Once it has what it wants (it’s unclear whether the survey has to be filled out to trigger the trojan, or if it just goes ahead with whatever it can gather on its own) the information is uploaded here. When the fake Cross Days installer is run, it first gathers information from the user’s computer and then presents a survey asking for further details. As with virtually all games these days, Cross Days ended up on various file-sharing sites unfortunately for many would-be pirates, one version making the rounds is, as the saying goes, a trap: A viciously creative trojan that uploads detailed private information about the downloader and a screenshot of his or her desktop to a public website. Unsurprisingly, many such titles feature erotic content, including Cross Days, which was actually delayed so the developers could incorporate support for the SOM, a hands-free USB sex device. While not very popular in the West, visual novels, sort of a “Choose Your Own Adventure” series of stories for the digital age, are big business in Japan. What’s worse than getting busted for piracy? Getting busted for pirating a erotic “visual novel” by having your name, IP address and a screenshot of your desktop posted online for all the world to see.

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