Street Fighter V Patch Adds Potentially Dangerous Files for PC Players

New security measures are intrusive, but safe on block.

By Eric Van Allen

The September update that rolled out today for Street Fighter V had some unexpected surprises for PC players.

Reddit users discovered the patch planted a "Capcom.sys" file in the System32 folder. A kernel-level implant like this opens up backdoors within your machine, which could potentially allow any outside user to access and remotely control your machine.

Those who updated to the new patch were reporting the application acquiring elevated privileges, and even a few blue screens of death. The September update was anticipated, adding returning fighter Urien and several long-awaited features to the popular fighting game.

Capcom support has stated on Twitter that it is aware of the situation, and will be issuing rollbacks soon to remove the potentially dangerous file without deleting the September content.

We apologize for the inconvenience and will have an update on the time-frame for the PC rollback solution soon.

— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) September 23, 2016

Eric Van Allen is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow his work and ramblings about esports on Twitter at @seamoosi.

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