Fslabs Adds Malware To Their Dlc, Asserting That Itвђ™s "drm" Вђ“ Azmath Apr 2026

When executed, the tool harvested every single auto-fill username and password saved in the user's Google Chrome browser.

In February 2018, premium flight simulator developer faced massive backlash when a user on Reddit discovered that the installer for their highly popular $100-$140 Airbus A320X add-on contained actual, active malware masquerading as "DRM". 🔍 The Discovery: What Happened?

Cybersecurity experts and developers quickly confirmed that the file was "Chrome Password Dump". When executed, the tool harvested every single auto-fill

A user on the r/flightsim subreddit noticed that the FSLabs installer dropped a file named test.exe into the system.

The collected credentials were meant to help the developers trace the identities of "crackers" to hand over to legal authorities. ⚖️ The Verdict: Why It Failed Ethically & Legally ⚖️ The Verdict: Why It Failed Ethically &

Following the uproar, FSLabs founder Lefteris Kalamaras posted a public response admitting to the bundle but attempting to justify it as a highly specific anti-piracy measure. The developer claimed:

The installer was designed to take that dumped password file, disguise it as a local log file, and send it back to FSLabs' servers. When executed, the tool harvested every single auto-fill

Paying customers were perfectly safe and the file would never run on their machines.