Today's source code leak opens the possibility of similar attacks against CS:GO and TF2 however, exploits may take some time to develop and Valve may easily counteract them with game updates, since both games are still actively maintained. At the time, Dr.Web said that almost 39% of all CS 1.6 multiplayer servers contained malicious code that tried to infect users with malware.
First of all you're going to need to fire up your fastest dial-up connection and click on the download. This means that usage of this software will not and cannot directly impact your Team Fortress 2 game or items. In March 2019, Russian antivirus firm Dr.Web published a report about hackers were using a zero-day vulnerability in the Counter-Strike 1.6 game to infect users with the Belonard malware. TF2 Classic runs separate from your Team Fortress install. However, despite Valve's reassurances that players are safe to play the two games, this may not be the case for long.Īccess to a game's source code always makes exploit development much easier, and players are right to warn each other - although this may not be an immediate threat, right now, but something they need to keep in mind in the coming weeks or months.Īttacks were hackers used game servers to infect gamers with malware have happened before.
