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Logger.agent.ajy Spyware

by Red Lion Foundry · in Torque Game Engine · 12/28/2007 (4:35 am) · 2 replies

Hi,

I have just done a search on my PC for spyware and found logger.agent.ajy on my PC.
Like a noob I clicked delete before checking to see which directory it came from, so I googled it. And found a link for a piratebay torrent of TGE that has the logger.agent.ajy spyware. The author said he had the file from GarageGames.

Please note that I have not downloaded a torrent for TGE and just used my officialy downloaded install from my GG account page.

Is anyone else affected by the logger.agent.ajy spyware or has anyone else found this problem in the install for TGE ?

Thanks for your help guys. Im off now to reset all my passwords. Ciao.
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Associate David Montgomery-Blake
David MontgomeryBlake
#1
12/28/2007 (5:32 am)
Part of the problem is that the engine includes NASM, an assembler, which spyware and viruses often use to compile machine specific code on the fly. Like any compiler, NASM is legit. Unfortunately, enough illicit sources use it that it is targeted. One way around it is to use the newest version of NASM. The included version is an old build that is known to work, but is also often the same binary build that was used by a number of spyware/virus developers. The other is to add the NASM binary in the TGE directory structure to your exceptions. This will allow any spyware that uses it to still be detected without getting rid of the assembly functions in TGE for compilation purposes.

Torque Owner Red Lion Foundry
#2
12/28/2007 (9:11 am)
Thanks for the quick reply David. Having deleted the file, would I need to reinstall again TGE? I have not tried compiling with NASM, so will try it and see how that goes, Thanks.

/im off to try and find a guide on compiling :)