Flight Sim Labs' $100 jet DLC was loaded with password-stealing DRM

Flight Sim Labs make premium add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Lockheed Martin’s Prepar3D software. With prices on individual planes coming near - and exceeding - $100, it’s probably no surprise that some players have taken to pirating these digital jets. More surprising is the fact that Flight Sim Labs loaded their add-ons with DRM that has the power to steal passwords in an effort to thwart these pirates.

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A user on Reddit noted a suspicious file coming with the installer for the A320-X jet airliner called “text.exe,” which is listed as a Chrome password dump tool. He tells Rock, Paper, Shotgun that he “was keen to understand why exactly the installation package was triggering antivirus alerts so often.”

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