![]() ![]() I have since done far more testing and data acquisition since the initial post. I do not believe it was incorrect, however it was incomplete due to the inability to check for such things in-depth prior to the game going live. I still fully stand by my initial analysis. I'll be editing the original post with this update but figured I'd post it here first. Having created my Performance TweakGuide and having had a good solid week of intermittent analysis of the game's files and other bits. Be calm and firm that this type of software is not required outside of China and should not be part of their official client or the Steam client.Īs far as mobile goes, I haven't analyzed the APK in detail enough to confirm or deny the presence of similar software there. Politely let the Tower of Fantasy developers know via Twitter, Facebook, and other social media. Literal malware gets ignored and pushed aside as a 'non issue' when the information presented contains hostility. THIS MUST NOT BECOME STANDARD and I know that PC gamers more than any other should stand up and make their concerns vocally-prevalant and noted PRIOR to the Steam release and afterwards.īe kind and respectful in your concerns or they will just say 'angry gamers' and ignore all of it. If the Steam release contains the same type of files/software and potential adware/malware from China that the 'website download' version does, then this is a major problem for the safety/security of the PC Gaming ecosystem. They are a corporation and they cater to China more than any other country. I know it is just glorified spyware instead of DRM but that's neither here nor there. ![]() Fortunately my initial posting and the resulting spread (and thanks to those who flagged it to Valve) did finally force WFS Inc to flag the game as using custom DRM on the main Steam page. They've been making money just fine and Valve seems to have no issues with them. Valve unfortunately still didn't ever bother to require WFS Inc (aka "Wright Flyer Studios Inc") to modify Another Eden to implement an actual launcher instead of the Powershell Scripts nonsense. As a self-growing network, Xunlei's P2SP network is strengthening and being strengthened by Xunlei's growing users.įrom what I could gather from English language sources, it appears to be a custom closed-source implementation of a 'BitTorrent' protocol specific to their network/blockchain tech for the purposes of 'vendor lockin' for what started out as an 'open' protocol. Xunlei's underlying data transfer engine, P2SP, can be seen as a new structure and technology innovation. Xunle's flagship products, Xunlei download manager and Xunlei Kankan, armed with P2SP, have greater popularity than all competitors. It started from an adware and now has dominant power in data transfer markets. Xunlei now is the most popular copyrighted material/adult material search engine and is one of the most popular adware in China, second only to Tencent QQ.Īs a corporation, Xunlei is a promising phenomenon in China like Tencent. With its so-called P2SP technology, (which is just another peer-assisted technology ) and its surprising capability to speed up downloading, Xunlei grew rapidly. ![]() ~ Xunlei (Chinese: 迅雷) is a Download Manager developed by Xunlei corporation. Game contains China-specific 'Xunlei Thunder P2P' software components as specified here: "TofMiniLoader_official.wg.intl.exe" opened "\Device\KsecDD" Opens the Kernel Security Device Driver (KsecDD) of Windows game accesses Windows Kernel Security Device Driver Driver game is able to 'shutdown' the entire PC with little to no warning whether it actually USES this functionality is not yet determined in detail The PC game files contain some unsettling content so I'll first start by linking a more broad-view hybrid analysis here: Note to ReddiTrash: you won't be able to plagiarize this information or take credit for it this time, I'll make certain of that. If anyone wants my opinion I've got it on my Discord server. I'll leave out my personal opinion this time and stick purely to documented facts and evidence. As I've done for 'Another Eden' (another mobile port dumped on Steam), I took a bit of time to analyze the PC version of this game (the website version) which is likely what they'll dump on Steam as-is unless someone speaks up about it. ![]()
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