Goddammit, Ubisoft (of interest to PC Gamers Only) (and Demi to mock them)

[Eric P]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/30/psa-possible-security-risk-in-some-ubisoft-pc-games/

Warning: Big Security Risk In Some Ubisoft PC Games

We’re currently investigating the full extent of this, but moralising and recrimination can come later. For now, the important thing is to warn folks who have certain Ubisoft games installed on their PCs that an apparent backdoor has been discovered in the Uplay infrastructure/DRM which may in theory allow any anyone so minded to install God knows what horrors on your PC. It isn’t confirmed as definite, but certainly proof of concept code is calling up Uplay windows and then loading other programs from websites that have nothing to do with Ubisoft. If Uplay is on your PC, I urge you to uninstall it and any games that use it immediately, until we know more. Update: the flaw lies specifically in a browser plugin Uplay quietly installs, and the general consensus is now that’s all you need to remove to protect yourself. See below for details on how to rid your PC of it.

Firefox:
Tools – Add-ons – Plugins – Disable the Uplay and Uplay PC Hub plugins

Chrome:
Visit about:plugins and disable

Opera:
Settings – Preferences – Advanced – Downloads – Search “Uplay”, delete

Affected Titles
Assassin’s Creed II
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
Assassin’s Creed: Project Legacy
Assassin’s Creed Revelations
Assassin’s Creed III
Beowulf: The Game
Brothers in Arms: Furious 4
Call of Juarez: The Cartel
Driver: San Francisco
Heroes of Might and Magic VI
Just Dance 3
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Pure Football
R.U.S.E.
Shaun White Skateboarding
Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom
Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved

[demi]

uhauhahua uahaha 

[Brehvolution]

I just bought Driver and was wondering what this Uplay shit was.

[Great Rumbler]

Ubisoft

[Joe Molotov]

Suck my balls, Ubishit! 

Also, wtf Just Dance 3 came out on the PC? How do you even play it?

[Great Rumbler]

Uplay installed with From Dust on my computer.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

Brothers in Arms: Furious Four?

how is that affected, its not even out.  Hell, I thought it was canceled?

[Momo]

lucky i own no oobisoft game on Pc

[Bebpo]

Hmm, I don't have the browser plugin despite having playing at least one or two UPLAY titles since my last windows install.  Maybe when you uninstall the games it removes it?

[Joe Molotov]

Brothers in Arms: Furious Four?

how is that affected, its not even out.  Hell, I thought it was canceled?

This smells like console fud, spread because they're mad jelly of our AA and 1080p.

Ubisoft still sucks, though.

[D3RANG3D]

I don't own any Ubisoft games

[MCD]

IE users are safe.

[Great Rumbler]

IE users are safe.

 

[Positive Touch]

oh man im so pissed i paid ubisoft money to fuck over my computer

OH WAIT

[Himu]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/07/30/ubisoft-respond-to-uplay-security-drama/#more-118159

[Great Rumbler]

Uplay doesn't even NEED browser plugins anyway.

[chronovore]

Uplay doesn't even NEED browser plugins anyway.

Yeah, that just seems... rude.

[benjipwns]

But how many pirates were stopped?

Assassin’s Creed III and Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 are nowhere to be found on torrent sites.

[pilonv1]

But how many pirates were stopped?

Assassin’s Creed III and Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 are nowhere to be found on torrent sites.