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nProtect GameGuard
nProtect GameGuard logo
Developer(s)INCA Internet Co., Ltd.
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
Available inC++
TypeAnti-cheating
LicenseProprietary
Websitegameguard.nprotect.com

nProtect GameGuard (sometimes called GG) is an anti-cheating software developed by INCA Internet. It is installed alongside many Asian massively multiplayer online roleplaying games (MMORPGs) such as Lineage II, 9Dragons, Cabal Online, Phantasy Star Universe, GunZ: The Duel, Flyff, PangYa and Ragnarok Online to block malicious applications and common methods of cheating. nProtect GameGuard provides B2B2C (Business to Business to Consumer) security services for online game companies and portal sites.

GameGuard hides the game application process, monitors the entire memory range, terminates applications defined by the game vendor and INCA Internet to be cheats (QIP for example), blocks certain calls to DirectX functions and Windows APIs, and auto-updates itself to change as new threats surface.

GameGuard possesses a database on game hacks based on security references from more than 260 game clients. Some editions of GameGuard are now bundled with INCA Internet's Tachyon anti-virus/anti-spyware library, and others with nProtect KeyCrypt, an anti-keylogger software that protects the keyboard input information.

System requirements

Operating System Processor (CPU) RAM First library drive
Requirements Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Seven Intel Pentium 133 MHz or higher (or equivalent) 32 MB Minimum 1.2M Maximum

Windows 7

GameGuard was not compatible with Windows 7 RTM (Build 7600) - it ends up in "Error Initializing (0)", so games using GameGuard also didn't work with Windows 7. Most games have updated their GameGuard to be Windows 7 compatible.

Games that use GameGuard

Criticisms

GameGuard is bundled along with commercial games. Users are not informed ahead of time nor given the choice during game installation to accept or decline the installation of GameGuard onto their computers. This practice is similar to Sony placing a rootkit onto their music CDs without user permission.

GameGuard is noted to be in conflict with other programs and softwares. Several GameGuard vulnerabilities could be exploited by malicious codes. It was reported to function very similar to rootkits and still leaves hidden files behind when the commercial software it was bundled with was uninstalled. Furthermore, GameGuard itself does not come with an uninstall program. GameGuard was reported to prevent users from running Google Chrome when the game is active (because Google Chrome creates new process for every new tab). Even with games that GameGuard is supposed to protect, at times it prevented the game from launching and users must manually fix the error on their own computers. Other games that experienced conflict with GameGuard in the past includes Mabinogi, Monster Hunter Frontier, Phantasy Star Universe, Aion: The Tower of Eternity, Talesrunner, Crazy Arcade, Counter-Strike Online, and Crazyracing Kartrider. Some of these games replaced GameGuard with HackShield. Crazy Arcade substituted GameGuard with HackShield on April 8, 2009. Crazyracing Kartrider replaced GameGuard on April 17, 2009. Counter-Strike Online made the switch on April 22, 2009. Taiwan version of Maple Story changed to HackShield on April 28, 2009. Talesrunner switched over to HackShield on October 14, 2009.

References

  1. http://global.nprotect.com/product/gg.php
  2. nProtect GameGuard Advisory
  3. http://na.aiononline.com/en/news/aion-launch-version-1.html
  4. http://wwww.garena.com
  5. ^ "partner.htm". INCA Internet Co., Ltd. Retrieved 27 August 2007.
  6. "GameGuard distribution with aion likely illegal in north america". 2009-09-17.
  7. "nProtect Gameguard npptnt2.vxd Unrestricted I/O Vulnerability". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help)
  8. "INCA nProtect Gameguard Unprivileged Arbitrary Read/Write Access Vulnerability". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help)
  9. "How Do I Uninstall Nprotect Game Guard?". 2009-07-09.
  10. "Google Chrome is Hack?!". 2010-04-05.
  11. "2007年4月14日 GameGuard 更新問題公告 (Announcements regarding GameGuard update on April 14, 2007)" (in Chinese). 2007-04-15.
  12. {{cite web |url=http://tw.maplestory.gamania.com/BullentinDetail.aspx?id=3443 |title=2007年12月20日 GameGuard 更新問題公告 (Announcements regarding GameGuard update on December 20, 2007) |date=2007-12-20
  13. "nProtect GameGuardバージョン変更のお知らせ". 2007-08-17.
  14. "Aion: Say goodbye to GameGuard (for now...)". 2009-09-18.
  15. "《0409 伺服器程式更新及開放公告》" (in Chinese). 2009-04-08.
  16. "HackShield防駭軟體上線公告" (in Chinese). 2009-04-17.
  17. "0422HackShield更新公告" (in Chinese). {{cite web}}: Text "date-2009-04-22" ignored (help)
  18. "2009年4月28日楓之谷V092更新公告". 2009-04-28.

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