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Malware Rpgmaker Games on itch.io?
LordBlueRouge- 02/23/2018 05:05 PM
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...As I stated in the archive thread, this is probably gonna be the last thread I'm going to be posting for awhile, (I'll be back soon. hopefully.) - Now, I try not to post blogs much on RMN, but something really weird happened on Tuesday and after talking it over with a few members on pixelhorror discord, I thought I'd mention it here as well, just so that you guys know, this does actually happen:
Supposedly, someone on itch.io is uploading certain rpgmaker games as 11MB malware - Elegy Eve, Demon Legacy and Final Fantasy vs. Dog included:
(link to malware itch.io account via webarchive)
(link to Final Fantasy vs. Dog malware page on itch.io via webarchive)
...I already uploaded Final Fantasy vs. Dog onto itch.io about, a month ago, so reporting the malware game to the staff, was pretty easy to do.
(Update: that was really fast! thanks itch.io! ❤)
But yeah, lesson learned, guys be careful where you post your game sometimes, they won't be as accommodating here as they are in places like RMN.
I think what happened was, this originally started off as just a really bad joke on imgur, which I totally get:
...But then, somehow, someone thought it'd be really funny if the game WAS actual malware and it just sort of spiralled out of control from there.
So yeah, again, just be careful where you post your game sometimes guys, etc.
(EDIT: to reiterate, the current download for FFD is 83MB, anything currently lower than that, should be considered suspicious)
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In other news: hedge1 recently made a small update to sprite sheet creator to make compiling animated images for rpgmaker2003 a whole lot easier. Now when entering a number for the horizontal output, you can just press "Perfect Fit" and it will find the largest integer for the horizontal value so that sprite sheet creator will leave no blank spaces on the spritesheet, so you can instantly create animated sprite sheets that loop in rpgmaker2003!
I was so excited about this news, that the following night, I had a weird dream where someone recreated the final battle in Secret of Mana in rpgmaker2003, but instead of fighting the Mana Beast, you were fighting some sort of Cat Meme:
(...I actually dreamed this the other night! True Story!)
As I've mentioned numerous times before, Final Fantasy vs. Dog would've taken months to complete without sprite sheet creator - It was 5 in the morning, I had access to Flash, PaintShopPro, MSPaint and QuickTime 7. Sprite Sheet Creator was the only program that allowed me quickly create an animated sprite sheet for use in rpgmaker2003, in less than 5 seconds - It is an invaluable program, I cannot recommend it enough, it's a real time saver. So be sure to check out Sprite Sheet Creator when you have the chance, and thank hedge1 for all his hardwork.
(here's the brief tutorial on how I used it for Final Fantasy vs Dog )
Archive News: ...Last but not least, in the mean time, while I'm away, if you can, please try to keep your eyes peeled on outside community developments. CentroRPG and CondaBraveHeart, both recently went through a forum overhaul of sorts, which means, until things settle down, you'll actually have to register with CondaBraveHeart or CentroRPG in order to access their database of old rpgmaker games and CentroRPG/Vash's collection has quite a few of them.
At the moment I'm going to be trying to fix this behind the scenes, by periodically downloading what they have available on the forums and eventually make it available here.
But yeah, just do what you can in the mean time, etc. Keep your ears and eyes open, about the community -any little bit helps- and hopefully I'll be back soon.
Thank You guys, for all your continued hard work!
You're the best!❤
Supposedly, someone on itch.io is uploading certain rpgmaker games as 11MB malware - Elegy Eve, Demon Legacy and Final Fantasy vs. Dog included:
(link to malware itch.io account via webarchive)
(link to Final Fantasy vs. Dog malware page on itch.io via webarchive)
...I already uploaded Final Fantasy vs. Dog onto itch.io about, a month ago, so reporting the malware game to the staff, was pretty easy to do.
(Update: that was really fast! thanks itch.io! ❤)
But yeah, lesson learned, guys be careful where you post your game sometimes, they won't be as accommodating here as they are in places like RMN.
I think what happened was, this originally started off as just a really bad joke on imgur, which I totally get:
"I am downloading this and will report back if my computer is suddenly filled with viruses."
"...Guys he hasn't reported back, is that a good sign.. or a bad? Is his PC so Virus-infected, that he can't report back?!"
"He is gone. There is only Technovore. Technovore says game is safe to play."
...But then, somehow, someone thought it'd be really funny if the game WAS actual malware and it just sort of spiralled out of control from there.
So yeah, again, just be careful where you post your game sometimes guys, etc.
(EDIT: to reiterate, the current download for FFD is 83MB, anything currently lower than that, should be considered suspicious)
------
In other news: hedge1 recently made a small update to sprite sheet creator to make compiling animated images for rpgmaker2003 a whole lot easier. Now when entering a number for the horizontal output, you can just press "Perfect Fit" and it will find the largest integer for the horizontal value so that sprite sheet creator will leave no blank spaces on the spritesheet, so you can instantly create animated sprite sheets that loop in rpgmaker2003!
