Wallpaper Engine has long been the primary driver for modern gamers’ screens, allowing them to put just about anything on there, whether it’s a static image or a fully-rendered scene from their favorite games.
And being readily available to millions of users who consume community-made wallpapers on the daily is great, but also fertile ground for nefarious users who seem to be loading their creations with malicious code. According to Kaspersky (via PC Gamer), dozens of user-made wallpapers appear to come packaged with viruses and have so far accrued thousands of downloads each, potentially compromising a lot of people’s PCs.
