F SECURE FREEDOM WON'T CONNECT AFTER LATEST UPDATE FROM WINDOWS

SPAZ_JAMMER

Hi,

updated to Win 10, 2004 and Freedom is unable to connect since then. it just tries and tries, spinning the wheel. I'm on the most updated version of Freedome, version, 2.37.6557.0 . the same problem occurred in January 2019 after an update.

SPAZ_JAMMER

Windows 10 did an automatic update last week, and as soon as it did, the issue was resolved.

NKT

I'm having the same problem. If I turn Freedome on, it appears to work, but all traffic is blocked from my machine to the outside world. The program spins and connects, and all seems well, but then there is no actual connection. Webpages, including this one, 404, pings can't resolve the domain name, and even trying to ping 8.8.8.8 (Google's DNS server) don't work.

Last night I uninstalled it and reinstalled, then released the license and reassigned it, and it all worked - until this afternoon when I turned it back on, and no network connection!

Jaims

HI @SPAZ_JAMMER

Kindly try to reinstall F-Secure FREEDOME VPN. If that does not resolve the issue like @NKT , proceed with the below resolution.

1. Open  Command Prompt with admin credential
2. Type cd.. 
3. Press enter till you are at C:drive root
4. Run pnputil -e >list.txt command
5. This creates list.txt on  C:drive 
6. Open list.txt
7. Search which .inf file is associated with the F-Secure Freedome TAP driver
8. On CMD run pnputil.exe -d oem<NUMBER>.inf command (for all found F-Secure Tap Drivers)
9. Restart the computer
10. Reinstall F-Secure FREEDOME VPN.

SPAZ_JAMMER

hi, I've updated to the newest version, 2.37.6557.0 but still no fix.

Jaims

Hi @SPAZ_JAMMER

Thank you for your response.

Just to double confirm that you have tried the above steps? If yes, we will need to look at the log to further check the possible cause.

Kindly confirm that you tried (all) the above steps and we will email you the steps on how gather and send us the diagnostic log.

Michael12

Have a similar problem since updating to Windows 10 20H2. Doesn`t connect on startup to my preferred Server, it trys but not succeed, i then have to select different servers until the connection with one finally works. After a successful connection is established it is then possible to select my preferred server.

Haven`t reinstalled yet. Does it keep my license and should i do the same steps above mentioned?

Thanks

Michael

SPAZ_JAMMER

Hi, I'm having trouble bringing up the root drive by following these instructions. can you confirm if the above instructions are correct or is there an alternative way to bring up the list of drivers?

Jaims

Hi @SPAZ_JAMMER

The instructions are correct but I will try to break it down for you. Hi @Michael12 yes, you may also try these steps.

1. Open  Command Prompt with admin credential
2. Type cd.. (better still, type CD\ press enter and that will take you to the C: drive root)
3. Run pnputil -e >list.txt command
4. This creates list.txt on  C:drive 
5. Open Windows Explorer and go to the C: folder then you should see list.txt file.
6. Search which .inf file is associated with the F-Secure Freedome TAP driver
7. On CMD run pnputil.exe -d oem<NUMBER>.inf command (for all found F-Secure Tap Drivers)
8. Restart the computer
9. Reinstall F-Secure FREEDOME VPN.

I hope this helps.

Michael12

Hello Jaims,

it seems to work. Deleting one * .inf file with pnputil.exe, for me it was oem85.inf, however, was only possible after freedom was deinstalled.

Thanks

Michael

Michael12

Hi,

unfortunately it doesn`t solve the problem permanantely. Today it connected flawless on start, then it loses connection after a few minutes and couldn`t reconnect. I must admit, windows was than also not able to connect with freedom turned off, it looked like the network hangs. With freedom turned on again, i could finally (after a few minutes) connect to one Server from the list.

Heres the logfile.

2020-12-12 11:03:29.385 [2d94.2958] I: *** LOGGING STARTED *** (UTC+00:00, local:+1:00, session: 0x2)

2020-12-12 11:03:29.385 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: appName is:Freedome

2020-12-12 11:03:29.385 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: init

2020-12-12 11:03:29.385 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnCryptoHelper: Create hash from input:C:\Program Files (x86)\F-Secure\Freedome\Freedome\1\

2020-12-12 11:03:29.385 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnIpcManager: Using response channel:9b4b9cc5d05aba3449c3eedb2750d3419fee00e13d8bd3e223c239ace61878afchannel-ui-response@1bd91c37-4051-4806-9030-31f15436ae13

2020-12-12 11:03:29.385 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnIpcManager: Using request channel:9b4b9cc5d05aba3449c3eedb2750d3419fee00e13d8bd3e223c239ace61878afchannel-ui-request

2020-12-12 11:03:29.385 [2d94.0c50] I: FSVpnImpl: asyncSendThreadFunc, enter

2020-12-12 11:03:29.385 [2d94.0c50] I: FSVpnImpl: asyncSendThreadFunc, exit

2020-12-12 11:03:29.385 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: initToServiceSucceed:1

2020-12-12 11:03:29.401 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentTrackingProtectionState, enabled:1

2020-12-12 11:03:29.401 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentBrowsingProtectionState, enabled:1

2020-12-12 11:03:29.401 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating current site to:clp-beta-gb

2020-12-12 11:03:29.401 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Supported VPN protocols changed, new count:1

2020-12-12 11:03:29.401 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: VPN protocol changed to:1

2020-12-12 11:03:29.401 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentVpnState, state:1

