Proof Keyloggers are Gold Selling Sites

Enixa — Tue, 11/25/2008 - 11:01

MY proof! Today the servers have been down so I have been in IRC as well as spamming refresh on tracker page every 5 minutes trying to keep myself entertained. I've been on Maybe an hour. 7 Seperate Pop ups have come up. ALL have been gold selling sites. ALL of them. Now I sure as hell have never bought gold. I borrow it then pay back in-game. My brother has bought gold and I'm pretty sure he's the one who went to one of the sites. They have been 2 sites. Just my 2 cents. HELP ME BUILD THE LINUX BOX ALREADY G

Yup

Mashedtater — Tue, 11/25/2008 - 23:31

I picked up some nasties on my comp a few days ago, or at least thats when I noticed some odd behavior and found oodles of malware. One was an identified keylogger so after I got rid of it, I changed all my passwords. Of course I won't feel clean again until I format. Soon as finals are over, I'm nukin this baby and changin my passwords again....
On a side note, I have NOD32 and a couple other programs installed and none detected the infection. Ended up Ad-aware and Malwarebites found some of them. They all say I'm clean now, but I disagree because occasionally my router log shows some scandalous sites being contacted. I think a lot of the antivirus/malware programs are a means of detection more than a means of defense. When in doubt, get the Windows disk out.

If anyone isn't running

Dufe — Tue, 11/25/2008 - 17:01

If anyone isn't running Firefox with the NoScript addon, a SOLID antivirus product, AND full automatic updates on every possible piece of installed software, it's only a matter of time before they get a "breach" of some sort. Seriously, IT WILL HAPPEN. Get yourself protected.

For those of you running a Mac who think this doesn't apply to you: YOU ARE WRONG. One of the biggest vulnerabilities we've seen in the last 3 years has now been actively exploited for three days on MAC OS X with NO PATCH from Apple yet.
For those of you running Linux who think this doesn't apply to you: YOU ARE WRONG. Linux averages over one vulnerabilty discovered per day. KEEP YOURSELF UPDATED. This advice applies just as much to Linux.

I think there will be less and less sympathy for those who are hacked through patchable/blockable exploits as time goes on. You need to take the little amount of time required to protect yourself. Yes, you could still get hit even doing all these things, but it reduces the likelihood dramatically.

Start here, Turf:

garreth — Tue, 11/25/2008 - 14:57

Start here, Turf: http://malwarebytes.org/

That sux, that's why I'm glad

Adwarflol — Tue, 11/25/2008 - 14:40

That sux, that's why I'm glad I don't have to share a computer.

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What do you think about no flying for an entire expansion?

YES) It makes me feel more immersed in the game lore.

15%

YES) It encourages more PvP! (Please explain how in comments)

YES) I miss riding my ground mounts.

MAYBE) If you make all of my flying mounts able to be ground too.

MAYBE) if ground mounts are sped up to 200% speed (or higher)

26%

NO) I don't have enough time when I'm on to be riding everywhere

NO) I have spent too much time getting various levels of flying to be wasting it.

11%

NO) It encourages more PVP! (please explain in the comments)

NO) I love flying.

19%

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