Overview
Redshell is a Spyware that tracks data of your PC and shares it with 3rd parties. On their website they formulate it all in very harmless language, but the fact is that this is software from someone i don’t trust and whom i never invited, which is looking at my data and running on my pc against my will. This should have no place in a full price PC game, and in no games if it were up to me.
Original Sources / Useful info & Links
Bitvar’s reddit profile: https://www.reddit.com/user/Bitvar ————————————————————————————————– Very simple and fast script to help you see if RedShell is present in any of your Steam games post was originally made by use B-Knight on reddit. Original source:
Very simple and fast script to help you see if RedShell is present in any of your Steam games from pcgaming
B-Knight’s reddit profile: https://www.reddit.com/user/B-Knight ————————————————————————————————– More useful links / info about redshell:
[PSA] RED SHELL Spyware – Spyware packaged in popular video games! from technology
Video explaining about RedShell.
Very simple and fast script to help you see if RedShell is present in any of your Steam games
Very simple and fast script to help you see if RedShell is present in any of your Steam games from pcgaming
B-Knight’s reddit profile: https://www.reddit.com/user/B-Knight
I’ve mucked around for a few minutes and just threw together this simple script that checks your Steam installation for any mention of either RedShell.dll or RedShellSDK.dll. If it comes across it then it’ll tell you the full path of the file.
IT DOES NOT DELETE THE FILE AUTOMATICALLY – YOU WILL NEED TO DO THIS.
Here’s the code:
Just paste this into a .txt file and save the file as a .bat file. After that, locate the new .bat file you just made and run it. There a console window will open and information will be shown (or not).
The script assumes that Steam is installed at Program Files (x86) and therefore assumes you have a 64bit install with the normal installation directory. If this is different to your PC then you’ll need to edit line 2 accordingly. It also doesn’t search through libraries that are installed on a different drive – again, edit line 2 accordingly.
Note: RedShell can be implemented directly into game code and this script will not be able to detect nor fix that. This only helps you search for the files I mentioned above without having to wait 5 hours for Windows to decide it wants to show you the results of a search or not.
Blocking redshell with batch file.
Bitvar’s reddit profile: https://www.reddit.com/user/Bitvar
1: Press Start
2: Type “Folder Options” and press Enter.
3: Click the “View” tab.
4: Make sure your checked boxes look like this:
5: Press Start
6: Type “Notepad.exe” and press Enter
7: Copy and paste the below code into your notepad.
8: Click File and Save As.
9: In the “File name” field type “Remove.bat” and in the “Save as type” select “All Files” then click Save
10: Save it to your Dekstop (or wherever you want)
11: Go to your dekstop
12: Right-click the batch and select “run as administrator.”
13: View the batch run.
14: Press enter to close it.
15: Be free of one less annoying data collector.
This is what you are blocking: [link]
First article in Google about this spyware (not great, just providing some sources):
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These are a few games it is employed in: [link] (NOTE: blocking redshell could cause game instability. Use at your own risk).
Games that are still using Redshell
Injustice 2
Shadowverse
SOS & SOS Classic
Krosmaga
Cabals: Card Blitz
CityBattle | Virtual Earth
My Free Farm 2
Stonies
League of Pirates
War Robots
Warriors: Rise to Glory!
Guardians of Ember (Publisher removed from Steam)
The Onion Knights (Publisher removed from Steam)
Astro Boy: Edge of Time (Publisher removed from Steam)
Heroine Anthem Zero ( might have removed it )
Games who USED Redshell
Elder Scrolls Online
Conan Exiles
Ylands
Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?!
All Total War games
Warhammer: Vermintide II
My Time At Portia
Dead by Daylight
Battlerite
AER Memories of Old
Magic the Gathering Arena (closed beta & not on Steam)
Secret World Legends
Hunt: Showdown
Escapists 2
Omensight
Ballistic Overkill
Vaporum
Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation
Yoku’s Island Express
Clone Drone in the Danger Zone
The Wild Eight
Desolate
Trailmakers
Raging Justice
Dungeon Rushers
Kerbal Space Program
Indygo
Nos Tale
SoulWorker
Rockshot
Quake Champions
Archangel: Hellfire
Skyworld
Eternal Card Game
Survived By
Doodle God
Doodle God Blitz
Doodle God: Genesis Secrets
Sniper Ghosts Warrior 3
The House Of Davinci
Warhammer 40k Eternal Crusade
Labyrinth
Civilization VI
Update 23.6.2018: Regarding to redshell on Quake Champions
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Update 24.6.2018
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[PSA] RED SHELL Spyware – Spyware packaged in popular video games! from technology
Update 26.6.2018 (Hotfix to Quake Champions which removes RedShell from the client)
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Quake Champions will be undergoing maintenance at 12:00 EST/16:00 UTC to deploy a hotfix which removes Red Shell from the client. ETA to complete is 17:00 EST/21:00 UTC. Thanks for your patience and support.
— Quake Champions (@Quake) June 26, 2018
Update 27.6.2018
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[PSA] RED SHELL Spyware – Spyware packaged in popular video games! from technology
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Update 28.6.2018
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[PSA] RED SHELL Spyware – Spyware packaged in popular video games! from technology
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Update 1.7.2018
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Update 4.7.2018
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[PSA] RED SHELL Spyware – Spyware packaged in popular video games! from technology
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Update 7.7.2018
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Doodle God – [link]
Doodle God Blitz – [link]
Doodle God: Genesis Secrets – [link]
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[PSA] RED SHELL Spyware – Spyware packaged in popular video games! from technology
Update 10.7.2018
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Rockstar Games using redshell? – Update 11.7.2018
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[PSA] RED SHELL Spyware – Spyware packaged in popular video games! from technology
Update 13.7.2018
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Update 14.7.2018
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[PSA] RED SHELL Spyware – Spyware packaged in popular video games! from technology
Update 20.7.2018
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[PSA] RED SHELL Spyware – Spyware packaged in popular video games! from technology