Curse

Solas · Aug 20, 2008, 10:11 PM // 22:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kumu Honua

Get your tin foil here. I bought stock!

lol:P

"Just because i'm paranoid doesn't mean somone is not trying to kill me"-Kurt Cobain think thats the quote anyway

On any level unkown files being downloaded onto a computer is a bit of a cause for thought.

Maybe its not a huge threat but till the cause is found then theres always the possibility of third party antics.
It could well be corrupted files but it wouldn't they have conformed that it wasn't by now?

Not The One · Aug 21, 2008, 01:19 AM // 01:19

I have not had the odd 3mb download yet, but on another disturbing note
which i figured I would share with everyone,I have been infected multiple
times from Tribalfusion (a popup ad here on guru.)so far i got:

Trojan horse DNSChanger.alt
Trojan horse Downloader.purityscan.Y
Trojan horse Adload_R.h

and

Tribalfusion.Adwaregeneric3.CBH

Popups suck to begin with, but this is just B.S.! GWG unlink this ad please!

Drop of Fear · Aug 21, 2008, 06:18 AM // 06:18

another 4mb update today.... misterious

kenard · Aug 21, 2008, 07:20 AM // 07:20

For those who have small 'updates' did you do a -image? or close GW while loading (in between maps)?
I believe that the game marks files as 'to download' and the first thing that happens on start up is to download all the files mark as such.

Charrbane Striker · Aug 21, 2008, 01:02 PM // 13:02

Strange... I got one 4mb update right now.
And now I'm unable to login in at gw.
(code 58)
Edit: I got another update again. And now i can log in again

Jumping Is Uselss · Aug 21, 2008, 01:30 PM // 13:30

Never got any morning updates yet. Aren't all of Anet's updates in the afternoon timeframe?

sixofone · Aug 21, 2008, 01:50 PM // 13:50

I had a repeat of Sunday afternoon: started GW and it started dowloading a small file, stuck at 99% for about a minute, finished up and closed; reopened and did another small download (like under 20 seconds), closed; reopened like normal.

Nothing missing from my toons. No strange emails coming in.

Weird.

Kusandaa · Aug 21, 2008, 01:52 PM // 13:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jumping Is Uselss

Never got any morning updates yet. Aren't all of Anet's updates in the afternoon timeframe?

Depends of your time zone. ATM, I'm in GMT-4. When ANet says an event is gonna start at midnight Pacific (GMT-8), it means 4AM for me.
For someone in GMT-5, it means 3AM.
For someone in GMT+1, it means 9AM (if my calculations are right O_o).

So you get people getting their updates at different part of the day.

Then those weird updates that seem to happen regardless of the time.

Highlander Of Alba · Aug 21, 2008, 02:51 PM // 14:51

Had a similar situation last night also..

Had the 105 files and over 3mb then when it tried to log on to guild wars no joy..

I restarted comp and had another but just said update and ran start to end
Still no joy..rebooted gain and it connected..(what did appear was the weekend prog you have on log in )

Checked account could not see anything untoward..although have 20 chars , did not try each one

I do not tun any third party progs ..also have norton and router set to just allow G/w

Have not tried to log on to-day..

If anything elese will post any details that I may see

Madeentje · Aug 21, 2008, 03:11 PM // 15:11

Gosh,

I have gotten 2 of these updates now, 1 like 2 days ago. That was a very small update (2 updates) nothing changed, I could just continue to play the game. But like 20 mins ago I got another update of bit more then 3mb, 105 files. Couldn't login (059) after few mins I could, nothing changed to my account (so far).

SirSausage · Aug 21, 2008, 03:29 PM // 15:29

This is strange. Still no word from Anet about the mystery update.
*Tries to figure out what that means, maybe some kind of surprise?*
*ponders*

zeal101 · Aug 21, 2008, 04:21 PM // 16:21

wtf is up with the random updates? the update hangs at 99%. It occurs about 1 out of every 4 login attempts now.

Junzi · Aug 21, 2008, 06:05 PM // 18:05

Hopefully Anet will give us an answer, long awaited changes, server screwups or whatever very soon. Alot of the community is too freaked out to even log in right now. This thing happening right around the time of the gvg changes and ursan change really doesn't put them in a better light. -seriously thinking about not getting GW2-

Regina Buenaobra · Aug 21, 2008, 07:04 PM // 19:04

We've done some checking into this issue, and apparently one of our European file servers was misconfigured. The team have found the flaw and corrected it. This bug would not have affected your account or characters in any way.

Kusandaa · Aug 21, 2008, 07:13 PM // 19:13

Thanks for the information Regina. There's just something I don't get though, but that might just be me who's too dumb to see a link: if the problem was on a Euro server, why did people in America, who connected to American servers, have the same problem/update/etc?

sixofone · Aug 21, 2008, 07:17 PM // 19:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

We've done some checking into this issue, and apparently one of our European file servers was misconfigured. The team have found the flaw and corrected it. This bug would not have affected your account or characters in any way.

Thanks, Regina!

I'm in the U.S., but typically play in the ID's (less spam). Would that be why I was getting these "updates"?

Junzi · Aug 21, 2008, 07:20 PM // 19:20

Thanks for the info Regina, at least we know it wasn't a hacking attempt. Still wondering why american players would be affected then.

Regina Buenaobra · Aug 21, 2008, 07:20 PM // 19:20

I'm told that it is technically possible for Americans to connect to European servers, so this bug may have affected a few Americans.

Junzi · Aug 21, 2008, 07:25 PM // 19:25

That makes sense, and thanks again for looking into this.

Can anyone confirm that it's working as it should? I'm on my laptop and can't access the game until I get back home tomorrow night.

Kusandaa · Aug 21, 2008, 07:26 PM // 19:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Regina Buenaobra

I'm told that it is technically possible for Americans to connect to European servers, so this bug may have affected a few Americans.

Never realized that though. In general the server's IP I log on is an American server. That's in general as I don't check the server's IP everyday so I can't say I never log on Euro servers so to speak - I barely play on Euro districts (although I after reading this I'm not sure if it makes a difference) and I haven't set a foot in Europe since 2003.