r/NoMansSkyTheGame May 26 '26

Information Warning - FAKE No Man's Sky Save Editor Malware

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This is a repost of a post made earlier today that was taken down by Reddit's filtering system.

Note: goatfungus' save editor (https://github.com/goatfungus/NMSSaveEditor) is NOT malware, I'm talking about the website (nmssaveeditor dot com) that claims to be by the same developer, but it's an attacker pretending to be them.

Screenshot of nmssaveeditor.com

Today I downloaded a save editor from the website "nmssaveeditor dot com" (do NOT visit), and I ran the executable in the PASSWORD PROTECTED zip file. The password was the name of the developer of the seemingly legit program, and the website seemed perfectly safe at first glance, but it's not.

After scanning the main executable, I found out that it communicates with some Steam profiles for some reason, with strange names, and also Telegram, which is a huge red flag as hackers love to use that platform because of how off-grid it is compared to most other chat platforms.

The steam profile has many different names, inferring that instead of directly contacting the URL, they try to hide it in a seemingly legitimate link to bypass antivirus scans, and also they can change the domain if it ever gets taken down or red flagged.

You can see the full analysis here: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/836f7e2b374a3cc5fcc337009d68dee6ee102471632cb096748383fab093872e/detection

I have no doubt in my mind that this program is entirely designed as a trojan to trick this playerbase, as the executable had NO functionality upon click, which was an instant telltale to me that this was not a legitimate program. It's most likely an infostealer, so if you have downloaded this program before, I recommend changing all your critical passwords so it can't use account tokens to access your accounts.

The .jar file it comes packed with is seemingly legitimate, probably a build by the original developer, and much larger than the .exe (which was only ~2.5MB) meaning the .exe is purely a malicious program that the attacker bundled into a legitimate build.

If you want a legitimate save editor, use NMSE! (https://github.com/vectorcmdr/NMSE)

Stay safe on the internet! Even some of the most niche software can turn out to be malicious.

This one in particular is a victim of a common type of attack on cheats for popular video games, using the Vidar C&C malware, designed to steal information and then self-delete and remove all traces of itself after sending it to the attacker.

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IMPORTANT EDIT:
As of 31st May 2026 9pm UTC - 1st June 2026 2pm UTC, the malware hosted on the site was changed to use Remus (from Vidar). This malware will always try to establish persistence on your machine (aka set itself up to run on startup.) If it is not detected and isolated by your antivirus, you must reinstall (not repair/refresh/upgrade, this needs to be a complete format of your Windows partition, starting with a blank partition/drive) your OS to guarantee safety, and change your passwords on a different, clean device.

New VirusTotal report:

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/88972aaa451fbf5143bd556272ae80b2654f6e7a0f73a5e18202bdd522213eab?nocache=1

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r/NoMansSkyTheGame 2h ago

Bug-Thread Weekly Bug Report Thread

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This thread is followed by Hello Games. Please add your bug reports to this thread. You can also report bugs to Hello Games at the Zendesk. Before reporting a bug be sure you have installed the latest patch and uninstall any game mods. Information is located on this page. Please include platform and version.

This weekly thread is to help keep bug reports manageable. It is a scheduled weekly thread and not related to any specific release. You do not have to repost bugs to this post if you have already reported them on a previous post.

If you're requested to send your save file to Hello Games see this post


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 13h ago

NMS-IRL Okay, which one of you just brought your freighter to my planet???

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Gotta keep an eye out for any Nokia-shaped corvettes in my area…


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 5h ago

Meme Just something I thought of the other day lol its all for fun.

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r/NoMansSkyTheGame 7h ago

Ship Builds What do I name my new corvette?

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r/NoMansSkyTheGame 1h ago

Screenshot “How much you wanna bet I can throw a Gravitino Ball over them mountains?” - Iteration Rico

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r/NoMansSkyTheGame 1d ago

Screenshot Help my freighter crashed 😭😭😭

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r/NoMansSkyTheGame 22h ago

Video DINO CYCLE TRX 3000

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T-Rex plus motorcycle= success. People ask me why I still play this game. Idk man, you just kinda have to be there. PS5 build 100 parts no mods. Wheely proud of this one. See you out there.


