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Factorio download manager5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() That is likely what I am going to have to do again this time. Last time I had to format my HDD and run a clean install. I thought my Windows image was "corrupted" at first, whatever it is persists after doing a normal OS reset. ![]() I am smart enough to come to conclusions, unless I have been hacked long before and the hacker just waits until I install Factorio to start throwing a wrench into my computer. ![]() The company is based out of Czech Republic, that may or may not mean anything. Yes it is possible that I got hit with some kind of remote code execution from a website or file that I viewed but this has happened TWICE shortly after installing Factorio on steam. Originally posted by Sinist:I don't run bloated security software but I do practice safe browsing and computer habits. I like Factorio the game, but I won't be playing it anymore unless it goes open source. It's just the fact that so many other people are probably being infected by what has turned into the biggest security nightmare that we face today, Steam and other platforms like it where any scumbag can infect computers under the guise of selling video games. I don't care I have nothing "important" to lose, I will wipe this drive. The rest are driver's and Microsoft Store Apps that come preloaded. The only other third party software I have installed besides Steam is the Arduino programming IDE. The same exact thing as last time, which was something like 8 months ago. It also removes all the fonts in my task manager so I cant see proccesses and crashes sysinternals when I try to view disk, services, cpu activity. Im running a network sniffer but whatever it is disables itself when I take certain actions. I would bet 100,000$ that Wube Software is involved in illicit activity or they are deeply compromised by another party. Its the perfect attack vector to infect thousands or even hundreds of thousands of computers with zero effort. Steam just lets anyone push code and updates to their games with little or no oversight.
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