Gaming WARNING TO MAPLESTORY PLAYERS

[ThatDudeWithTheFood]

You got hardcore phished.
I have no idea how you got 37m mesos and got scammed.

 

[AbyssalMonkey]

Rootkit? What are you talking about?

This reminds me, I need to log into my MapleStory account and start playing again.

GameGuard hides the game application process, monitors the entire memory range, terminates applications defined by the game vendor and INCA Internet to be cheats (QIP for example), blocks certain calls to Direct X functions and Windows APIs, keylogs your keyboard input, and auto-updates itself to change as new threats surface.
Since GameGuard is effectively a rootkit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NProtect_GameGuard

Yeah, pre-BB is my nostalgia boat. Now you toss cash at the in-game shop and win.

 

[Minox]

If something sounds too good to be true - then it most likely is.

 

[Arras]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NProtect_GameGuard

Yeah, pre-BB is my nostalgia boat. Now you toss cash at the in-game shop and win.

To be fair, MapleStory is by no means the only online game that employs tools like this. AFAIK many of those Asian Free2Play MMOs do this.

 

[AbyssalMonkey]

To be fair, MapleStory is by no means the only online game that employs tools like this. AFAIK many of those Asian Free2Play MMOs do this.

True, but I recall reading somewhere that it is because a company has a monopoly in security over in Asia, but icba to remember where or who it was.

 

[Clydefrosch]

many mmos install nprotect. and its probably good that they do, theres so many cheaters in there. its weird how they keylog you, but there's probably a reason for that as well

 

[trumpet-205]

Rootkit is about malicious software, one that intends to do harm (like worm, virus, etc). nProtect is an anti-cheat software (a lot of people cheat in MMO). These software do keylogging to compare what you typed and what they receive. It is one way to catch hacking/trainer.

 

[AbyssalMonkey]

Rootkit is about malicious software, one that intends to do harm (like worm, virus, etc). nProtect is an anti-cheat software (a lot of people cheat in MMO).

Same software, different labeling. I like the freedom to alt-tab and do other shit while a game is running.

 

[omegasoul6]

You got hardcore phished.
I have no idea how you got 37m mesos and got scammed.

37M isn't really anything, not even 1B is that much.
Inflation is a terrible thing.

 

[Deleted-236924]

I love games that are using cartoon graphics.

I don't like that it's 2D like that.

 

[Minox]

Rootkit is about malicious software, one that intends to do harm (like worm, virus, etc). nProtect is an anti-cheat software (a lot of people cheat in MMO). These software do keylogging to compare what you typed and what they receive. It is one way to catch hacking/trainer.

Even if said software is meant to protect against cheaters I'd consider such invasive measures used in my computer malicious.

 

[Deleted_171835]

It's already been said but...people still play Maple Story?

 

[ThatDudeWithTheFood]

37M isn't really anything, not even 1B is that much.
Inflation is a terrible thing.

1B isn't much?
I obviously haven't played in ages.

 

[Rydian]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootkit

Come on people, at least Google a word to make sure you're using it right.

 

[MTSoph14]

It's already been said but...people still play Maple Story?

Honestly, I was surprised people played it at all.

 

[omegasoul6]

1B isn't much?
I obviously haven't played in ages.

A lot has changed within even the 6 months that I quit for.