[Multiplatform] Bioshock. Available on Wii 12/5/2010

I'm coming out of a very long lurk session just to see if anyone else is paranoid about the possible rootkit that Bioshock has installed on their computer.

Anyone EXTREMELY concerned about this as much as myself?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Indeed, it seems that the Bioshock demo and the full version install a rootkit onto your computer. In computer lingo, a rootkit hides itself in your Operating System and re-arranges the code, let's say to make sure it remains embedded. Some rootkits cannot be removed even if your reformat your system.

Apparently a lot of sources are simply calling this a false positive, meaning that it shows up in rootkit scans (and has even alerted AVG antivirus that Bioshock is a giant trojan virus).

While 2K games maintains that it is not a rootkit, they have taken great measures to cover their own assess incase this goes haywire. A rootkit is the WORST thing that could be on your system.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

What I forgot to mention is that it sticks itself in Ring 3 of your OS, which I've also read isn't the most privileged portion at all .

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Bioshock is a steaming pile of crap without a powerful computer system or Xbox 360. So, yeah. I'm playing it on PC with a low end graphics card. The atmosphere of the game is lost when you can't run it on full settings with the detail cranked up. All the sounds and environments make the game what it is, and without it the game is just another shooter in my games folder.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?