Genshin Impact developer, who has a significant audience in the game world, put the players at great risk with his cheat protection decision. The new cheat protection makes the system vulnerable to malware.
Danger of Genshin Impact
We see solutions like EasyAntiCheat and BattlEye for cheat protection in many games today, but Genshin Impact has chosen to develop a solution itself. MiHoyo developer has integrated a special solution defined as mhyprot2.sys into the game.
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However, research by TrendMicro shows that the software works like a driver and is validated at the kernel level. This causes cyber attackers to easily bypass the protection measures by being involved in this process.
After intruding, the attackers install fake AVG anti-virus software on the system, which in turn injects ransomware into the system. It can also infect other computers connected to the network, if any.
There is no explanation from the developer about what to do with this file yet. It is not known how to get rid of this situation because it is a cheat protection system. Users are advised to watch the aforementioned file and follow the downloads. So Genshin Impact has turned into a nightmare.
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