Once completed, the information is uploaded to a website for all the Internet to see accompanied by a screenshot of the victims desktop. When run, the installer pretends to be the game but using personal information gathered from the victims computer (including IP address), it presents a survey which asks for more personal information including their email address and password. Some, who were not particularly careful about the item they were downloading, were in for a pretty big shock.Īlongside the pirated versions of Cross Days can be found some software which claims to be the installer for the game, but is actually a piece of pretty vicious malware which appears to try to punish would-be pirates. Of course, not everyone would acquire the game through the official channels and many turned to file-sharing networks for their erotic gaming fix. The game suffered several delays before release, apparently so that it could be launched along with a special, ahem, USB hands-free device for experiencing climax scenes (NSFW: Male and female versions) but it was finally released just a few days ago. These games often have erotic and downright sexual elements and Cross Days from developer 0verflow is no different. Players watch and listen to a story and as it unfolds and are able to influence the outcome of the plot by making decisions which cause the game to branch. RnsAlthough probably not that popular with your average Western Modern Warfare 2 gamer, visual novels are very popular in Japan. Now it appears that file-sharers who thought they were going to download a high-profile interactive erotic novel have been instead treated to a security and privacy breach of epic proportions. Over the years would-be game pirates have been targeted in a number of ways such as through draconian DRM schemes and even viruses.
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