Ubisoft DRM exploit opens PCs to security risk
Found on Ars Technica on Monday, 30 July 2012
Ubisoft hasn't exactly garnered much goodwill among PC gamers thanks to the controversial DRM efforts it has attached to its PC releases over the years.
The exploit, publicized this morning by programmer Tavis Ormandy, utilizes a bug in a browser plug-in installed alongside the UPlay software that's needed to run many of the publisher's recent PC games. With the plugin installed, opening a link to a page with a specific bit of Javascript code allows that page to open up the UPlay software and load seemingly any code it wants onto your PC.
Ubisoft stays on my "do not buy" list. It's already bad enough that they force you to stay constantly online for something as simple as playing a game, but adding browser plugins and who knows what else to the system is just turning it into crapware. No thanks.