There are many reasons to not download hacks for video games, chief among them is ‘not being a big douche bag’ but now those of you who cannot empathise with the suffering of fellow gamers have a reason to follow suit with the rest of us reasonable human beings: research by AVG has found that 90% of downloadable hacks contain malware.
AVG’s researchers analysed scores of such hacks and cracks found through metasearch services such as FilesTube and FileCrop, and discovered that more than 90% of them contained some form of malware or malicious code. Even if we assume that just 0.1% of the gamers playing the top five titles go looking for a hack – a highly conservative estimate – that means 330,000 people are potentially at risk of falling victim to game hack malware, which could lead to the loss of any legitimate, paid-for gaming assets, as well as sensitive personal data such as bank details and email or social media passwords.
Scary stuff. Remember kids: winners don’t use drugs. Or hacks.
Well, sometimes winners use hacks, but they also have malware, so it sucks to be them.
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