It is recommended to select “No, don’t protect me” option to not install this application. If you install the PDF Creator, a dialog will prompt you for installing Web Companion add in for your default homepage. If you need to save SOLIDWORKS Electrical schematics to PDF, PDF Creator may be downloaded here. SOLIDWORKS 2016 SP4 will no longer install these files as a result of changes implemented with SPR 741487. PDF Creator Solution for SOLIDWORKS 2016 SP4/SP5

Depending on the action of your antivirus application, it may quarantine the files and cause the installation of SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 to fail. The threat is Web Companion, adware that has been known to cause a variety of issues and security risks. The antivirus applications are detecting a possible threat with the PDF Creator application installed with SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 and earlier versions. Future versions beyond SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 SP4 will not include PDF Creator for PDF file conversion. The affected components are: pdfcreator_2_1_2_setup.exe, and pdfcreator_1_7_3_setup.exe.Īs a result of these issues, SOLIDWORKS removed PDF Creator from SOLIDWORKS Electrical beginning with SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2016 SP4. This behavior has been seen with: ESET NOD32, Kaspersky, Trend Micro, Avast, and Avira antivirus applications. This malware notification issue is documented by SOLIDWORKS SPR 741487: ‘Several antivirus applications detect pdfcreator_1_2_3_setup.exe, in the PDFCre~1.cab, as a threat’. With recent changes made to the way in which PDF Creator is distributed/downloaded, the program has begun to register as malware by various firewall and antivirus utilities.

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