The good news is that when we last checked, the malicious server named above was offline and therefore didn’t pose any immediate risk. MSI has no relation with this website or the aforementioned domain.
The malicious software is being unlawfully hosted on a suspicious website impersonating as MSI’s official website with the domain name. MSI is informing the public of a malicious software being disguised as the official MSI Afterburner software. The HTML behind the button doesn’t specify any download link, so clicking the button confusingly makes it look as though the site is broken rather than merely offline for maintenance.Īccording to MSI, a gang of cybercrooks stepped in to fill the temporary download vaccuum, setting up a fake site that looked like an alternative download location, but serving up malware instead of the real deal: We verified the outage by visiting the download page: the button is still there, but it doesn’t do anything. …but just right now, MSI’s “ Afterburner Software download link is currently closed due to routine maintenance,” according to the company’s warning. You can see why an overclocking tool that is not only endorsed by a hardware vendor but also developed and supplied by that vendor is a must-have for any avid gamer… Then you might ramp up the speed of the fan to improve cooling, or any of a number of trial-and-error tweaks in a edgy combination to eke out the best performance you can get without crashing the computer. Overclocking is how enthusiasts describe the act of squeezing maximum performance out of their hardware by running it up to, at or even beyond the limits usually recommended by the component manufacturers.įor example, you might decide to run your processor faster than usual so it can perform calculations more quickly.īut that might cause it to overheat and shut down, so you might then try tweaking the operating voltage slightly to adjust the current draw and reduce the heating effect. The company doesn’t just sell high-end graphics cards and gaming rigs, it also offers a free software product called Afterburner that it trumpets as “the gold standard of overclocking utilities.” Well-known computer gaming hardware vendor MSI is warning of fake download sites ripping off its brand.
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