If you let it run freely, WargamingErrorMonitor.exe will be monitoring your computer, probably trying to find forbidden game mods, and sending your private information back to Wargaming without your consent and behind your back. The badly made exe kept crashing my game, sometimes up to 5-7 times per game, until I figured out how to remove it. Renaming this so called "error reporting tool" stopped crashes. Making your firewall block it is not enough, but if you make the exe inaccessible by renaming it, you will be able to play the game uninterrupted. In my installation the spyware is located at
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C:\Games\World_of_Tanks_EU\win64It is cleverly done so that it will delete all the reports after they are sent so that you have no way to check what was sent. Here is a capture of data what the spyware was trying to send:
An unencrypted dump attached to this error report would have provided a treasure trove for a malicious hacker to crack my computer. The error reporting tool provides also excellent means for attacking them using a spoofed error report. This was not the first time Wargaming is blatantly disregarding security.{ "data": { "cereal_class_version": 2, "event_config": { "event_type": "crash", "callstack_hash": 0, "crash_type": "unspecified", "assert_type": "", "post_event_policy": { "action": "notify_user_with_popup", "termination_exit_code": 1, "max_sequential_restart_count": 5, "sequential_restart_detection_threshold_seconds": 20 }, "dump": { "type": "minidump", "timeout_ms": 600000 }, "include_monitor_logs": true, "include_dx_diag": false, "files": [ { "caption": "DXDiag", "directory": "C:\\Games\\World_of_Tanks_EU\\", "filename_mask": "dxdiag\\.txt", "recursive_lookup": false, "restrictions": { "max_files_count": 10, "max_files_size_kb": 0, "modified_less_than_days": 0 } }, { "caption": "GameLogs", "directory": "C:\\Games\\World_of_Tanks_EU\\", "filename_mask": ".*\\log", "recursive_lookup": false, "restrictions": { "max_files_count": 10, "max_files_size_kb": 0, "modified_less_than_days": 0 } }, { "caption": "LastReplay", "directory": "C:\\Games\\World_of_Tanks_EU\\replays\\", "filename_mask": "temp\\.wotreplay", "recursive_lookup": false, "restrictions": { "max_files_count": 10, "max_files_size_kb": 0, "modified_less_than_days": 0 } }, { "caption": "Preferences", "directory": "C:\\Games\\World_of_Tanks_EU\\", "filename_mask": "preferences\\.xml", "recursive_lookup": false, "restrictions": { "max_files_count": 10, "max_files_size_kb": 0, "modified_less_than_days": 0 } }, { "caption": "PreferencesConsumer", "directory": "C:\\Users\\name\\AppData\\Roaming\\Wargaming.net\\WorldOfTanks\\", "filename_mask": "preferences\\.xml", "recursive_lookup": false, "restrictions": { "max_files_count": 10, "max_files_size_kb": 0, "modified_less_than_days": 0 } }, { "caption": "Version", "directory": "C:\\Games\\World_of_Tanks_EU\\", "filename_mask": "version\\.xml", "recursive_lookup": false, "restrictions": { "max_files_count": 10, "max_files_size_kb": 0, "modified_less_than_days": 0 } } ] }, "report_guid": "9040_20-05-09-12_38_52_714", "client_hash": 7642345457010035658, "needs_composing": true, "event_info": { "type": "crash", "crash_type": "unhandled_exception", "code_of_exception": 3221225501, "assert_type": "", "callstack_hash": 1851, "thread_id": 4996, "process_id": 9040, "time": { "time_since_epoch": { "count": 15890135327140000 } }, "process_duration": { "seconds": 323 }, "assert_expression": "", "assert_message": "", "assert_function": "", "assert_file": "", "assert_line": 0, "custom_data": "", "exception_name": "", "stack_trace": "" }, "client_info": { "app_id": "wot_client", "app_version": "1.9.0.10034 #1351399", "long_descr": "WorldOfTanks", "client_executable": "C:\\Games\\World_of_Tanks_EU\\win64\\WorldOfTanks.exe", "restart_cmd": "", "custom_client_data": [ { "key": "is_vanila_version", "value": "true" }, { "key": "current_space", "value": "spaces/33_fjord" }, { "key": "version_build_id", "value": "v.1.9.0.2 #307" }, { "key": "game_revision", "value": "1355361" }, { "key": "overrides_revision", "value": "1355576" }, { "key": "localization_revision", "value": "1351235 RU" }, { "key": "branch", "value": "v1.9" }, { "key": "AppName", "value": "WorldOfTanks" } ], "build_commit_hash": "" }, "server_connection": { "server_url": "https://cat.wargaming.net", "retry_count": 3, "retry_timeout_seconds": 5, "retry_cooldown_seconds": 3600 }, "monitor_logs_restrictions": { "max_files_count": 5, "max_files_size_kb": 0, "modified_less_than_days": 1 }, "upload_consent_rules_definition": { "report_archive_size_threshold_kb": 1024, "consent_dialog": { "content": { "caption": "WorldOfTanks", "header": "WorldOfTanks has stopped working", "description": "Please, confirm sending error report ($report_size$) to the server for further analysis.\nIt will help us to fix the problem quicker.", "helpLinkText": "", "helpLinkUrl": "" }, "yes_button_text": "&Upload", "no_button_text": "&Cancel", "default_button": "no", "auto_default_timeout_seconds": 30 } }, "working_directory": "C:\\Games\\World_of_Tanks_EU\\win64\\Reports", "available_artifacts": [ { "label": "minidump", "file_list": [ "C:\\Games\\World_of_Tanks_EU\\win64\\Reports\\9040_20-05-09-12_38_52_714\\2020-05-09_12_38_52_769.dmp" ] } ], "archive_file": "", "cleanup_policy": { "max_age_seconds": 259200, "max_count": 0, "max_size_kb": 10485760 }, "session_id": "", "expiration_time": 0, "upload_unallowed": false, "working_set_bytes": 1622016000, "system_memory_status": { "total_ram_size_bytes": 17126047744, "free_ram_size_bytes": 12527386624, "page_file_size_bytes": 18199789568, "free_page_file_size_bytes": 8709566464 }, "storage_status": [ { "drive_letter": "C", "free_bytes": 160170995712, "total_bytes": 244813131776 } ], "client_process_cmd": "C:\\Games\\World_of_Tanks_EU\\win64\\WorldOfTanks.exe ", "recurring_events_config": { "timeout_threshold_ms": { "count": 2000 }, "register_on_server": true } } }
