Warning: RTCW virus in patch 1.3

mcs328 · 03-16-2002, 01:33 AM

I just downloaded the 1.3 patch from a link off of www.idsoftware.com
After installed it, the game froze on me and then I rebooted. When my computer restarted Norton caught a backdoor trojan type virus that was installed in my RTCW folder. Anyone else have problems>\?

Hiro · 03-16-2002, 10:49 AM

Wow, Im glad i've been away from the computer too long to download that patch.

Although, I checked a few sites and there is no news on any messageboards or news posts about a Trojan with the patch. If you didn't already, get rid of it and try to re-install the patch. If the Trojan returns...let us know please.

mcs328 · 03-17-2002, 08:02 AM

I got the file through RTCWCentral.com
but I haven't unistalled it yet...they have punkbuster or something installed on it. So I don't exactly how to uninstall it yet unless
I uninstall the whole game and reload it. Oh well...game freezes sometimes but I think it's a computer issue instead of the patch. My concern is that my computer may be sending out info I without me knowing.

I have Norton AntiVirus 2002 btw.

sho.gun · 03-18-2002, 12:57 PM

punkbuster? Last time I heard, PB was a client-side anticheat program for counter-strike. Maybe RTCW is incorporating it into their patches to stop people from cheating and your AV thought it was a virus.

03-16-2002, 01:33 AM	#1
mcs328 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Maryland Posts: 6,578	Warning: RTCW virus in patch 1.3 I just downloaded the 1.3 patch from a link off of www.idsoftware.com After installed it, the game froze on me and then I rebooted. When my computer restarted Norton caught a backdoor trojan type virus that was installed in my RTCW folder. Anyone else have problems>\?

03-16-2002, 10:49 AM	#2
Hiro Rear Admiral Upper Half Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 3,654	Wow, Im glad i've been away from the computer too long to download that patch. Although, I checked a few sites and there is no news on any messageboards or news posts about a Trojan with the patch. If you didn't already, get rid of it and try to re-install the patch. If the Trojan returns...let us know please. __________________ -Corsec-

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03-17-2002, 08:02 AM	#3
mcs328 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Maryland Posts: 6,578	I got the file through RTCWCentral.com but I haven't unistalled it yet...they have punkbuster or something installed on it. So I don't exactly how to uninstall it yet unless I uninstall the whole game and reload it. Oh well...game freezes sometimes but I think it's a computer issue instead of the patch. My concern is that my computer may be sending out info I without me knowing. I have Norton AntiVirus 2002 btw.

03-18-2002, 12:57 PM	#4
sho.gun the lemonizer Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Calabasas, CA Posts: 5,373	punkbuster? Last time I heard, PB was a client-side anticheat program for counter-strike. Maybe RTCW is incorporating it into their patches to stop people from cheating and your AV thought it was a virus.

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