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Malicous Script Mods and Malware

January 2024 Incident Beginning as early as mid-January 2024, we began seeing Sims 4 script mods with malicious executable .exe code hidden in them.    The mods masqueraded as being from e...
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Feb. 10

 

 

UPDATED

  • TwistedMexi – ModGuard – critical update 1.1, Patreon, ts4script file dated 10 Feb. 2024 – additional virus vectors and other improvements – reminder: follow the installation instructions
    • QUICK UPDATE TO THAT: 1.1 is crashing on Macs, but it's less urgent for you.

 

 

Other Notes

MSQSims reports on her social media that Mood Cheat Menu and Motherlode Cheat Menu were taken down as extra precautions by The Sims Resource, not because they were compromised like the other two Cheat Menus (the ones she had cleared for patch 1.1040).  

IMPORTANT: I am NOT yet clearing these for the purpose of the compromised-mod list on p. 1.

 

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12 months ago

Feb. 11

UPDATED

  • TwistedMexi – ModGuard – v1.2, Patreon (not yet available on Curseforge), ts4script file dated 11 Feb. 2024 – Mac compatibility, additional virus vectors and other improvements – reminder: follow the installation instructions
  • ADDED NOTE:With 1.2, an "inconclusive" report is a false positive and not an indication of a compromised file
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    12 months ago

    Feb. 12

    Updated

    • TwistedMexi – ModGuard – v1.3, Patreon (not yet available on Curseforge), ts4script file dated 12 Feb. 2024 – "inconclusive" fixed
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      12 months ago

      Feb. 12

      Updated

      • TwistedMexi – ModGuard – v1.4, Patreon (not yet available on Curseforge), ts4script file dated 12 Feb. 2024 – for fewer false positives
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        Feb. 28

        Updated

        • TwistedMexi – ModGuard – v1.5, Patreon (not yet available on Curseforge), ts4script file dated 28 Feb. 2024 – for better patch compatibility

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