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This issue is BTW by no extent a "Virus", is not replicating itself to other profiles or whatsoever, it is just a corrupted file that is creating problems.
Yes, you are right - I changed the title - it's not a virus.
But if one corrupted profile could spoil the KPA - then it's very dangerous in both cases:
a) Someone shares this profile (or bundles of profiles) without the knowledge that someone has changed one or more of his profiles this way
b) Someone spread corrupted profiles to harm others (this is the idea of viruses btw)
So all I want is:
1) All profiles must have a checksum to prevent editing them.
Or even better as I suggested in another post:
Make the profiles XML with some editable parts (like names) and some encrypted and checksum protected parts for the simulation stuff
2) I have downloaded a lot of profiles and got some bundles from other users - and am now afraid that they can harm my KPA - so I want a list of the stock profiles.
Then I'll reset my KPA and install my own profiles in addition and am fine - until this thing is fixed.
3) As some posts above - a LOT of users have changed their profiles with a hex-editor yet.
So we need to know what could lead to this crashes.
Maybe the danger happens only after editing certain parameters of such a profile or whatever!