Ford IDS clone ?
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Which one did you get? I was looking at this one since it is not expensive but I am curious which ones are known to work.
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Mountain Pass
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Has anyone downloaded the flyobd software lately? I bought a unit earlier this year, and one piece of the software it needs was flagged by my computer as being infected. I contacted them about it, but heard nothing back.
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I did not download my Ford IDS clone software from that site. However, I assume that they are all the same 'clone' IDS version 120.04 being used. The file that may or may not be a virus is "IDS_Patch" dot "exe". This is the executable that you actually run to trick IDS into thinking that it is a legit copy. If you are running Windows 10 or 11, then it will get quarantines as a virus by Windows Defender. You will need to manually exclude that file from being quarantined in order to run IDS.
For this reason, I bought a cheap 'burner' laptop off FB Marketplace which has NONE of my accounts, personal info, etc. on it and is NOT connected to the internet...nor ever will be. Doing this, I don't care if it is virus or not.
For this reason, I bought a cheap 'burner' laptop off FB Marketplace which has NONE of my accounts, personal info, etc. on it and is NOT connected to the internet...nor ever will be. Doing this, I don't care if it is virus or not.
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Mountain Pass
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Good to know it isn't just me. Yeah, that's the file. I have a dedicated laptop for this kind of stuff, so just need to make sure I don't have any personal info on it and clear website info, etc.
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From: unfortunately Germany
Since Ford USA unfortunately doesn't offer me a way to renew my license, I'm also looking for an alternative.
I'd like to try this out:
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/10050...200.4522698540. 1.31241f719e9jNA&afTraceInfo=1005010502486678__msi te__recallUserLandingRecommendPage__js0bgXT__17764 37055561& m_page_id=ncvjivstdamcadnx19d9be6526b770b6119d6751 f6&aff_trace_key=049bf107bf7748a38f7cba5f22b2a87b -1771615447931-08876-_onKPRpM&aff_platform=msite&gatewayAdapt=glo2deu
I think you'll need the key generator as well
I'd like to try this out:
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/10050...200.4522698540. 1.31241f719e9jNA&afTraceInfo=1005010502486678__msi te__recallUserLandingRecommendPage__js0bgXT__17764 37055561& m_page_id=ncvjivstdamcadnx19d9be6526b770b6119d6751 f6&aff_trace_key=049bf107bf7748a38f7cba5f22b2a87b -1771615447931-08876-_onKPRpM&aff_platform=msite&gatewayAdapt=glo2deu
I think you'll need the key generator as well
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