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Greiger

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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19560 on: November 29, 2018, 02:43:37 am »

I just had a scary thought.  What if there was a cyber terrorism group that made mods for videogames under hundreds of diffrent aliases, and installed various bits of malware in every one, everything from dataminers to remote controllers.  Just bits and pieces that referenced eachother to complete their code so that no single one can be identified by an antivirus and with enough mods with enough copies that surely all the pieces could be found on a single system.  Once they know where a steam folder or GoG folder is after all they can basically figure out where any other potential bits of their code would be, and all they would need for that is just a single GoG or steam mod with their code on the system to identify the directory.

They could all just be waiting, silent for some code to activate, just a single steam workshop update that causes the whole system to spring into action, search for as many parts of it's code as it can find in your mod folders, and then every avid gamer's computer has bowed to the will of some malicious entity bent on world domination.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19561 on: November 29, 2018, 06:30:00 am »

And now you know why I don't subscribe to Humble Monthly.

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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19562 on: November 29, 2018, 06:43:59 am »

I just had a scary thought.  What if there was a cyber terrorism group that made mods for videogames under hundreds of diffrent aliases, and installed various bits of malware in every one, everything from dataminers to remote controllers.  Just bits and pieces that referenced eachother to complete their code so that no single one can be identified by an antivirus and with enough mods with enough copies that surely all the pieces could be found on a single system.  Once they know where a steam folder or GoG folder is after all they can basically figure out where any other potential bits of their code would be, and all they would need for that is just a single GoG or steam mod with their code on the system to identify the directory.

They could all just be waiting, silent for some code to activate, just a single steam workshop update that causes the whole system to spring into action, search for as many parts of it's code as it can find in your mod folders, and then every avid gamer's computer has bowed to the will of some malicious entity bent on world domination.
To lower the chances of something like this happening: don't run your games as administrator unless you really, really need to, and get an antivirus with a behaviour tracker. Oh, and try to limit your mod use, especially ones from disreputable or inexperienced creators, not even because of the threat of malware, but because poorly-made code risks your system stability and causes crashes and other unexpected side effects.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19563 on: November 29, 2018, 06:48:10 am »

B-But muh dragontitties!

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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19564 on: November 29, 2018, 02:00:01 pm »

B-But muh dragontitties!
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Go to deviantart for those.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19565 on: November 29, 2018, 02:05:27 pm »

Theres also furaffinity. 100% pure furry porn 24/7.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19566 on: November 29, 2018, 02:46:08 pm »

Theres also furaffinity. 100% pure furry porn 24/7.
I have family members with accounts, probably shouldn't have forgotten it.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19567 on: November 29, 2018, 07:06:29 pm »

Now I'm picturing a dragon wearing an appropriately sized fursuit. This has been my terror for today.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19568 on: November 30, 2018, 01:31:20 am »

Now I'm picturing a dragon wearing an appropriately sized fursuit. This has been my terror for today.
Thanks for the Drawception prompt idea.   
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19569 on: November 30, 2018, 02:54:02 am »

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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19570 on: December 01, 2018, 09:00:15 pm »

My wife is having contractions at 16 weeks. We're at the ER.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19571 on: December 01, 2018, 09:11:03 pm »

Oh, shit.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19572 on: December 02, 2018, 03:44:44 am »

I hope it turns out alright, Hans and Wife
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19573 on: December 02, 2018, 05:30:33 am »

Bay12: the forum where a discussion about furries can get interrupted by an announcement about a medical emergency.
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Re: Things that made you absolutely terrified today
« Reply #19574 on: December 02, 2018, 08:06:21 am »

It turned out fine, they passed and she was kept under observation for a few hours and prodded a bit. I had an exciting opportunity to drive like the fearless psycho asshole I am in busy tourist traffic.
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