I keep getting this error when i open Wwise Launcher - self signed certificate in certificate chain

Question

"Could not retrieve Wwise versions from server.  self signed certificate in certificate chain

LOG

0:19:36.606Z: tracking error: Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain
2018-02-13T00:19:42.852Z: Tracking: launcher/pageVisit/
2018-02-13T00:19:42.866Z: Retrieving articles feed
2018-02-13T00:19:42.867Z: Requesting RSS feed:https://www.audiokinetic.com/qa/feed/questions.rss
2018-02-13T00:19:42.991Z: POST(17): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=log err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:42.991Z: tracking error: Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain
2018-02-13T00:19:42.991Z: POST(18): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=allBundles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:43.006Z: POST(19): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=articles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:43.022Z: GET (20): https://www.audiokinetic.com/qa/feed/questions.rss err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:44.135Z: POST(18): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=allBundles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:44.135Z: POST(19): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=articles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:44.167Z: GET (20): https://www.audiokinetic.com/qa/feed/questions.rss err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:45.286Z: POST(19): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=articles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:45.286Z: POST(18): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=allBundles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:45.333Z: GET (20): https://www.audiokinetic.com/qa/feed/questions.rss err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:46.431Z: POST(19): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=articles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:46.446Z: POST(18): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=allBundles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:46.493Z: GET (20): https://www.audiokinetic.com/qa/feed/questions.rss err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:47.597Z: POST(18): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=allBundles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:47.613Z: POST(19): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=articles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:47.644Z: GET (20): https://www.audiokinetic.com/qa/feed/questions.rss err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:48.739Z: POST(18): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=allBundles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:48.770Z: POST(19): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=articles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:48.801Z: GET (20): https://www.audiokinetic.com/qa/feed/questions.rss err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:49.884Z: POST(18): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=allBundles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:49.915Z: POST(19): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=articles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:49.962Z: GET (20): https://www.audiokinetic.com/qa/feed/questions.rss err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:51.063Z: POST(18): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=allBundles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:51.063Z: POST(19): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=articles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:51.116Z: GET (20): https://www.audiokinetic.com/qa/feed/questions.rss err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:52.220Z: POST(18): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=allBundles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:52.236Z: POST(19): https://www.audiokinetic.com/wwise/launcher/?action=articles err:Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain statusCode:no response PROXY: null
2018-02-13T00:19:52.259Z: GET (20): https://www.audiokinetic.com/qa/feed/questions.rss err:Error: self signed
2018-02-13T00:19:57.606Z: Tracking: launcher/openLog

Answer 1

This could either be:

• Your organisation has a firewall that replaces the security certificate for each connection. Please contact the network administrator to change this behavior for audiokinetic.com
• You have an anti-virus installed that replaces the security certificate for each connection. Please disable the anti-virus for the time of the installation.

To bypass this issue, on Windows:

• Create a new empty file at location: %APPDATA%\WwiseLauncher\json\settings.json
• Copy paste this content:

{     "allowInvalidCertificate": true }

• Shutdown Wwise Launcher
• Start Wwise Launcher
• Retry downloading

The procedure to bypass the issue on Mac is the same, the only difference is the file location. The file should be created in the "Users/YourUserName/Library/Application Support/WwiseLauncher/Json/" folder on a macOS system.