Ubisoft gamers: Uplay was a rootkit. Now it's fixed.

[MackTheHunter]

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4311264

The list of games are included.

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Assassin's Creed II
    Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
    Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy
    Assassin's Creed Revelations
    Assassin's Creed III
    Beowulf: The Game
    Brothers in Arms: Furious 4
    Call of Juarez: The Cartel
    Driver: San Francisco
    Heroes of Might and Magic VI
    Just Dance 3
    Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
    Pure Football
    R.U.S.E.
    Shaun White Skateboarding
    Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic
    The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom
    Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2
    Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
    Your Shape: Fitness Evolved
If you have any of these games install via Steam, or any recent update, each one includes the "Uplay" program. Uplay has been exposed as a Rootkit, a type of malware that allows computer access from LITERALLY ANY WEBSITE. People can now access your computer. I would recommend uninstalling the game until this is settled.

[Ad Bot]

[Night Fox]

that's quite frightening
good thing I only own ACR on Xbox!

[Kingdaro]

hah, i don't own any of these games.

sucks for you guys.

[Gamefandan]

hah, i don't know any of these games.

hah, I think you mean 'own'.

[Sami2ss]

hah, I think you mean 'own'.

maybe he lives under a rock.

don't judge people!

[Lando The Climber]

Oh stuff, I have Assassins creed II. forget

[Kingdaro]

hah, I think you mean 'own'.

forget you i just woke up.

[Fracture]

I just uninstalled the Assassins creed games from steam

[Lando The Climber]

I just uninstalled the Assassins creed games from steam

This

[ChickenMaster]

but
but
I was just going to play some assassin's creed.

[Jetlok]

aaaaaaaaaaa how do i uninstall

[Night Fox]

aaaaaaaaaaa how do i uninstall

with steam: library - rightclick - delete local content

[Jetlok]

with steam: library - rightclick - delete local content

oh
uninstall would be clearer
ty nig fox tyty

[masterockets]

good thing this rootkit is only in the game and isn't in a system folder or something hidden like that
right?

[Jetlok]

holy tits
went into chromes task manager and there's "usoft... thing. I forgot what it said after that but I got rid of it. ;-;