I've posted on Discord but to let anyone reading this know
I updated with the patcher and I was able to log on once since doing so. It was an early patch as far as I remember.
My anti-virus(avast) has removed the client (MapleStory.exe) multiple times, claiming that the client was infected with Win32:Evo-Gen.
I've tried the DEP Method https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/589967349663399936/848166712599248896/steps_for_missing_files.pdf as given by opman on Discord
I've tried using Maplestorycheck as provided by Arnah on Discord and I kept getting a message "The ordinal 1407 could not be located in the dynamic link library kernel32.dll."
I've made several exceptions with my antivirus before and after unzipping the recent client with the client still being removed by my antivirus
I've uninstalled my antivirus and added Exceptions to Windows Defenders, thanks to Conads for that.
Recently, I've tried opening Phoenix.exe but it just does nothing
Is there a known fix for this or can I just not log on to Phoenix on my current PC/with this current patch?