Evony Game Code
Much has been said about Evony Free Forever (www.evony.com) the 2009 smash hit free online mmorpg browser game and the way it interfaces with users computers when they play the actual game.
With highly impressive game graphics, interface and audio – evony (formerly called civony) went live to the public in May 2009 and now has a staggering 8 million registered accounts.
The popularity of the game led to its owners UMGE seemingly turning over a good profit, expanding the game, running a highly powerful AdSense campaign and eventually finding themselves in court with a blog author by the name of Bruce Everiss.
Some (including Everiss) has said that Evony plonked spyware into users PCs when they play the actual game and now an anonymous software developer has recently started throwing up posts regarding what Evony does in terms of ‘ports’ on a users computer when they play.
Now most basic gamers don’t monitor their ports, certainly the youngersters using mummy and daddies PC wouldn’t have the know-how to know whats going on behind the scenes and ports and being used in numerous ways.
With Evony it now seems there are several cookies placed on the users PC that simply ‘track’ what else is running on the client PC.
Harmless? Maybe.
But it depends how this is being monitored, harness and eventually used.
Depending on how well UMGE manage this, they could potentially sell off the information if it was well cataloged and up to date.
So while its not time to pull down the windows shutters, it always pays to be cautious about whats happening on your PC. Also, time to invest in a decent port monitoring / blocking software to ensure your online gaming is safe and free from prying eyes.
