Doctor Web-the Russian developer of IT security software-is notifying users of a wave of flooder applications designed to render Counter-Strike and Half-Life game servers, as well as other GoldSource servers, non-operational. Some of these malignant programs may also do harm to the criminals who use them.Competition among owners of game servers is traditionally high, especially, […]
Steam, the online empire of computer game behemoth Valve Corporation, has issued details of the hack it suffered last weekend: Dear Steam Users and Steam Forum Users, Our Steam forums were defaced on the evening of Sunday, November 6. We began investigating and found that the intrusion goes beyond the Steam forums. We learned that […]
Doctor Web-the Russian anti-virus vendor-has discovered a new scheme for infesting user machines with malware. This time fans of Counter-Strike 1.6 have become the target. As a player connects to one of the game servers, downloading of files containing Trojan horses is initiated.Typically, when a connection with a Counter-Strike server is established, the client downloads […]
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