relax, nobody I didn't say anything about a virus. On the contrary I shared a some other opinions that state the opposite.
The code is included in many other extensions so it's something legit - copy protection, license verification.... it doesn't really matter since it's not harmful
They didn't suggest anything specific. They were just discussing if it was a virus or something similar.
It was also mentioned in those forums, that they have seen the code in other extensions as well.
It was hard to follow because auto translation is not the best, especially for languages like...
I googled a bit about this.
I found a couple of results in a Russian and a Chinese forum (not a good sign).
In the Russian forum they were also wandering what that is. In the Chinese forum they said that it's a license check.
No expert, just mentioning what I googled.
It didn't work for me when I tried to install it - 2.16. I got the error I mentioned.
I'll try repacking it the way you describe
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ok just realised that this process will basically overwrite ALL files from version 2.16 with the ones from 2.14
Doesn't that just negates any changes from...
Thank you for this version. I'll try it as well. Previous version didn't work :/
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update: still now working in joomla 5.2.3 - same error: Extension Update: Custom install routine failure.