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Topic: Stolen Plugins?

kronikjames Posts: 5,336 Registered: Sep 4, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 5,294 User ID: 963,511	Subject: Stolen Plugins?
	I was looking for House Keeper today with no luck but as i was doing it i found this site http://portalsplace.leafcull.net/ which has several plugins on it. after dl and installing them i noticed they are suspiciously similar to Lifetank and craft bot...did someone steal these and rebrand them as their own? or what the hell is going on here? -----signature----- EvilKronik quester in AC! I am Jack's... complete lack of surprise. A lie is only a lie if you know the truth! Kronik Dead Head Xbow in progress "Bring me some Stout already, meat puppet!"
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RoogonII Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Stolen Plugins?
	Yes, IMHO they are. Search this forum further and you will find plenty written on the subject. http://vnboards.ign.com/ac_utilities/b5432/114152057/r114156611/ -----signature-----
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yaroz_vn Posts: 12,255 Registered: Jun 30, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 12,168 User ID: 693,371	Subject: Stolen Plugins?
	Yes, he took open source plugins and changed some strings inside of them, with no other change to functionality, and passed them off as his own. He was about to do that with CastAway until I notified Maddy about what he does. One of them even included some keystroke recording code if I remember correctly. -----signature----- Proud member of The Knights of Fortune Mr Adventure - Lil' Pew - Da Noob - Qar Yaroz - Yanno http://www.fortunesway.com
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kronikjames Posts: 5,336 Registered: Sep 4, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 5,294 User ID: 963,511	Subject: Stolen Plugins?
	yaroz_vn posted: Yes, he took open source plugins and changed some strings inside of them, with no other change to functionality, and passed them off as his own. He was about to do that with CastAway until I notified Maddy about what he does. One of them even included some keystroke recording code if I remember correctly. scarry stuff man -----signature----- EvilKronik quester in AC! I am Jack's... complete lack of surprise. A lie is only a lie if you know the truth! Kronik Dead Head Xbow in progress "Bring me some Stout already, meat puppet!"
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Ball-Cruncher Posts: 5,871 Registered: Aug 28, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 5,860 User ID: 961,024	Subject: Stolen Plugins?
	From what I remember, this guy was shut down just about anywhere he posted links because his plugins had keyloggers/trojans. I remember the Wiki plugin page deleted any links to his plugins. Shady guy. Would def never install anything from him. -----signature----- T C M In-Game as Bluballz or Vash
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Maglett_of_FF Posts: 4,986 Registered: May 17, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 4,900 User ID: 680,348	Subject: Stolen Plugins?
	James, I advise you do a serious set of virus scans if you installed any of that rat-B*s mangled version of plug-ins. -----signature----- Edits are for spelling :^) Trophy Compendium http://vnboards.ign.com/message.asp?topic=90389010 /a Devil's Saint says, "what we teach our Children we become" June 3, 2008
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