Just a quick one, a few users have reported that the BioShock demo triggers a virus warning in AVG - you might see it has the "Trojan horse Generic6.UMS". I've had a poke around the Internets and seen a few other files also trigger this warning; it looks like it is always in a setup.exe file so I'm suspecting that it is a false positive caused by whatever installer package they're using (looks like InstallShield at first glance).

We've checked the file out with another virus checker (McAfee) and it has come up clean.

The internets is safe again, thanks to trog and his merry cohorts

More info here.

roffles

Right there in the Readme file:

The BioShock installer will automatically patch to the latest version of the BioShock game application as part of the install process. YOU MUST BE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET IN ORDER TO INSTALL THE GAME.

A progress bar will show the state of the patch download. Please do not interrupt the download or deactivate your internet connection during the download. If the download does not complete successfully, you can attempt to restart the download using the Start/Restart button.

The downloader uses internet proxy and port settings as set up through Internet Explorer. If you have not set these, you can manually configure proxy and port settings in the BioShock installer. If you're not sure what values to put here, contact your ISP or 2K support at http://www.2kgames.com/bioshock/support/.

Some internet security software may detect this download as a Trojan or other compromisation of internet security.

wtf was the news on about tonite;

they had a story on a virus was wiping out WOW playas (a virus i fully support)

i havent heard anything about it anywhere else . .. .

surely channel 9 news cant be wrong?!

So, thats why its 400meg bigger than the 360 version.

You mean 400meg better.

^Got a "." in the end of your link there matey.

Bioshock blew up some dude's computer:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=182421

Can anyone go into details on this 2 install licence on the pc retail copy or link me to a news post?

soz if im breaking any forum / comment rules im lazy =P

[quote] wtf was the news on about tonite;

they had a story on a virus was wiping out WOW playas
[/quote]

This is more a public service, than a virus surely ?
lol

Can anyone go into details on this 2 install licence on the pc retail copy or link me to a news post?

Yeah I pasted a link in the other Bioshock thread :)

Here it is: link.

Basically you have 2 install "credits". Everytime you install the game, you use up a credit. If you uninstall, the software contacts the servers and you get refunded a credit.

If you forget to uninstall twice on separate occasions, you use up all your credits and lose all ability to install and play the game again. So you have to remember to uninstall before, say, formatting your drive.

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the WoW virus: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/22/2011472.htm

researchers looked at the way the virus spread and analysed peoples response to it. So it was a good model of what might happen if there was an outbreak of some contagious disease in the real world.

the article they publish would be interesting.. eg how quickly it spreads through towns and cities and what people do when they are told of an outbreak..

edit: thanks :)

The problem with that control group is that there is no real permanent consequences, so it can't really be applied too closely to true human behaviour.


Speaking of WOW viruses, lately theres been a WOW password stealer trojan on almost every infected PC I have cleaned at work.

I blame that 'incredibly powerful wow person' you have running things there these days