Ubisoft's uPlay Has a Security Hole. Here's How You Can Fix It. [Update]

Ubisoft has caught a u31.com เข้าสู่ระบบ lot of flak from PC gamers over their uPlay system, online-authentication DRM that most recently came to attention for being unavailable at exactly the wrong time. https://kotaku.com/ubisofts-uplay-is-down-for-everyone-not-just-you-5926143 As it now turns out, uPlay is not only inconvenient to gamers, but it u31 ทางเข้า also comes u31 เข้าสู่ระบบ with an insecure, exploitable browser plugin. Rock Paper Shotgun reports that the browser extension has a big fat hole in it that allows remote users to access and exploit a system. Malicious users can then install programs, or open, access, and delete files already on the PC. Happily, as the exploit is in a browser extension, it’s pretty simple for most PC gamers to disable on their own: Firefox: Tools – Add-ons – Plugins – Disable the Uplay and Uplay PC Hub plugins Chrome: Visit about:plugins and disable Opera: Settings – Preferences – Advanced – Downloads – Search “Uplay”, delete And for those using Internet Explorer, Microsoft has detailed instructions on how to disable browser add-ons.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"5930065","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"uncategorized","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"uncategorized","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Players who have ever installed an Ubisoft game on their PC may want to double-check their browsers to look for and disable the uPlay extensions until a fix is announced. Update: Ubisoft has released a patch. They recommend all users either update their uPlay client without a browser open, or download the new, patch-included version of the client from uplay.com. Warning: Big Security Risk In Some Ubisoft PC Games [Rock, Paper, Shotgun]