To document best practice in completely uninstalling GShade from a user's PC.The intended purpose of this post is twofold:
This did nothing to assuage the community, which is demanding the dev make the software open source so they can verify the veracity of his statement for themselves.
The community went ballistic after this came to light, and the dev issued a statement apologizing and assuring everyone that the malware had been removed. The effect of the malware was to forcibly reboot or shut down a user's PC under certain conditions (ex. The TLDR as I understand it: the developer of GShade inserted malware into a recent software update in an effort to counter some other developer who'd developed their own fork of GShade (EDIT: Not actually a fork, but the distinction isn't relevant).
This falls outside the intended purpose of this subreddit, but with such a large portion of the playerbase affected, I thought it made sense to collate information as it emerges with regard to recent developments concerning GShade, as the GPOSERS Discord server is currently a fast-scrolling unreadable shitshow of hysteria. Please read the Big Post for more information.Īlso because of the nature of this sub, spoilers might happen, be prepared. Exceptions may be considered in cases of extreme controversy. Disagreement shouldn't mean confrontationĨ - No harassment, brigading or witch-hunt will be toleratedĩ - Low effort threads and comments are subject to removalġ0 - Unofficial Audio/Video content longer than 2 minutes needs a text summary in the postġ1 - Spoiler tags are required for content within 2 weeks of its releaseġ2 - Discussion about FFXIV communities and community figures should remain focused on their relationship with FFXIV. FFXIV Discussion is a place to talk about the video game Final Fantasy XIV.ĥ - NSFW content modded or otherwise isn't allowed, the sub is here to provoke discussion, not boners.Ħ - Don't be an asshole.
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