Fortnite players looking for an easy way to get a leg-up may want to think twice about how they do it. Game streaming service Rainway detailed in a blog post today how “tens of thousands” of players downloaded an app that infected their machines with a virus.
The app in question promised to freely generate V-bucks (Fortnite’s in-game currency) while also delivering an aimbot that would give players an unfair advantage in firefights. Instead, it delivered a “man-in-the-middle” attack that altered webpage requests on users’ PCs by adding in tags for an ad service called Adtelligent.
Source: IGN.com Thousands of Fortnite Players Downloaded a Virus-Filled V-Bucks App