Flight Simulator X third-party malware

[Profanicus]

A bit of chat over in the Civ FS thread:

Civilian Flight Sim thread

There’s some intense internet drama going down right now over FSLabs’ A320. Someone on reddit points out it comes with malware that steals your passwords from Chrome. Instead of doing the smart thing and getting a lawyer or going into hiding, the dev explains that it’s okay because they only use it against pirates. If such a specific serial number is used by a pirate (a person who has illegally obtained our software) and the installer verifies this against the pirate serial numbers stored in…

eagle-eyed Reddit users

It’s funny how the reports never call it for what it is… “pirates”. The guy who found this already admitted he didn’t buy it. :P