Steam News9 April 20262mo ago

Project Zomboid bans rogue mods deploying "malicious code" to players' PCs

Project Zomboid developer The Indie Stone has confirmed that it has identified and taken action against a series of mods for the zombie game that were "creating malicious files outside of the Project Zomboid directory.

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addedProject Zomboid developer The Indie Stone has confirmed that it has identified and taken action against a series of mods for the zombie game that were "creating malicious files outside of the Project Zomboid directory." The mods in question were add-ons for the popular 'True Moozic' soundtrack expander and were unrelated to its original creator. They have been removed from the Steam Workshop and the perpetrator has been banned, but The Indie Stone encourages anyone who thinks they might have been affected to take action.

Project Zomboid developer The Indie Stone has confirmed that it has identified and taken action against a series of mods for the zombie game that were "creating malicious files outside of the Project Zomboid directory." The mods in question were add-ons for the popular 'True Moozic' soundtrack expander and were unrelated to its original creator. They have been removed from the Steam Workshop and the perpetrator has been banned, but The Indie Stone encourages anyone who thinks they might have been affected to take action.

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