Sony Rootkit Breaks Blizzard Spyware
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 11/04/2005 01:21 PM [ Print | 2 comment(s) ] · 2750 views
As detailed by the BBC, Blizzard's latest version of WoW installs a spyware program known as The Warden. In addition to monitoring a player's system for any known cheating or trainer software, The Warden also scans the title bars of any other running program, and is capable of retrieving email addresses or open URLs.
Obviously this is the sort of development some players or potential players won't be happy about, but there's an ironic twist to the story. Apparently, Sony's rootkit can be used to deactivate Blizzard's monitoring software.
TechReport
Obviously this is the sort of development some players or potential players won't be happy about, but there's an ironic twist to the story. Apparently, Sony's rootkit can be used to deactivate Blizzard's monitoring software.
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wb22gprix Unregistered |
#63151 Posted on: 11/04/2005 08:50 PM
Awesome, lets tell cheaters how to break anti-cheat programs. Brilliant post! |
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FaaR Unregistered |
#63159 Posted on: 11/05/2005 10:43 AM
Goddammit people, Warden is NOT spyware!!! A: it doesn't harvest and send off any information to any other party. B: no matter what it does it does not do it unknowingly or without the user's permission. Read the terms of service FFS. It is NOT spyware. |
