Then he opened a very old version of Internet Explorer and tried to open pages and download something immediately crashed the process before anything continued. The second time around, nProtect started using 56% of my CPU (r7 5800x) I had no idea why. This game uses a very old version of nProtect GameGuard. Removing GameGuard itself is also not an easy process and requires a lot of exercise (more at this link).Ĭan Undecember pose a threat to our computer? Photo Needs GamesĪnother player noticed that the software tried to download a file by itself without the administrator’s consent: One Steam user noticed that the rootkit remains on our system even after uninstalling the game. Some of the players who installed the demo Undecember i noticed the presence of nProtect GameGuard, it started reporting various undesirable effects. While the rootkit is not itself a virus, it can put our hardware and our data at risk. Rootkits hide deep in the operating system, so the user is often unaware of their presence until undesirable activities become apparent. Rootkit is a tool that hides dangerous files and processes on the system. Some players quickly concluded that GameGuard appeared suspicious, even if in theory it was merely an anti-cheat program. software that is often used in hacking attacks. The problem is that GameGuard works like a rootkit, i.e. You can find a list of games that use this tool here. The services of this software have been used over the years in many online games such as Metin 2 if PUBG.

It’s about the program nProtect GameGuard, which acts as an anticheat. The demo of this free-to-play production has gained considerable popularity in recent weeks, but not only due to pre-release marketing, but also as a result of players’ concerns about suspicious content found in the game files.

Pre-premiere on Steam is the game Undecember, a hack’n’slash by the Korean studio Needs Games.

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