The source code being leaked, is the code being let lose on the internet, it contains the actual procedure required to build the game's binary so machines can run it, if you read the procedure then you can tell exactly how the game is going to work.
Source Code is not a program, it's the procedure (step by step commands) set out in the specific language (C/C++, ASM, Java, etc) to tell the compiler (translator from human easy to read language to machine language) what to do with the code. Wow, i never thought this sort of thing would happen! We at Valve have always thought of ourselves as being part of a community, and I can't imagine a better group of people to help us take care of these problems than this community. There are some pretty obvious places to start with the posts and records in IRC, so if you can point us in the right direction, that would be great. I have a special email address for people to send information to, If you have information about the denial of service attacks or the infiltration of our network, please send the details. What I'd appreciate is the assistance of the community in tracking this down. We don't know if these are related or independent. This recorder is apparently a customized version of RemoteAnywhere created to infect Valve (at least it hasn't been seen anywhere else, and isn't detected by normal virus scanning tools).Ħ) Periodically for the last year we've been the subject of a variety of denial of service attacks targetted at our webservers and at Steam. Our speculation is that these were done via a buffer overflow in Outlook's preview pane. I was unable to find a virus or trojan on my machine, I reformatted my hard drive, and reinstalled.ģ) For the next week, there appears to have been suspicious activity on my webmail account.Ĥ) Around 9/19 someone made a copy of the HL-2 source tree.ĥ) At some point, keystroke recorders got installed on several machines at Valve. This has been determined by looking at traffic on our email server versus my travel schedule.Ģ) Shortly afterwards my machine started acting weird (right-clicking on executables would crash explorer). Yes, the source code that has been posted is the HL-2 source code.ġ) Starting around 9/11 of this year, someone other than me was accessing my email account. This code has been confirmed by Gabe Newell of the Half Life 2 team:Įver have one of those weeks? This has just not been the best couple of days for me or for Valve.
I've been unable to locate a source to download it yet though, but that'll only be a matter of time knowing the internet
This has made me very sick, this game hasn't even been released, and this code is incredibly important to Valve, its several years of work, now for the world to see.
This is not the SDK code used to make mods (aka counterstrike) but the "pay Valve one million dollars to use the engine" code. THE SOURCE CODE FOR HALF LIFE 2 has been leaked onto the internet. If you don't think any of the above situations apply, you can use this feedback form to request a review of this block.No, this is not a mistake. Contact your IT department and let them know that they've gotten banned, and to have them let us know when they've addressed the issue.Īre you browsing GameFAQs from an area that filters all traffic through a single proxy server (like Singapore or Malaysia), or are you on a mobile connection that seems to be randomly blocked every few pages? Then we'll definitely want to look into it - please let us know about it here. You'll need to disable that add-on in order to use GameFAQs.Īre you browsing GameFAQs from work, school, a library, or another shared IP? Unfortunately, if this school or place of business doesn't stop people from abusing our resources, we don't have any other way to put an end to it. When we get more abuse from a single IP address than we do legitimate traffic, we really have no choice but to block it.
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