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Popular Arma II mod DayZ has been struck by a malicious security breach, which threatens to turn the game into a botnet.

The danger was confirmed on the zombie-based mod's forums:

"A person has gained access to our main email account which have details listed for our FTP's, etc. He then uploaded a malicious application to the US file host which has since been taken offline."

"The file was called dayz_auto_updater.exe. This malicious software is lead to be a backdoor / bot."

If you've downloaded this file, run a virus check to make sure your machine hasn't been compromised. Head over here for more details.

Related games: ArmA II (PC), Day Z (PC)