I've Heard some things about gjagent

[smartest indiana resident]

ive heard that gjagent hides itself in many of your files and is extremely hard to delete along with it being annoying. from what I know this is false becasue gjagent is in 1 application file and it never even says a word to me. Is war thunder bugging and not annoying me or are those claims false?

[jr83]

Originally posted by Geese:

ive heard that gjagent hides itself in many of your files and is extremely hard to delete along with it being annoying. from what I know this is false becasue gjagent is in 1 application file and it never even says a word to me. Is war thunder bugging and not annoying me or are those claims false?

They're false. It's a straightforward program easily removed by anyone with a basic understanding on how to completely remove any other normal program. It's just hysterics. I've uninstalled it and War Thunder altogether many times.

[smartest indiana resident]

Originally posted by jr83:

Originally posted by Geese:

ive heard that gjagent hides itself in many of your files and is extremely hard to delete along with it being annoying. from what I know this is false becasue gjagent is in 1 application file and it never even says a word to me. Is war thunder bugging and not annoying me or are those claims false?

They're false. It's a straightforward program easily removed by anyone with a basic understanding on how to completely remove any other normal program. It's just hysterics. I've uninstalled it and War Thunder altogether many times.

thx because people on reddit keep talking about how gjagent keeps disturbing them while there toing work and how it buries itself in files. i trust someone who is a part of the community way more than some random user on reddit

[jr83]

Originally posted by Geese:

Originally posted by jr83:

They're false. It's a straightforward program easily removed by anyone with a basic understanding on how to completely remove any other normal program. It's just hysterics. I've uninstalled it and War Thunder altogether many times.

thx because people on reddit keep talking about how gjagent keeps disturbing them while there toing work and how it buries itself in files. i trust someone who is a part of the community way more than some random user on reddit

That just sounds ridiculous. Don't worry about it.

[uɐɐılʎʇs]

main issues people have is that sometimes the option on launcher to not have it didnt work, it used to reinstall itself on major updates, no uninstaller for it and no schedule for download, so could cause lag during other gameplay when it decided to download updates. Some antivirus programs would red flag it.

Just badly handled/implemented. Was never hard to stop it for anyone with a clue. But even if it was handled well people are always looking for more excuses to hate the game/devs.

[jr83]

Originally posted by uɐɐılʎʇs:

main issues people have is that sometimes the option on launcher to not have it didnt work, it used to reinstall itself on major updates, no uninstaller for it and no schedule for download, so could cause lag during other gameplay when it decided to download updates. Some antivirus programs would red flag it.

Just badly handled/implemented. Was never hard to stop it for anyone with a clue. But even if it was handled well people are always looking for more excuses to hate the game/devs.

Well said. I do recall it would reinstall itself when War Thunder would update but that was hardly a reason for people to go nuts and call it malware or worse when they would claim it was some Russian government conspiracy thing. When Gaijin Agent was new it had growing pains and people would say the craziest things; fortunately that all seems to have died down.

[kongol36]

no its just crappy work for a money grab..

[jr83]

Originally posted by kongol36:

no its just crappy work for a money grab..

Please explain how the Gaijin Launcher agent is a moneygrab? Did you have to pay to get it? That would be weird because you'd have been the only one.

[Slyke]

It's a normal program, although the very thinking process behind its functions is a relic of the past. Many launchers were like that back in 2005-10. Nevertheless, it's easily removed (like any other program) or disabled (just uncheck the "automatic updates" function).

[smartest indiana resident]

k thanks yall

[Ponto]

Originally posted by jr83:

Originally posted by kongol36:

no its just crappy work for a money grab..

Please explain how the Gaijin Launcher agent is a moneygrab? Did you have to pay to get it? That would be weird because you'd have been the only one.

No explanation forthcoming since remarks like that originate from complete ignorance.

[smartest indiana resident]

Originally posted by kongol36:

no its just crappy work for a money grab..

do you are have the stupid

[`RV|Pride]

i think its the solo launcher that thing is broken or atleast for me. but the steam launcher works gijin needs to fix some ♥♥♥♥ with their standalone launcher.

[jr83]

Originally posted by Geese:

Originally posted by kongol36:

no its just crappy work for a money grab..

do you are have the stupid

lol

[hsf_]

There have been instances in the past where developers of software have included some hidden stuff.

The best example I can give for this is the ESEA anti-cheat client, which included bitcoin mining software.
https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/2/4292672/esea-gaming-network-bitcoin-botnet

[FizzyElf]

Originally posted by Geese:

Originally posted by kongol36:

no its just crappy work for a money grab..

do you are have the stupid

I think Geese drank the Koolaid.