Street Fighter V Update Removed for Causing System32 Vulnerability




/ 8 years ago
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Street Fights V Update

Capcom, what were you thinking!? That’s been the question on our minds this week as it seems they had silly ideas of what constitutes software security features in this day and age. Their recent update installed files to the System32 directory, which can be a potential threat to system security, and even caused many compatibility issues for a lot of players of the game, such as BSOD and CTDs. In short, the file Capcom.sys should not have been there to begin with.

Capcom said the files, which has access to the system kernel, would act as a non-DRM anti-crack software, without needing internet access. This doesn’t sound so bad from a publisher side, but when it comes at a safety and system stability cost to the consumer, it’s not ideal.

“The anti-crack solution does not require online connectivity in order to play the game in offline mode; however, players will be required to click-confirm each time they boot up the game,” the update notes state. “This step allows ‘handshake’ to take place between the executable and the dependent driver prior to launch.”

Capcom has now started rolling back the update for all users, which means the update no longer uses a root kit to manage the games license, woo-hoo!



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