Need help, something called Raptr?

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Fuchsteufelswild Aug 19, 2015 @ 2:14pm

So my computer once found some kind of a virus, i deleted it and everything is ok, but when i turned it off for a second it showed some Raptr error, it happened a few more times when i shut my computer off but it disappeared, so while I was playing a game, i minimized it over task manager, and i saw 3 processes from raptr, i clicked properties and it turned out to be some sort of a program, i googled and it turned out to be a gaming program or something like that, i deleted it when i went control panel-programs and features and removed it from my pc, then i heard that they are spying or something? I just want to know am i safe now and was i in danger before, does it steal data or?

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Fuchsteufelswild Aug 19, 2015 @ 2:36pm

help me, anyone?

Fuchsteufelswild Aug 19, 2015 @ 3:15pm

but it seems i had it for some time, but would i notice if it stole some information?

Fuchsteufelswild Aug 19, 2015 @ 3:31pm

but the thing is i never installed raptr nor i used it, it just appeared

Spawn of Totoro Aug 19, 2015 @ 3:34pm

Originally posted by --Glorious Doge--:
but the thing is i never installed raptr nor i used it, it just appeared

It may have installed with other software. I know AMD's video card software includes Raptr in it. Do you have, or did you have, an AMD card of some kind?

Fuchsteufelswild Aug 19, 2015 @ 3:35pm

I have an AMD graphics card, an AMD processor too

Spawn of Totoro Aug 19, 2015 @ 3:54pm

Originally posted by --Glorious Doge--:
I have an AMD graphics card, an AMD processor too

That is probebly where it came from then.

Fuchsteufelswild Aug 20, 2015 @ 12:59am

So probably nothing is stolen? And I am not in danger anymore?

76561197962467768 Aug 20, 2015 @ 2:03am

Raptr is harmless. It's a game tracking app, much like Xfire, in fact it's built by the same guys (for the most part after they sold Xfire to Viacom and founded Raptr).
They partnered up with AMD and branded the app with "gaming evolved" and slapped it into some default AMD driver software and other AMD programs.
And a while back they indeed had a security breach, but that has been addressed (as far as I know). So yeah, you should be save.
The processes are:
- Raptr client
- Raptr IM service (which is as good as not functioning these days, but in theory it allowed you to cross IM chat over MSN [dead], Facebook [never worked properly], XBox live [see facebook and only worked if you had a gold sub])
- Raptr Video Recording (not sure how well that works, since I abandoned ship a few years ago and haven't used that because they didn't have it yet).