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Neocron Cheaters Get Unexpected Surprise

Posted by simoniker on from the welcome-to-karmic-payback dept.

Thanks to Avault.com for pointing to a Neocron news posting warning users of the MMORPG against fake cheat programs. According to administrators of this PC cyberpunk MMO title, "Several third party programs containing keyloggers or other malicious spyware have shown up recently. Skill-Chart.sfx.exe was posted on the Newbie forum and has quickly been removed. NeocronHook.exe claims to make you level faster and get more items and credits, but all it does is install a keylogger that sends its findings to an IRC channel." Those hoping to escape the levelling treadmill programmatically are, no doubt, very disappointed.

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  1. Here's my suggestion. by kyz · · Score: 1, Funny

    Write software all your life, get a computer science degree, become professional programmers and reverse engineer the game yourself, then make your own fucking cheats.

    It works for me, and I don't have to assault my sense of decency by uttering "h3y j00 g0t n3 cr4ckz 4 3v3rkw3zt" in chat forums.

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    Does my bum look big in this?
    1. Re:Here's my suggestion. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      I don't know, sure beats wasting my life as a bitter professional programmer.

  2. Most often found keylogs.. by magsymp · · Score: 2, Funny

    +xxx +"right-click to download"

  3. In related news . . . by ReciprocityProject · · Score: 2, Funny

    . . . thousands of playa's were somehow surprised to discover that they had been infected with a virus after cheating on their wives.

    Guys, when you do something you're not supposed to do, you get in trouble.

    This is not a new concept.

    This is not a surprise.

    This is a natural consequence of getting involved with low-lifes and morons.

    Don't do it.

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    Upstairs Dog, Downstairs People.