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Gamespy Installer Spreads Nimda

Posted by michael on from the more-than-you-bargained-for dept.

NSG writes "Yahoo News is running this story about the Nimda virus infecting some Gamespy Arcade 1.09 installers. Approximately 3,100 infected files were served in a seven hour period. What responsibility does Gamespy have to the users who downloaded the infected file?"

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  1. They copied Microsoft by I+Want+GNU! · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't believe GameSpy is doing this. It's sooo passé. Microsoft already did this. Next time GameSpy wants to get infected, it should be original and choose a different virus, maybe W32.Klez.E or even a McAfee homebrew bug, instead of just copying MS because it's an industry leader. Me, I prefer my KaZaA virus, because it has its own EULA.

  2. Re:Who downloads it anyway? by yomahz · · Score: 5, Informative


    If a game doesn't have an ingame browser, then I stick to direct connect, or single player. I shouldn't have to run external programs to play games online.

    Most in game browsers are really half assed and lame as hell.


    I make a habit of not trusting any software that has to scan your entire harddrive in order to 'find' games.


    Well, if you don't have the source to a program, you don't have any idea what it's doing anyways. At least it's telling you. You can always cancel it you know...

    One thing I do have to say is that gamespy "Arcade" is really lame compared to Gamespy "3D"... Arcade just seems like a spam filled piece of crap..

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    "A mind is a terrible thing to taste."