2020-12-12 11:03:29.401 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentVpnEnabledState, state:0

2020-12-12 11:03:29.401 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating current site to:clp-beta-gb

2020-12-12 11:03:29.416 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: registerStatusCallback

2020-12-12 11:03:29.416 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: registerErrorCallback

2020-12-12 11:03:29.416 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: registerBackendMessageCallback

2020-12-12 11:03:29.416 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: Added private error code:113

2020-12-12 11:03:29.416 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: Added private error code:123

2020-12-12 11:03:29.416 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: Added private error code:124

2020-12-12 11:03:29.416 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating sitelist, num of sites:28, groups:4

2020-12-12 11:03:29.416 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Suggested site changed to:clp-beta-de

2020-12-12 11:03:29.416 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating current site to:clp-beta-gb

2020-12-12 11:03:29.416 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Changes in siteconfig, notify client

2020-12-12 11:03:29.416 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Changes in current site, notify client

2020-12-12 11:03:31.944 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAutomaticSiteSelection:0

2020-12-12 11:03:31.944 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentSite:clp-beta-gb

2020-12-12 11:03:31.944 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating sitelist, num of sites:28, groups:4

2020-12-12 11:14:12.350 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentSite:clp-beta-gb

2020-12-12 11:14:12.351 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setVpnEnabled:1

2020-12-12 11:14:12.351 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentVpnEnabledState, state:1

2020-12-12 11:14:12.352 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating sitelist, num of sites:28, groups:4

2020-12-12 11:14:12.352 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating current site to:clp-beta-gb

2020-12-12 11:14:12.352 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentVpnState, state:3

2020-12-12 11:14:21.418 [2d94.220c] I: FSVpnPoller: pollerThreadFunc, enter

2020-12-12 11:14:21.599 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAppForegroundState, foreground:0

2020-12-12 11:14:30.418 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAppForegroundState, foreground:1

2020-12-12 11:14:56.964 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAutomaticSiteSelection:0

2020-12-12 11:14:56.965 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentSite:freedome-be-gw

2020-12-12 11:14:56.965 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentSite:freedome-be-gw

2020-12-12 11:14:56.966 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setVpnEnabled:1

2020-12-12 11:14:56.966 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating sitelist, num of sites:28, groups:4

2020-12-12 11:14:56.966 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating current site to:freedome-be-gw

2020-12-12 11:14:56.966 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Changes in current site, notify client

2020-12-12 11:14:56.972 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating sitelist, num of sites:28, groups:4

2020-12-12 11:15:14.590 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAppForegroundState, foreground:0

2020-12-12 11:15:21.423 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAppForegroundState, foreground:1

2020-12-12 11:15:42.476 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAppForegroundState, foreground:0

2020-12-12 11:16:00.043 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAppForegroundState, foreground:1

2020-12-12 11:16:00.142 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAppForegroundState, foreground:0

2020-12-12 11:16:01.551 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAppForegroundState, foreground:1

2020-12-12 11:16:03.789 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAutomaticSiteSelection:0

2020-12-12 11:16:03.789 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentSite:freedome-nl-gw

2020-12-12 11:16:03.790 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating sitelist, num of sites:28, groups:4

2020-12-12 11:16:03.790 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating current site to:freedome-nl-gw

2020-12-12 11:16:03.790 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Changes in current site, notify client

2020-12-12 11:16:03.791 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentSite:freedome-nl-gw

2020-12-12 11:16:03.791 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setVpnEnabled:1

2020-12-12 11:16:03.796 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating sitelist, num of sites:28, groups:4

2020-12-12 11:16:08.197 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating current site to:freedome-nl-gw

2020-12-12 11:16:08.197 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentVpnState, state:4

2020-12-12 11:16:15.166 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAppForegroundState, foreground:0

2020-12-12 11:16:26.601 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating current site to:freedome-nl-gw

2020-12-12 11:16:26.601 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentVpnState, state:3

2020-12-12 11:16:30.892 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAppForegroundState, foreground:1

2020-12-12 11:16:34.051 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating current site to:freedome-nl-gw

2020-12-12 11:16:34.051 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: setCurrentVpnState, state:4

2020-12-12 11:16:43.917 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAppForegroundState, foreground:0

2020-12-12 14:20:53.932 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAppForegroundState, foreground:1

2020-12-12 14:20:53.932 [2d94.220c] I: FSVpnImpl: handlePeriodicClientStatus, get_status

2020-12-12 14:20:54.075 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating current site to:freedome-nl-gw

2020-12-12 14:20:54.076 [2d94.28d8] I: FSVpnImpl: Updating sitelist, num of sites:28, groups:4

2020-12-12 14:20:56.380 [2d94.2958] I: FSVpnImpl: setAppForegroundState, foreground:0

Thanks

Michael

SPAZ_JAMMER

is it working for you Michael?

Michael12

Mostly it works. Today i needed to reinstall, after no connection was possible for around 30 minutes, problem started when i wanted to switch to another Server because of low speed of the english one i used. I understand when one server has an overload and is a bit slow, but i couldn`t use another. After reinstall it worked again . That is not satisfaying, even it runs a few weeks now flawless. Can`t remember to have had any problems in the last years with freedom.

SPAZ_JAMMER

Thank you. I just re-installed it also with the same result. I just sent their tech support group my log file. The same thing happened two years ago - Windows did a big update and the next day, unable to connect.