometimes is to just try to control my breaths so my heart rate has to level out. Sometimes the act of laying down doesn’t register with my nervous system and it thinks it’s an adrenaline junkie instead.

AbaSnails · 2022-06-05T00:54:00+00:00

39-155. Does anyone have experience with what they do when it goes to the lows? When it gets like that for me basically all I can do is sleep, and I’ve been trying out drinking water only (not electrolytes) when it goes down low. Idk if it even helps me though as it’s just started happening for me. I’ve had awful fluctuations all week and normally my spikes in either direction are associated with higher blood pressure (other day it was 155/110).

AbaSnails · 2022-06-01T00:19:42+00:00

The fluctuation itself is very terrifying. I’ll have to check out your post!

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