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It’s also potentially a infiltration vector for malicious activity.
Genshin impacts anti-cheat has been used to enable ransomware taking over windows computers, and you don’t even need to have Genshin installed.
It was a danger to all windows users just by existing, because the ransomware just came with the genshin anti-cheat, which it would install on its own. Because it was a “verified” piece of software windows would just go “oh ok seems cool, go right ahead” and the ransomware would gain complete control of the system through the anti-cheat.
It’s also potentially a infiltration vector for malicious activity.
Genshin impacts anti-cheat has been used to enable ransomware taking over windows computers, and you don’t even need to have Genshin installed.
It was a danger to all windows users just by existing, because the ransomware just came with the genshin anti-cheat, which it would install on its own. Because it was a “verified” piece of software windows would just go “oh ok seems cool, go right ahead” and the ransomware would gain complete control of the system through the anti-cheat.
I’m confused. If you don’t install the game, how do you end up with the game specific anti cheat software on your system?
The anti cheat software’s code is in a separate file from the game files, which malware can ship themselves.