The matter becomes somewhat more attention- worthy when the fact is taken into account that the IL- 2 Sturmovik simulator's code was decrypted during the modding process, which did facilitate for creating new content, but on the other hand, may have created an attack vector for a person whose primary interest isn't really simulating flight.
Older flight simulators meant to work on Windows still have a lot to offer, but, since the code compiled with older compilers can't be executed when options intended at hardenning the OS security are selected, like Data Execution Prevention which is built into the newer incarnations of Windows, or options brought to the table by the Microsoft Emet program, a flightsim enthusiast may find oneself wondering whether the OS security could be undermined if one allows one's older flight simulator to connect to an online server through the firewall.
