Got it back didnt even take 10 mins from dialing the number for POL lol, had all my info and he changed pw in no time ill be on later bozo just coming homefrom NY now :D
Got it back didnt even take 10 mins from dialing the number for POL lol, had all my info and he changed pw in no time ill be on later bozo just coming homefrom NY now :D
Greatguardian of Cerberus was hacked again today, October 14th.
Going to punch a koala bear. Any advice on what I can do to clean my system before I log back in in a week or so?
Stop downloading stupid shit
Haha. That's great. Very useful. No, I don't download much anything at all. I run firefox without scripts. I run Spybot S&D and Malwarebytes. I'm not an idiot. What I want to know is if there's anything else I can do to keep this from happening again. And/or where to look to remove whatever there is on my system. I don't want to input my new Account info after contacting SE until I'm sure that it won't just be taken right back.
format, reinstall OS.
before you even open a website, get yer antivirus up, your adblock/proxy, HOSTs file, your internet security software/firewall, and application protection(zonealarm style)
then get fully "windows updated"
now install the game, update, etc, official windower seems to be safe if you want to use it.
opening any type of gaming website or website that serves up gaming related ads isn't really safe anymore, and you take a gamble going to them no matter what kinda software you use to do so.. running firefox+noscript+adblock with iframes removed is about your best bet, but definately, no gil sites, no account sell/buy sites, no somepage(ffxiah power search getting there), anything else is risky business.
Damn, was really hoping to avoid reformatting. But it looks like it's either that, or get a new PC for ffxi. Ah well, thanks guys. I'll get on it. I just hope SE doesn't mind rolling me back a second time, ha.
Yeah, I know policy. Gonna try it anyways. It's not over something stupid, like accidentally dropping an item, or a simple case of giving away pw/ID. Players really can only do so much to prevent a hacking, and even then shit like this happens. We'll see how far I get; last time, I managed to have my account rolled back to the proper server 100% intact and got my transfer charges removed within 36 hours of my first phone call to recover the account pw.
guardianzero of sylph hacked and now on diabolos.
Neorea of Alexander got hacked sometime today (oct 28th) and has been transferred to Odin.
Damnit Neo, you of all ppl ><
Edit: here's the culprit:
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w...neosgear-1.jpg
Thats Neo's gear.
As I was standing outside my MH in Bastok Mines I noticed three tarutarus (all lvl 1 with no equipment) running out of the MH entryway, run to the NPC standing just on the other side of the wall, sell some things and run back to the MH. But instead of entering through the doors, they went through the wall just on the right side of the NPC Leonie (MH guy on the right). I watched them do this three times and called a GM. I was contacted immediately, but instead of whiffing in to check the situation, he/she said they would look into the matter. As well, it seemed that the one tarutaru, Sakghd, was also taking trades from the other two (Opqg, Opqf). This behavior went on for 40 mins. I truly believe that there were at least 3 accounts that were hacked last night. Am I misconstruing the scene? This happened Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008.
Hacked some time this morning... ._.
Char name: Katch
Server: Ragnarok
Happened between when I logged out at 2:30 GMT and back in at 8:00 AM GMT.
My friend just got hacked. This morning, on his alt char, he followed his hacked naked main char in Port Sandy.
Name : Shmedly
Server: Quetz
2 people got hacked today, I hope it's not starting again...
2 days ago someone in my Dynamis shell was hacked as well. This is her 2nd hacking now, so we don't know if she'll get restored >< Thinking there is probably a new virus out there stealing passwords that antivirus programs can't find yet.
Leliu
Ramuh server
Said she was moved to Shiva and stripped of gil and sellables.
edit: just saw the news about IE exploit... i thought she changed to firefox after the first time, but maybe she didn't...