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    Uh... Hacked? What?

    So... i Just checked my E-mail and supposedly at 2:30am today my password was reset (30 in after i went to sleep =/)...

    Then i got an e-mail from [email protected] at 9:40am Saying they found out that someone who wasn't me accessed my account and that i was given a 24-hour suspension and an e-mail will be sent to reset my password.

    I haven't reset my password yet, i figure if I've been keylogged they could get it again.

    I usually use FF+Adblock+No-Script and never go to any questionable sites (just facebook, bg, mmo-c, wow-wiki, the main wow site and sites that i go to regularly)

    But recently i was trying out Chrome (good bye!) so i don't know what happened.

    I figured AVG would pick up a keylogger... guess not.

    Armory shows my Mage naked and my Pally is missing some gear and a mix of ret and holy gear, great...


    I knew I should have gotten an authenticator...

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    yup the time i got hacked was when i was using chrome too, chrome sucks balls

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    Question, are you using Adblock with Chrome? (NoScript currently is not completed for Chrome to my knowledge).

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    Buy an authenticator.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pikarya View Post
    Question, are you using Adblock with Chrome? (NoScript currently is not completed for Chrome to my knowledge).
    hmm i wasn't using adblock with chrome =/
    guess that's where I went wrong...

    I just call blizz to get my characters restored right?
    I still haven't created a new password yet so i haven't logged on to see the total damage, but i'm assuming they sold most of my gear and stole my gold and mats.


    Quote Originally Posted by Arcknight View Post
    Buy an authenticator.
    First thing I will do once I find the keylogger >.>

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lordshin View Post
    hmm i wasn't using adblock with chrome =/
    guess that's where I went wrong...
    imo theres a high chance that you got that from from a google/wowAd since adblock wasn't running. (Yeah you could of gotten it from somewhere else, but I'm going with this since you're running chrome.)

    anyways malwarebytes/spybot/avg/etc

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lordshin View Post
    First thing I will do once I find the keylogger >.>
    Reformat + reinstall

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lordshin View Post
    I figured AVG
    Theres your problem. I dont chime in much here while troll searching but if there is anything that causes problems in wow and ffxi account theft its having a lackluster virus scanner. AVG isnt worth the free price tag anymore by a long shot, it will false positive a lot and miss a lot more. Id steal yourself a copy of nod32 (or buy it, your choice) and get yourself actually protected. Very good chance you still have something mucking around in there as well.

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    Stop making these useless threads about how you're stupid. If you get burned, buy an authenticator and shush. If you have yet to get burned, don't have an authenticator and never EVER will need one *cough*... Buy one anyways so we won't hear about it in a new thread when you actually do get hacked.

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    Core hound pup is reason enough to buy one anyways.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jodwahh View Post
    Core hound pup is reason enough to buy one anyways.
    This

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ardrial View Post
    Reformat + reinstall
    Low-level format + reinstall. :D

    Also, second the advice for a solid antivirus like NOD32. If you MUST go freeware, Microsoft's Security Essentials doesn't suck.

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    yeah... roommate suggested I get Avira... it found a couple of things AVG never picked up =/

    It shows how you can go paranoid about getting hacked for many years (I own the SE Authenticator) and make one stupid choice and lose it all ><

    Quote Originally Posted by Res View Post
    Low-level format + reinstall. :D

    Also, second the advice for a solid antivirus like NOD32. If you MUST go freeware, Microsoft's Security Essentials doesn't suck.
    ugh... i was hoping it wouldn't come to that.

    Also, would blizz be able to restore the items i might have lost? or do they just give you that care package thing...
    I don't care about the gold i had but losing the gear sucks =/


    EDIT: WOW.... i just found out how i got hacked (and how stupid i am)
    http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/a...-moves-147499/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lordshin View Post
    yeah... roommate suggested I get Avira... it found a couple of things AVG never picked up =/

    It shows how you can go paranoid about getting hacked for many years (I own the SE Authenticator) and make one stupid choice and lose it all ><



    ugh... i was hoping it wouldn't come to that.

    Also, would blizz be able to restore the items i might have lost? or do they just give you that care package thing...
    I don't care about the gold i had but losing the gear sucks =/


    EDIT: WOW.... i just found out how i got hacked (and how stupid i am)
    http://www.mmo-champion.com/news-2/a...-moves-147499/
    avira is pretty good but nothing beats a nice solid nod32 level of protection

    also after reading that post, the process is called natural selection, its to cull the weak from the ones who can read.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sonomaa View Post
    avira is pretty good but nothing beats a nice solid nod32 level of protection

    also after reading that post, the process is called natural selection, its to cull the weak from the ones who can read.
    yeah, i agree with you. i have fallen prey to natural selection... i feel pretty stupid at the moment.

    first thing i did when reading that om mmo-c was facepalm....
    Thats what i get for logging onto "the armory" late at night while my brain is shutting off =/

    meh i can say i kinda deserved it for not being careful... oh well its happened can't do much about it...

    gonna go /headdesk for a couple of hours, oh and get an authenticator....

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    Avast is good too. It has blocked some infected sites for me and aborted connection. Although I have enough PC knowledge to keep my PC safe always use firefox + adblockplus/noscript. I still stress about my account safety cause I'm paranoid so I got an authorizer for that reason.

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    Authenticator is on its way >.>

    Logged in to see my main deleteed and my pally underneath sholazar falling to her death! D:
    oh and all my gold/items gone

    submitted ticket so hopefully i get everything back. I want my mage and his quel'delar back ; ;

    oh and looking forward to my Core Hound xD