Project Zomboid identifies and bans over a dozen Steam Workshop mods containing 'heavily obfuscated code' that was 'creating malicious files'

The Indie Stone banned 14 Steam Workshop mods for Project Zomboid after confirming they contained heavily obfuscated code creating malicious files outside the game directory, affecting 500–2,200 installs. Affected players are warned that simply uninstalling the mods is insufficient — additional security measures are needed.

Appeared in 2026-04-09.