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You may or may not be aware of a computer virus widely known as Win32:Induc, which has posed a fairly widespread security risk to gamers across the world.
Being a gamer myself, I found out about this virus quite quickly, as opposed to someone who doesn't play games. The computer game which has been at risk of being infected with Win32:Induc is in fact Grand Theft Auto IV, by Rockstar Games. In order for the game (And also the computer the game's installed on.) to become infected, the computer would need to have a modification for the game installed - a file called FileCheckFix.asi. This file is a malware-free file used to remove some restrictions with using Grand Theft Auto IV modifications in its multiplayer modes. However, since FileCheckFix.asi is changing multiplayer permissions - which means changing online behaviour - this also leaves the file more open to a virus attack rather than a modification file which changes only offline elements of Grand Theft Auto IV.
Hundreds of people who played Grand Theft Auto IV received malware attack warnings from their anti-malware programs, as Win32:Induc began to infect the FileCheckFix.asi file on their computers. This virus problem was bigger than I first anticipated, however.
Not only had Win32:Induc infected hundreds of people's FileCheckFix.asi files, (And thus, infecting the computers, too.) it had also infected the online FileCheckFix.asi available for download at www.gtagaming.com. This meant that people who deleted the infected FileCheckFix.asi file from their computers would face the same virus again when downloading it from www.gtagaming.com. I don't know if other websites hosting FileCheckFix.asi were infected, but I can at least confirm that the website www.gtagaming.com was affected.
The Win32:Induc virus, as far that is known, is only designed to infect a program called Borland Delphi. (A 'compiler' program of some sort.) If the computer that Win32:Induc is on does not have Borland Delphi installed, the Win32:Induc virus doesn't do anything other than stay on the computer, so it seems. It is a possibility however, that the FileCheckFix.asi file was specifically targeted by the virus author or distributor, due to the very fact that it involves online tweaking for using modifications in Grand Theft Auto IV. The virus author or distributor may have seen this as an opportunity to warp FileCheckFix.asi's coding into a virus spreader, and this may be a method that was used to spread the Win32:Induc virus more quickly.
Now, you might know that Rockstar Games have been supplying compulsory updates for Grand Theft Auto IV every so often, which the user must install onto the game in order to continue using it properly, and to play online. Due to the updates changing the game's coding, the author of FileCheckFix.asi has been changing the file so that it works with the latest Grand Theft Auto IV updates from Rockstar Games. Thankfully, the previous infected version of the FileCheckFix.asi file was overwritten with the new version, which means that the Win32:Induc virus which had infected the previous FileCheckFix.asi file no longer exists on www.gtagaming.com.
Although this virus no longer appears to be affecting Grand Theft Auto IV, www.gtagaming.com, or the newer FileCheckFix.asi file, I advise all online gamers, even those who don't have Grand Theft Auto IV installed, to be somewhat malware cautious when playing any computer games, especially for multiplayer game modes. Ensure you have a solid set of security settings and anti-malware protection on your computer.
For those curious, I use avast! Professional as my front-line malware shield. Additionally, I also use Microsoft Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC) and Windows Firewall for added security.
Stay malware free out there.
Regards,
Naean.