I was so excited about this news, that the following night, I had a weird dream where someone recreated the final battle in Secret of Mana in rpgmaker2003, but instead of fighting the Mana Beast, you were fighting some sort of Cat Meme:
(...I actually dreamed this the other night! True Story!)
As I've mentioned numerous times before, Final Fantasy vs. Dog would've taken months to complete without sprite sheet creator - It was 5 in the morning, I had access to Flash, PaintShopPro, MSPaint and QuickTime 7. Sprite Sheet Creator was the only program that allowed me quickly create an animated sprite sheet for use in rpgmaker2003, in less than 5 seconds - It is an invaluable program, I cannot recommend it enough, it's a real time saver. So be sure to check out Sprite Sheet Creator when you have the chance, and thank hedge1 for all his hardwork.
(here's the brief tutorial on how I used it for Final Fantasy vs Dog )
Archive News: ...Last but not least, in the mean time, while I'm away, if you can, please try to keep your eyes peeled on outside community developments. CentroRPG and CondaBraveHeart, both recently went through a forum overhaul of sorts, which means, until things settle down, you'll actually have to register with CondaBraveHeart or CentroRPG in order to access their database of old rpgmaker games and CentroRPG/Vash's collection has quite a few of them.
At the moment I'm going to be trying to fix this behind the scenes, by periodically downloading what they have available on the forums and eventually make it available here.
But yeah, just do what you can in the mean time, etc. Keep your ears and eyes open, about the community -any little bit helps- and hopefully I'll be back soon.
Thank You guys, for all your continued hard work!
You're the best!❤
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CloseThanks for the heads up!
I did a quick google, and thankfully the only reference to HR on itch.io is pianotm's profile https://pianotm.itch.io
"I am a game dev, artist, and musician! I am writing the music (one of two people) for Hero's Realm: Heroic Edition, a commercial upgrade of the famous RPG Maker game, Hero's Realm."
lol famous.
I did a quick google, and thankfully the only reference to HR on itch.io is pianotm's profile https://pianotm.itch.io
"I am a game dev, artist, and musician! I am writing the music (one of two people) for Hero's Realm: Heroic Edition, a commercial upgrade of the famous RPG Maker game, Hero's Realm."
lol famous.
TheNecromancer
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Is your game a .exe or zip/rar? This is why I usually avoid and not run game unknown .exe installers.
LordBlueRouge
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author=Link_2112
Is your game a .exe or zip/rar? This is why I usually avoid and not run game unknown .exe installers.
Yeah, it's definitely a zip/rar 83MB file
But yeah, I know what you mean, I try to fix this while managing the archive as well - certain games like FF72D by Vanit use molebox.exe to protect their work from being opened in rpgmaker2003, which is totally understandable and perfectly safe. But the problem is that, certain browsers like chrome will mark these games as malicious and won't let you download them.
In other cases, certain games like the CentroRPG games, which came from a PC demo disc/magazine will have their own custom .exe. installers - the problem with using these custom .exe installers is that, not only is their a chance that they'll be marked as malicious, but it's easier for companies to issue DMCA take down notices, through these files.
Like while trying to upload Tarion Star: Call of the Blade, one of Badluck's older games found through CentroRPG, I was immediately issued a DMCA take down notice on mediafire - because, Tarion Star: Call of the Blade, was compiled into an .exe installer, the same .exe. installer that TopGames Special uses for distributing all their PC games.
So yeah, to circumvent these issues, whenever possible, I try to keep these rpgmaker games as zip/rar files, because they're so much easier to distribute and preserve.
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EDIT: but yeah, just to paraphrase the itch.io incident, someone thought it would be funny to upload rpgmaker games as malware to itch.io - these weren't the game themselves, these were just 11mb .exe files.
VideoWizard
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They didn't even get my game title right!
Dragon Kingdoms: Birth of a New Dawn?! That's not even the proper title. And someone uploaded its sequel, Legend of the Great Sword, but it got removed already.
In those cases, it seems more likely someone took them from here and uploaded them there.
Dragon Kingdoms: Birth of a New Dawn?! That's not even the proper title. And someone uploaded its sequel, Legend of the Great Sword, but it got removed already.
In those cases, it seems more likely someone took them from here and uploaded them there.
Heads up - this is actually a lot bigger than you likely thought. Here's a thread dedicated to the whole shebang so far: https://rpgmaker.net/forums/topics/23742/
Basically someone (or a lot of someones) is using RMN as a resource for images and game details to advertise games and then have downloads full of malware (in most cases so far the 'games' in question have been RTP files with a game.exe file that triggers the malware itself).
If you notice any games that seem suspicious or out of place on itch.io, PM the original developers here (or myself) and we'll see whether it's alright or report it if it's not.
Thanks for letting us know and keep an eye out for each other!
Basically someone (or a lot of someones) is using RMN as a resource for images and game details to advertise games and then have downloads full of malware (in most cases so far the 'games' in question have been RTP files with a game.exe file that triggers the malware itself).
If you notice any games that seem suspicious or out of place on itch.io, PM the original developers here (or myself) and we'll see whether it's alright or report it if it's not.
Thanks for letting us know and keep an eye out for each other!
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