Originally posted by: cronos
Oh, and that 'WoW-style camera control' linked above fired-up my virus protection program when downloaded. I didn't bother to check if it's a false positive though and just deleted it.
YIKES, thanks for letting us know. I apologize for posting it, if it turns out to be a problem.
I suggest to anyone who has downloaded it and used it that you should stop using it and scan your system for malware. I have been using it recently myself and will do the same.
I've removed the link from my post, until there's a verdict. I'm surprised no one mentioned it in the 9 page thread on the BioWare forums.
My AntiVir and Malwarebytes don't pick up anything, but I ran it through some online scanners and it got a lot of positive hits.
Of the online scanners, NOD32 and Kapersky among others don't report a problem and those are highly rated and perhaps better at ignoring false positives.
The file needs to be run while the game is running and I assume it intercepts the mouse moves and sends a different signal to the game, so it might just be acting like malware.
If any experts want to take a look at the file to determine whether it's a false positive or not, I'll send the link so you can have a look.
EDIT: Well, a preliminary look at the supposedly detected malware definitions shows none of the signs of the malware description: no added or edited registry keys and no added or altered files on my system. I checked both the McAffee and Symentec detection definitions. Also, this file was from 2006 and the malware descriptions say they were first discovered in 2007 and 2008. That doesn't mean anything definitive, but if this was truly infected I would have expected it to be discovered and listed closer to the date of the original file.
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