Friday, April 27th 2012

AMD Catalyst 12.5 Beta Leaked
Just days after the monthly release of AMD Catalyst, Catalyst 12.4 WHQL, a beta built (version 8.97) of the driver, included in Catalyst 12.5 Beta, has been leaked to the web. This build updates both the display driver and Catalyst Control Center. There is no word on exactly what the new version brings to the table, and it's a very early version in the build up to Catalyst 12.5 WHQL slated for late May, so tread with extreme caution.
DOWNLOAD: AMD Catalyst 12.5 Beta (ver. 8.97 display driver) for Windows 7/Vista
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DOWNLOAD: AMD Catalyst 12.5 Beta (ver. 8.97 display driver) for Windows 7/Vista
36 Comments on AMD Catalyst 12.5 Beta Leaked
I installed the 12.5 AMD drivers and they also installed a virus, masked itself as SVCHOST.EXE and installed a file in my startup folder. Thanks a lot, please remove this dangerous link.
It also did improve my Skyrim performance though.
Nvidia start infecting me plz :D
The only other thing I did before installing the new drivers was to install a game from Steam, a legit one.
I uninstalled old drivers, booted into safe mode to uninstall/delete old driver from device manager, logged back into Windows normally and then installed the 12.5 drivers from the link.
It reported I had Catalyst 11.7, which I chose to ignore since the driver in device manager was new, I then restarted. On logging back in my Windows Firewall asked if I wanted a new svchost.exe to access the internet, my start up folder had a randomly generated exe and in my users\appdata folders was lots of randomly generated files, all signs of a virus.
However I could not see an actual problem with my machine, Skyrim performed better and the 2 anti-virus softwares couldn't detect it.
Logging into safe mode my profile needed re-creating (another bad sign) however I could remove those randomly generated exes without difficulty.
Strange, I will not trust it. If 12.5 gives better performance, I only have to wait for official version.