Comments on: Gameguard – To Protect or to Spy?

By: Cody

Cody — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:51:55 +0000

Umm, you know what i find funny? youre freaking out about your security, and somewhere in there you say you use google chrome… Everytime you enter a url into google chrome, it sends that url straight to google itself, where they document it. Gameguard should be the least of your worries… even though it is a pile of shit that uses far too much resources, and is easily bypassed…

Why put more faith in blizzard than ncsoft? ncsoft makes higher quality games, and yet blizzard brings in more income, and more players. why is that? because theyve most likely used some spyware and surveying of their very own, to find out what will succeed.

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:14:50 +0000

I generally keep away from dvr equipment with too much setup

By: frank

frank — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:29:18 +0000

Do you guys think that someone who makes games can make Anti-Virus program?

Blizzard’s Warden is (as far as I know) not used in any other game except WoW, so yeah I guess it’s definitely possible. I’m sure Ncsoft can afford a few programmers to do the job properly.

And no, we’re not “just trying to cheat the game”. Anti-cheating should be transparent and not cause any problems, which is clearly not the case with Gameguard. And those who are trying to cheat can easily bypass GG’s security.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:15:44 +0000

What you are saying, is right. HOWEVER, it seems that you just want to cheat on the game. Here is the thing, you said that game guard wont be closed even the game is closed; however, it just happens SOMETIMES when the game program is not turned off properly.
Moreover, Game Guard ppl, they are professional. Those who make the games IS NOT professional on blocking cheats, hacks, or crakings. Do you guys think that someone who makes games can make Anti-Virus program?
I mean, Those Norton Anti Virus team could make WOW? or Star Craft?

By: Artean

Artean — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:02:15 +0000

I am on your side with this one… Granted I don’t think its necessarily “legal” for the gaming company to search your entire computer for porn and illegal items on it, but it is entirely possible as stated. I put too much faith in gaming companies to not screw people over with the stuff they make you download. I just look at it this way, if the company is legit and well known, trust em (since you have to…). Punkbuster, Azeroth Security Adviser and this Gameguard mumbojumbo all “seem” legit but honestly all three of these well known watchers are violating their customers privacy. In my honest opinion, programs like this should be required BUT they should ONLY scan .dll files and any files regarding the game such as their own files, files with same/similar name, and any file running an outside program into the game world. This would more then stop cheating (not farmers/bots most likely but the actual cheaters) and make game play more fun. Doing it this way would keep the privacy of the games users just what it should be, private. Also the EULA is a bunch of bull, 30000 pages of stuff no one in the history of gaming has ever read. These programs should literally pop up AFTER the EULA is signed and ask you if it is alright to watch your porn and call the FBI for all your illegally downloaded files. EULA is another way (as stated in the WoW discussion) to sign the devils contract. I think that unless you are dealing with the devil, you shouldn’t be signing contracts with his name on it…

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:05:49 +0000

When are game developers going to learn, that if you want to catch cheaters you need to monitor their in game actions as opposed to their game machine.

Gold farmers can not be hard to spot can they, I mean all you need to look for is someone that has a huge amount of gold that regularly sends it to other accounts. Who kills the same MOB a millions times or any other typical behavior that a gold farmer does.