There’s panic in the world of flight simulators, with a controversial developer threatening legal action against reddit of all places.
The story revolves around Flight Sim Labs, Ltd., a flight sim aircraft developer recently found to have put malware into a virtual airbus, and a couple of messages sent to the moderators of /r/flightsim threatening legal action over a discussion thread.
The thread in question was posted by redditor walkday, who noticed the latest installer of Flight Sim Labs’ A320X aircraft inserted two cmdhost.exe files under “system32” and “SysWOW64” of their Windows directory. Removing them prevented the A320X from loading. As you’d expect, users expressed concern that a developer’s .exe file put something in their Windows directory, which you’re supposed to stay well away from unless you want your computer to start breathing heavily indeed.
Source: Eurogamer Panic at 30,000 virtual feet