HACKER just crashed my game?

[bigmanting]

I said how hackers ruined my fun, then this guy teleported me, my game crashed, but as it crashed i saw something saying "changing or modifying settings in game can cause connection issues" should i be worried? could this be something else like a virus, and is it possible to give a virus through a GTA mod?

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Escrito originalmente por Gaius Marius:

They aren't hacks. They are downloaded modified scripts.

okay well i shouldnt worry? does this happen alot?

[Agent Janek]

I think you just met one of few people who doing that, most of modders doing stupid things like spawning planes/boats or money .. try play on some servers and you see if something is off

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Escrito originalmente por Johny(SVK):

I think you just met one of few people who doing that, most of modders doing stupid things like spawning planes/boats or money .. try play on some servers and you see if something is off

so could i have a virus? or am i safe? i scanned with mbam

[luigistyle]

Escrito originalmente por UnDeRsTaNdAbLe:

i saw something saying "changing or modifying settings in game can cause connection issues" should i be worried? could this be something else like a virus, and is it possible to give a virus through a GTA mod?

This isn't a virus. When you change certain graphics settings in-game, you get this message. If you're running on a low-end PC, then perhaps the hacker changed your graphics settings to max to make your FPS drop.

[Leeric]

Escrito originalmente por UnDeRsTaNdAbLe:

Escrito originalmente por Johny(SVK):

I think you just met one of few people who doing that, most of modders doing stupid things like spawning planes/boats or money .. try play on some servers and you see if something is off

so could i have a virus? or am i safe? i scanned with mbam

You wont get a vrius from GTA Online bro. As Luigi said, its just a message you get when you change settings. Its possible the mod menu can force that warning to pop up.

I dont think they can change your setting though. Did they change? Sometimes a crash will change your settings, its happened to me before when my computer had windows 10 issues.

Your setting file can also be corrupted by updates, or could have been corrupted all along and the crash prompted that corruption.

Either way, though, no virus.

[luigistyle]

Escrito originalmente por Leeric:

Escrito originalmente por UnDeRsTaNdAbLe:

so could i have a virus? or am i safe? i scanned with mbam

You wont get a vrius from GTA Online bro. As Luigi said, its just a message you get when you change settings. Its possible the mod menu can force that warning to pop up.

I dont think they can change your setting though. Did they change? Sometimes a crash will change your settings, its happened to me before when my computer had windows 10 issues.

Your setting file can also be corrupted by updates, or could have been corrupted all along and the crash prompted that corruption.

Either way, though, no virus.

This. Though I have heard that modders are "evolving".

[Leeric]

Escrito originalmente por luigistyle 2:

Escrito originalmente por Leeric:

You wont get a vrius from GTA Online bro. As Luigi said, its just a message you get when you change settings. Its possible the mod menu can force that warning to pop up.

I dont think they can change your setting though. Did they change? Sometimes a crash will change your settings, its happened to me before when my computer had windows 10 issues.

Your setting file can also be corrupted by updates, or could have been corrupted all along and the crash prompted that corruption.

Either way, though, no virus.

This. Though I have heard that modders are "evolving".

They are, thats for sure, I dont think a virus will ever be possible but im not an expert.

[Sairek Ceareste]

When you play GTA V Online, you are not connected directly to other players. You connect to a online server owned by Rockstar.

This means that in order for you to even have a chance to get a virus, they would have to infect the Rockstar servers themselves, which is pretty much impossible.

The only way someone could infect your PC in such a direct way would be to hack it, and if anyone were to do that, it would not be from a modding tool from GTA V. Most of the people who cheat on GTA V are known as "script kiddies". Almost every single cheater in GTA V are not real "hackers". It's the equivilent to saying using a gameshark on a game inside a console in the old days was "hacking". Downloading a cheaty modification in your game a hacker does not make.


I would really strongly recommend you do a little bit of research on what viruses/malware is, and how one actually gets infected by the kind of viruses/malware like you are concerned about. It would give you ease of mind (probably) while at the same time giving you information so you know on what to really watch out for. Common sense is after all, the most effective and free "anti virus" there is.

And as a pro tip from me personally, always keep back ups of your data. Upload your most important things on a cloud, or on a USB stick/portable hard drive that is only connected to the system when you are backing up stuff only. That way, even if something goes terribly wrong, you will always have those back ups to restore all of your important data.

[Herger Joyous]

Escrito originalmente por Sairek Ceareste:

When you play GTA V Online, you are not connected directly to other players. You connect to a online server owned by Rockstar.

Ummm.. The servers are P2P.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GrandTheftAutoV_PC/comments/3889vn/does_rockstar_actually_run_servers_or_is_it_p2p/

[Sairek Ceareste]

Escrito originalmente por Cesare Borgia:

Escrito originalmente por Sairek Ceareste:

When you play GTA V Online, you are not connected directly to other players. You connect to a online server owned by Rockstar.

Ummm.. The servers are P2P.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GrandTheftAutoV_PC/comments/3889vn/does_rockstar_actually_run_servers_or_is_it_p2p/

It's a P2P set up but it's not "pure P2P". Players are still required to connect to a matchmaking server, and all game actions they do still go through to that server for validation before being received by the other players in the game (an authoritative server which determines what is happening in the game).

This is why cheating is easy to do in GTA V, but also easy to detect. And is no real way for someone to hack into your computer and upload you a virus through the actual game itself.

I won't pretend to be an expert on the field, because I'm not. But I know enough that getting a virus in this kind of environment is a non-issue. IF it were that possible, the news of how dangerous it would be to play GTA V (and basically every other game that used similar online interactions) would be all over the place and games simply would not be using this method of interaction long ago.

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Escrito originalmente por Sairek Ceareste:

Escrito originalmente por Cesare Borgia:

Ummm.. The servers are P2P.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GrandTheftAutoV_PC/comments/3889vn/does_rockstar_actually_run_servers_or_is_it_p2p/

It's a P2P set up but it's not "pure P2P". Players are still required to connect to a matchmaking server, and all game actions they do still go through to that server for validation before being received by the other players in the game (an authoritative server which determines what is happening in the game).

This is why cheating is easy to do in GTA V, but also easy to detect. And is no real way for someone to hack into your computer and upload you a virus through the actual game itself.

I won't pretend to be an expert on the field, because I'm not. But I know enough that getting a virus in this kind of environment is a non-issue. IF it were that possible, the news of how dangerous it would be to play GTA V (and basically every other game that used similar online interactions) would be all over the place and games simply would not be using this method of interaction long ago.

okay, thanks. ive always been worried about viruses (hasnt everybody) but it gets stupid sometimes