Kako je fino kada se fanovi skupe i naprave remake svoje omiljene igre, a još je “finije” kada originalni developer da blagoslov za takvo nešto. Sonic 2 HD razvijen je od strane entuzijasta koji se skrivaju iza imena “Sonic 2 HD Project” (nema što, inventivno) i donosi kompletno Sonic 2 iskustvo u visokoj rezoluciji. A kao šlag na tortu, sve to je dostupno potpuno besplatno.

No, ono što nije fino jest skriveni keylogging dio koda u samoj igri i uzrokuje (s opravdanim razlogom) da antivirusni programi vrište na sve strane da smo izloženi opasnosti. Premda nas dečki i cure uvjeravaju da nema nikakvih skrivenih namjera i da nisu skupljali passworde i slične podatke s naših računala naviknuti smo puhati i na hladno.

Ovo je bacilo veliku ljagu na nešto što je trebalo biti poklon svim fanovima Sonica. Developeri iza ovog projekta su izbacili službeni komentar na novonastalu situaciju kojeg prenosimo u cijelosti:

  Earlier today, I was contacted by a professional antivirus employee who was interested in why Sonic 2 HD consistently popped up as a threat by multiple antivirus software programs and did some investigation. His results showed that a keylogger is part of the Sonic 2 HD software. After receiving this notification, we conducted our own independent tests and found that there is indeed a keylogging program as part of the Sonic 2 HD alpha software.

I want to emphasize that at this time, we have found no evidence that the software has been “phoning home” any data-only that we have found the capability exists.

Because this vulnerability has been found, we are strongly advising that the software be removed. You will need to delete the files included with the Sonic 2 HD zip, as well as the registry keys hooked at HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/NakaSMK (if you are unfamiliar on how to do this, go to Start->Run.., type regedit, follow the folder path, and then delete the NakaSMK folder.)

We will have more information on the situation as it evolves.

Hmh, sve je to fino i krasno ali “nismo ništa majke mi” nam ne zvuči kao neko kvalitetno objašnjenje. Na Sonic 2 HD stranici i dalje stoji “tvrdnja” da ono što vaš antivirus detektira nije nikakva prijetnja, kog oni sad tu prave blesavim pitamo se mi zajedno s vama? Ko tu koga? 🙂