This isn't the only malware using Fortnite as a ploy. A significant number of Fortnite players took the bait, then. The file host recorded 78,000 downloads, and Rainway received 381,000 reports. Unfortunately, that may have come too late for some people. Rainway said it had largely thwarted the attack by having the adware's host remove the offending file, and remove the creators from at least one ad platform. Install it and it immediately alters Windows to serve its own rogue ads, creating a man-in-the-middle attack (with Rainway as an unwitting participant) by loading its own root certificate and routing all internet traffic through a proxy. Rainway has discovered malicious Windows adware hiding in a cheat that promised both an aimbot and free in-game V-Bucks. Malware writers and scammers love to exploit demand for popular games to ensnare unwitting victims, and that's truer than ever for a near-ubiquitous game like Fortnite.
