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Subject: Halo CE
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I have notice that the maps that i download come out as virus when i run my viruses scan. Does someone know why?



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  • 04.28.2006 6:51 PM PDT
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yea, even though i may not know much about CE, i dont trust it. i also dont trust the player made maps and the mods for it...

  • 04.28.2006 6:56 PM PDT

They shouldn't...try downloading from halomaps.org. They have better selection then most and all their files are clean, as far as a I know.

PS: The mods are not in any way illegal, and they are not meant to be used for cheating. They can't be even if you want to. The mods affect everyone on a map and server, and are usually built into the maps. The maps themselves are amazing in quality (for the most part) and I have yet to contract a single virus from a .map file I downloaded.

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  • 04.28.2006 6:58 PM PDT
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Hm...have you tried downloading, like Anonymous suggested, from a reliable source such as Halomaps?

Also, I would delete those maps that come up as "having a virus," since they prolly do have a virus after all. Don't hesitate in deleting those suckers, then re-download them from a different source.

  • 04.28.2006 7:18 PM PDT
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Duh, gee. Ever occur to you people that the maps at Halomaps might be dangerous? Like the Hyrule Field one I tried to warn people about, that everybody ignored? READ CLOSELY:

CUSTOM MAPS CAN CONTAIN TROJAN HORSES AND VIRUSES

Got it? All these anonymous coders and mappers in the "community" are just as capable of screwing you over as any other computer junkie online. If you want to run that risk, it's your head.

  • 04.28.2006 9:34 PM PDT
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I did download from halomaps and thats were i got Halo CE

  • 04.28.2006 10:26 PM PDT
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I hardly ever download custom made maps due to the fact that i hardly play Halo CE. Although i do have it installed on my computer but that's just for my editing purpouses like if i'm making a map.

I only tend to download the really good looking maps any way because why spend a long time making a map like that just to give somebody a trojan horse? I know that looks can be deadly in that respect but i don't see the point really.

  • 04.29.2006 5:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: n357
Duh, gee. Ever occur to you people that the maps at Halomaps might be dangerous? Like the Hyrule Field one I tried to warn people about, that everybody ignored? READ CLOSELY:

CUSTOM MAPS CAN CONTAIN TROJAN HORSES AND VIRUSES

Got it? All these anonymous coders and mappers in the "community" are just as capable of screwing you over as any other computer junkie online. If you want to run that risk, it's your head.


Node, please let this drop. You dont know what you are talking about. There is no trojan horse in Hyrule Field. A mapper can't put any virus in a map. That is done in a different way, and in 99% of the cases, not done by the map maker. Hyrule Field only allows the map maker to take control of halo CE servers playing that map. That may sound nasty, but he can't really do anything worse than close the server. There is no way to "code" a virus into a map, and unless you download another program with the map, the map itself is not at fault for viruses.

You are paranoid, good day.

  • 04.29.2006 11:22 AM PDT