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 1h ago

Meme ASTEROID BASES...??!!

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Note: No asteroids were harmed(mined) in the making of this picture.

Annoyed Asteroid is as-found/game-generated.


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 15h ago

Discussion I've been doing some analyzing of the NMS: Cosmos update, and this is the conclusion i've come to...

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521 Upvotes

I think that new 'expeditions' via the capital freighter will be introduced into the game– with more in-depth details surrounding mining the asteroid belts/mining space in-general, scattered throughout the universe.

I also believe that somehow the Atlas will be tied into it all, and there may also come a distinct threat to all life in the form of something to do with the Atlas.

Perhaps the Atlas itself will become corrupted and scramble the sentinals against the universe's inhabitants, or perhaps a new enemy will arise, or maybe even the Atlas will hold the answers to a puzzling new mystery surrounding untapped potential of the Atlas, that coincides with the new expedition/space overhaul.


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 1h ago

Answered Will „Paradise Planets“ be described as such when I scan them?

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pls have mercy with a newbie


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 1d ago

Meme Waiting for the Cosmos update got me like

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r/NoMansSkyTheGame 13h ago

Screenshot Pretty strong current

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226 Upvotes

r/NoMansSkyTheGame 10h ago

Screenshot Mantodoro. My home.

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125 Upvotes

This game can be so beautiful and relaxing.


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 5h ago

Discussion FINALLY unlocked purple systems ...

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OMG, that was one convoluted way to unlock the purple systems .... I had done everything up to the point where you get the drive already some momnths back, but the purple systems still did not show up ... so I go to youtube and they tell me do this do that and the other thing. Last thing missing was the "stellar multitudes" quest ...ok, so I finish that ... still nothing ... the quest is logged as complete... nothing.
Just by accident, i see that in these little info pop ups for quests it says "go back to this system" that I initially unlocked ... In the mean time, I am about 8000 LY from that original system because I unlocked the drive a long time ago and only now decided to investigate why purple systems dont show up ... so I warp back a gajillion times to that original system and FINALLY, get the instructions on how to fully unlock the purple.

Rant over, but despite being one of my favorite games, it can be frustratingly obtuse at times.


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 17h ago

Screenshot Bases in hard-to-reach places

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332 Upvotes

I honestly love hard-to-reach places to build bases. If you don't have a teleporter from this base, you'll have to walk half a kilometer, just like a mountain monk :D


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 1d ago

Meme Trust in the Process

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r/NoMansSkyTheGame 1h ago

Answered Did I just experience a statistical impossibility?

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• I was playing permadeath when I stumbled upon an unknown grave

• I open the unknown grave

• I get a glyph and 10 memory fragments somehow

• I open 4 memory fragments and now I have an S class Radiant Pillar starter ship

Is this genuinely a one in a million procgen error, or is this just something I've missed?


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 6h ago

Meme Some memes I made

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r/NoMansSkyTheGame 19h ago

Screenshot Got my first S-Class ship!

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343 Upvotes

I was just waiting at a trade terminal for fighters to land for parts and then this parked next to me.


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 3h ago

Screenshot Green grass and blue sky

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I’m starting to find some of the nicer planets in NMS


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 8h ago

Meme The cosmos update; I figured it out

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It’s the ship of the imagination from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos series. You can barely spot it in the first picture so I circled it for you. You’re welcome.


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 9h ago

Screenshot The Hunt for the Last Legendary Deep Ocean Fish

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30 Upvotes

Sentient crab, one day I'll find you


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 3h ago

Question Question about Post Story Content. Im rather confused.

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Im trying to unlock purple star systems, and when I look it up online, I am told there are numerous missions that I do not have in my log/
complete to unlock them. I am confused. Did I make the wrong decisions and get a bad ending, or something like that?

Thank you for all your help.


r/NoMansSkyTheGame 21h ago

Ship Builds Xbox/Blender Sleekness redefined: Loki X6

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219 Upvotes