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[gossi]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/23/capcom_street_fighter_v/

"A fresh update for Capcom's Street Fighter V for PCs includes a knock-out move: a secret rootkit that gives any installed application kernel-level privileges.

This means any malicious software on the system can poke a dodgy driver installed by SFV to completely take over the Windows machine. Capcom claims it uses the driver to stop players from hacking the high-def beat 'em up to cheat. Unfortunately, the code is so badly designed, it opens up a full-blown local backdoor."

Nuke me, just seen they're rolling it back.

 

[DeathSparks]

That got fixed last night, a little late bud

 

[Mellahan]

Old news and it's been fixed.

 

[Jackpot]

Is old but not exactly fixed, the rootkit requires manual deletion and may even be sourced from backwards-engineered malware.

 

[Lashley]

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Old news bud

 

[la_briola]

Is old but not exactly fixed, the rootkit requires manual deletion and may even be sourced from backwards-engineered malware.

fanboys will defend anything though...

"but they fixed it already", which is just wrong.

edit: to be clear, I agree with you

 

[MUnited83]

Old news. Hasn't been fixed though, people who ran the game during the time the patch was live still have the shitty rootkit on their computers.

 

[KingBroly]

Yeah, they didn't even bother to remove the driver, which is confirmed to have malware in it.

https://twitter.com/Bill307_ca/status/779492931799429120

FYI: Capcom.sys contains the string "Htsysm72FB" (obfuscated). If you search for "Htsysm" it is evidently a service used by malware.

 

[BlizzKrut]

Yeah, they didn't even bother to remove the driver, which is confirmed to have malware in it.

https://twitter.com/Bill307_ca/status/779492931799429120

To remove the driver they would have to ask you for admin permission again.