Meccha Chameleon Players Obtain Malware from User-Made Maps

Meccha Chameleon stands out as a multiplayer game that has recently gained popularity on Steam. However, some of the game's user-made maps began to turn out to be Trojan horses containing malware. Feint, a gamer, investigated after his friend noticed the prompt appeared while downloading the map. As a result of this investigation, it was determined that the map called 'Lazer Tag Zero' contained a "malware distributor". After Feint published his findings on Medium, this map was quickly removed from Meccha Chameleon's Steam Workshop page. However, after this incident, maps containing other malware began to emerge and the game's official Discord server was hacked. Lemorion_1224, the creator of Meccha Chameleon, said in a statement on the In an update on the game, it was stated that the game itself does not pose a security risk and can be played safely as long as user-made maps are not used. However, the situation has become quite complicated; hackers even posted a fake listing of a non-existent Meta Quest compatible version. “A product called 'Meccha Chameleon VR' is currently available for pre-order in the Meta Quest store, but we have not issued any production authorization for it,” Lemorion_1224 explained. Finally, an update redirected the Discord link on the game's title screen to the correct server and strengthened virus protection. However, there is no guarantee that malware problems in user-made maps are completely resolved. At the moment, the safest option seems to be to use the game's default maps.