In recent weeks, announcements of virus-infected Sims 4 mods have been piling up. We're already up to 4 mods officially recognized as corrupt.
Le fonctionnement de ces piratages est souvent le même, le compte Curseforge ou The Sims Ressource du créateur se fait hacker et les pirates incluent des fichiers exe infectés à l’intérieurs des contenus personnalisés. Cette technique ne touche donc à priori que les joueurs sur Windows (les mac ne pouvant pas ouvrir les .exe) mais la prudence générale est de mise.
The discord of Sims After Dark has listed the following impacted mods:
- "Cult Mod v2" uploaded on ModTheSims by PimpMySims
- "Social Events - Unlimited Time"posted on CurseForge by MySims4
- "Weather and Forecast Cheat Menu"posted on The Sims Resource by MSQSIMS
- "Seasons Cheats Menu"posted on The Sims Resource by MSQSIMS
The viruses included in these mods steal data from your computer, including the passwords stored in your web browsers. If you've downloaded the Social Event mod, the owners of the Curseforge application have put the following online a tool for removing traces of malware. If you're affected, it's obviously also crucial to change your passwords and make them unique on every site.
In parallel, TwistedMexi has released a mod that detects any custom content that might attempt to install malicious content. As well as detecting them, it will of course warn you if anything suspicious is found, and warn the community too.
