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Ubisoft gamers: Uplay was a rootkit. Now it's fixed.
dorkdotdan:
--- Quote from: TomTheGeek² on July 30, 2012, 05:43:25 AM ---well that sucks.
plus mack, didn't you JUST obtain driver : san francisco?
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Woah what.
I went all this time thinking that TomTheGeek and MackTheHunter were the same person.
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Socky:
welp
looks like ACIII isn't being released
forget
Trymos:
--- Quote from: masterockets on July 30, 2012, 05:25:03 AM ---good thing this rootkit is only in the game and isn't in a system folder or something hidden like that
right?
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securom is a system folder when it shouldn't be and it has effects that of a rootkit and with more effects including:
Slowing down your computer to a crawl
Unremovable viruses.
Constant crashing. (possible data loss right here)
and more.
uplay is a play toy compared to securoms badassery.
Riot:
The game where you pretend to be an assassin spy is actually spying on my computer you say?
Tokthree:
--- Quote from: Riot on July 30, 2012, 10:22:46 AM ---The game where you pretend to be an assassin spy is actually spying on my computer you say?
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It never really was on your side