Castaras
2012-07-30, 09:12 AM
If you play any Ubisoft games with Uplay attached, check your browser plugins (with chrome, it's typing chrome://plugins). There may be a rootkit there called Uplay, a plugin as part of the DRM that opens up security holes in your browser. To quote the below article:
The plug-in can be classed as a rootkit because it is thought to allow continued privileged access to a machine without a user’s consent. If this was limited just to the Uplay service with regard to checking games are legal it would still be a major concern, but the fact any website could potentially use the plugin escalates the seriousness of what is happening here.
More detail here: http://www.geek.com/articles/games/ubisoft-uplay-drm-found-to-include-a-rootkit-20120730/
The plug-in can be classed as a rootkit because it is thought to allow continued privileged access to a machine without a user’s consent. If this was limited just to the Uplay service with regard to checking games are legal it would still be a major concern, but the fact any website could potentially use the plugin escalates the seriousness of what is happening here.
More detail here: http://www.geek.com/articles/games/ubisoft-uplay-drm-found-to-include-a-rootkit-20120730/