Malware bundled with free "Trackmania Nations" game

[Tek7 (Legacy)]

We’re not here to point fingers or lay blame, because we all make mistakes. However, over the weekend, a few gaming sites posted on Trackmania Nations and even told their readers to download it. Prize money was even dangled for the online “free” competition. Thing is, the game is infested with malware.

The anti-PC copy protection site Boycott Starforce has listed Trackmania Nations as a game that carries Starforce (see Luke’s post below). Starforce is hidden and installs without the user’s consent or knowledge. These unwanted drivers are even linked to system instability and computer crashes. Yuck.

Source: Do NOT Download This Game!, Kotaku

 

[Talon]

You cannot remove it by just uninstalling or disabling it in hardware manager, I tried, it self installs on reboot. You have to use this which is offered by the same company that released the malware program to remove it. It did the trick for me, but we will see what else it either installed or left behind.