#4431400 - 07/22/18 06:32 PM
Does your game have the Redshell virus installed?
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Apparently, a lot of devs have chose to "spy" on your activities outside of the game. https://www.elecspo.com/news/red-sh...-20-pc-games-everything-you-need-to-know
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#4431411 - 07/22/18 09:11 PM
Re: Does your game have the Redshell virus installed?
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Odd that they have an article claiming to know of a lot of games that have it but they don't bother to simply list them, other than a few. Seems a little click-baity.
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#4431414 - 07/22/18 09:44 PM
Re: Does your game have the Redshell virus installed?
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Yeah, kinda click-baity. They listed Malware Bytes as a solution. Actually, I finally paid for the upgrade for MWB this year and, it says nope, not here.
Gonna have to get serious about privacy I guess. More and more sites are not allowing me to use my ad blocker, So what, I don't care that much about them anyway.
I would think there is a big market niche to be filled by an intelligent non-intrusive advertising service for sites...but I may be giving the average web user way too much credit for awareness with that. They'd actually have to monitor it and be sophisticated enough to keep the hackers at bay.
The ads on this place at one time made it unusable for me....seriously a slide show. The main reason I got an ad-blocker. There has to be an alternative to being bombarded with crap ads and spam.
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#4431490 - 07/23/18 12:32 PM
Re: Does your game have the Redshell virus installed?
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I recently purchased Warhammer 2, and did so only after Red Shell was reported to have been removed. I didn't look however to see if it actually was. The presence of the software had been enough to keep me from buying it before then though.
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#4431524 - 07/23/18 04:01 PM
Re: Does your game have the Redshell virus installed?
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Sorry for the "click bait" link. It's affected some top games. https://www.pcgamesn.com/civilizati...ell_spyware_holy_potatoes_were_in_space/ https://www.pcgamesn.com/red-shell-spyware In a free to play game...I would expect something like this. But when AAA titles are using it, it's a slap in the face. The Total War series for example...you're paying full price plus a lot of DLC whoring...I don't need my data outside the game raped as well.
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#4431525 - 07/23/18 04:09 PM
Re: Does your game have the Redshell virus installed?
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Here's a list:
According to a Reddit post which continues to be updated, as of Saturday, June 16, these are the games that committed to removing Red Shell:
Elder Scrolls Online (Pledged to remove it) Conan Exiles (Pledged to remove it) Ylands (Pledged to remove it) Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?! (Pledged to remove it) All Total War games (Pledged to remove it) Warhammer: Vermintide II, (Pledged to remove it) Warhammer: Vermintide I, (might get removed also?) My Time At Portia, (Pledged to remove it) Dead by Daylight (Pledged to remove it) Battlerite (Pledged to remove it) AER Memories of Old, (Pledged to remove it) Magic the Gathering Arena (closed beta & not on Steam), (Pledged to remove it for now) Secret World Legends (Pledged to remove remains of it) Hunt: Showdown (Pledged to remove it) Escapists 2 (Pledged to remove it) Omensight (Pledged to remove it)
Games still using Red Shell include:
Civilization VI Kerbal Space Program Guardians of Ember The Onion Knights Realm Grinder Heroine Anthem Zero Warhammer 40k Eternal Crusade Krosmaga Eternal Card Game Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Astro Boy: Edge of Time Ballistic Overkill Cabals: Card Blitz CityBattle | Virtual Earth Desolate Doodle God Doodle God Blitz Dungeon Rushers Labyrinth My Free Farm 2 NosTale RockShot Shadowverse SOS & SOS Classic SoulWorker Stonies Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation War Robots Survived By Injustice 2 The Wild Eight Yoku's Island Express Raging Justice Warriors: Rise to Glory! Trailmakers Clone Drone in the Danger Zone Vaporum Robothorium League of Pirates Doodle God: Genesis Secrets
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#4431529 - 07/23/18 04:45 PM
Re: Does your game have the Redshell virus installed?
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I bought a few games from Steam last week when I realized I haven't played a single game this whole year other than Alien Isolation for the 3rd time thankfully none of them is in that list I'll definitely be replaying Alien Isolation. I always enjoy wetting my pants. For my second playthough I won't make the same dumb mistake again of walking around slowly in crouch mode all over the station for the early levels of the game since the alien's first appearance is scripted anyway. DOH.
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#4431543 - 07/23/18 06:20 PM
Re: Does your game have the Redshell virus installed?
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it is a fun game this third time that I played it it still managed to keep me on my toes, the Alien AI is very good. Did you play on the hardest difficulty? "Normal" was plenty of a challenge for me.
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