Illegal downloaders of a recently released Japanese erotic game are running into malware that gathers their personal information and uploads it to a website.

A pirated version of the game Cross Days is causing the mayhem, according to [URL=http://torrentfreak.com/fake-game-installer-punishes-pirates-via-epic-privacy-breach-100323/]a story on Torrent Freak[/URL]. Those downloading a certain illegal version of the game run a program that appears to be an installer, but turns out to be a Trojan, which grabs the user’s IP address. The virus then presents some kind of survey, which further mines more personal information from the user. All the data, along with a screenshot of the pirate’s desktop, is then uploaded to a website.

Those who had their information uploaded can have it removed from the site it has been posted to, [URL=http://www.japanator.com/wait-pirates-that-cross-days-download-is-a-trap--14143.phtml]states the site Japanator[/URL], but users must admit that they tried to steal the game (by clicking a button).
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