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Old 10-19-2015, 10:28 AM
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Exclamation RMTers discuss P1999 dsetup.dll "includes some NSA-level intrusive scans on your PC"

So I ran across this post over on RandomRMTSite_01 and I am more than a little concerned about this. While there is no evidence presented, it does beg the question of precisely how the mod staff catches MQers and RMT peddlers so efficiently.

If any of this turns out to be true it would an very serious breach of privacy and borderline criminal. I've never engaged in cheating or RMT but I know I have checked my bank account, mortgage information, medical records, and many other sensitive websites while Project 1999 was open.

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We are 99% certain that the P99 staff are lying to players about their RMT detection methods. Last month, it was "Your seller is ratting you out!" as seen here:
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This month the GM's are claiming, "we have a moderator on RandomRMTSite_01 who can see your ip!!"

After extensive research, I can see why they'd want to create new lies each month.

Only two people on RandomRMTSite_01 are given access to your IP information. Maskoi and myself. Neither of us play on P99, but we appreciate the community you guys have built here and are going to support you 100%. Also, moderators cannot see IP's, and beyond that, the bazaar has no moderators! Hard for "moderators to see ur ip!!!!!!" when they don't exist.

But because I'm a paranoid nutter and I respect the talent behind P99, I made everyone take their accusation seriously. Even though moderators don't have access to IP information, we immediately worried that our server was compromised, so we scoured our logs for any signs of IP access and found nothing. We double checked for server exploits, shells, rootkits, etc. and found nothing. I personally spent two days going over a 3GB mysql log BY HAND for any signs of anomolies. There has been no outside access.

Here's what we've discovered from reverse engineering: P99's dsetup.dll actively scans your PC. For exactly what, we can't say, but we have cracked a couple mysteries:

1) It includes some NSA-level intrusive scans on your PC.
2) P99 GM's have full access to every window title and URL you have open.

I've updated our safety thread in accordance with these discoveries. Please log off p99 before visiting Redguides, or use a different PC or your phone.

We barely cover costs from giving P99 players a home here, but you guys have done a great job building a community and we want to protect your hard work from these psychos. If there's anything we can do to make you safer from scammers, GM's and other scum, please let us know.
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Old 10-19-2015, 10:36 AM
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Old 10-19-2015, 03:15 PM
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So glad everyone believes what they read on the internet.

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Old 10-19-2015, 03:20 PM
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Old 10-19-2015, 03:21 PM
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So glad everyone believes what they read on the internet.

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do you not see the irony in your comment
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Old 10-19-2015, 03:22 PM
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Gotta love when people think they know what they are seeing in the code but are just plain bad/lying.
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Old 10-19-2015, 03:23 PM
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Old 10-19-2015, 03:28 PM
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do you not see the irony in your comment
Hahah touche.

Though this isn't new, this comes up often, the answer is the same every time.
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Old 10-19-2015, 03:30 PM
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So glad everyone believes what they read on the internet.

For an official comment, please see https://www.reddit.com/r/project1999...ograms/cw5bqjv
Do you not see why folks would be especially cautious of a modified aging game client that can be used to see private information? It isn't like it is something that is out of the question. It is a very real possibility and most players here do not know any of the P1999 staff, so what assurance would we have that they are acting in good faith?

I understand the tediousness of explaining it as Rogean did, but suspending my post until damage control was put up and then coming at this with snark is an awful way to go about things wouldn't you say?
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Old 10-19-2015, 03:34 PM
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Rogean is telling the truth.
You guys are morons.

Dump the DLL and reverse it yourself if you're so concerned. I know what it does and I am not concerned.

The only reason fearmongering happened was when I threw a tantrum a few years back - similar to what this ex-Guide is doing - and then I realized it was more important to just be honest and none of this is an issue and I am posting here once again in topics.

Rogean made a post years ago - confronting me on my false accusations - which sums this up:

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What's funny is Secrets continues to claim he knows what the dsetup.dll does and how it works, when he never saw the code for it. People think that he helped me write it.. the only thing he helped with was coming up with the implementation of getting it into the process. As far as what it does.. I can tell you for a fact it does not collect information about processes unless they directly access Everquest memory space.
Redguides is following the same fearmongering steps I did and it appears as though it's working.

And which one of you fucks on Facebook is named "Clayton" and why do you think you're important?
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