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Kumu Honua · Aug 19, 2008, 04:39 PM // 16:39

O.K. Just plain stop the paranoia train

gargytama · Aug 19, 2008, 05:01 PM // 17:01

well, I think it has to do with some hackers who probably hacked a server with a lot of registred accounts. I guess A-net would sort the accounts by when they're created so we who've played for a really long time and those who haven't played for very long should be safe (in theory).

Not sure that it's like this either, but at least it's a theory cuz a lot of ppl've received an update while the most haven't.

Yawgmoth · Aug 19, 2008, 05:58 PM // 17:58

Yesterday I thought - Oh, a new update! It downloaded, then downloaded again, and 2 more times (wtf?). And there was no update at all... but the downloads haven't ended...

I have my GW installed and working since betas in 2004 and nothing like this has happened before - now every 2 or 3 game restarts the game downloads a varying number of files, despite me doing -image always after every update, and twice today.

It can take quite a long time - biggest download I had today consisted of 6 download bars, with up to as much as 49 files (4MB), and with unusually long decompressing times (up to near 2 minutes).
Annoying.

Sekran · Aug 19, 2008, 06:47 PM // 18:47

happened to me too :S

Xx_Sorin_xX · Aug 19, 2008, 09:36 PM // 21:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lady Lozza

Sorin, I have thought hack, but that isn't my first thought. My thought is this - if the guild list/friends list is screwy then perhaps it is possible that the server has not registered the disconnect properly. No I did not stick around 10 minutes to find out.

How I came to this conclusion rather than hack -
Said player, logs on for about 30 minutes before going to work.
Said player was seen in a town where I would expect to see them during those 30 mins before they headed off to work.

I am not sure that it is possible for said player to log in from work - hence my conclusion of not actually being online.

i meant the video game/TV show haha

joshuarodger · Aug 19, 2008, 10:24 PM // 22:24

i just downloaded it today. the download got stuck on 99% the first attempt, so i just restarted my whole comp. retried GW and everything seemed to be fine. i dunno.

Kula · Aug 20, 2008, 07:54 AM // 07:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by chfanfiction

However, I DID get a VERY suspicious e-mail from someone who said they were taking a survey. I didn't fill it out, but I went to their site. Is it possible by going to their site i allowed in viruses?

I also got a recent email in my spambox requesting to take a survey from "Decipher Research" asking for my opinions on gaming. I didn't recognize the sender so I just deleted.

Dr.Jones · Aug 20, 2008, 08:59 AM // 08:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kula

I also got a recent email in my spambox requesting to take a survey from "Decipher Research" asking for my opinions on gaming. I didn't recognize the sender so I just deleted.

i got that same e-mail and being confident in my passwords and how often i change them and my firewall and virus protection i went ahead and did the survey nothing came up not did i get this random update eather. also the servery seemed like it was from anet seeing as it talked about mmo's and no subscription fee games.

bel unbreakable · Aug 20, 2008, 09:02 AM // 09:02

i had a down load this morning that isint listed in the update note now i cant get in keep getting err 58 all the time

Kumu Honua · Aug 20, 2008, 09:39 AM // 09:39

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Originally Posted by bel unbreakable

i had a down load this morning that isint listed in the update note now i cant get in keep getting err 58 all the time

Are you wearing your tin foil hat? Did you put out the anti-hacking-ninja dreamcatchers?...

Master Lorkhan · Aug 20, 2008, 10:42 AM // 10:42

Now I have to download something... but I closed Gw before it ended... what I have to do?

flyinhigh · Aug 20, 2008, 10:49 AM // 10:49

got a 3 mb download just now, still able to log in, after a few attempts, changed PW just incase, and still have 1.5 mil in account. so im pretty sure im not hacked.

ran hijackthis and spybot and nothing popped out at me, no idea what the hell that update was but it was big, (3 mb is big to my computer connection cuz it sucks)

Koudelka · Aug 20, 2008, 10:50 AM // 10:50

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Originally Posted by Matrix Arcade

I had the same as most of you lads, had a ~3mb file to download to start. Then couldn't logon for around 5mins (got err058). Then after those 5mins I downloaden another couple files and I could logon again. I think it is (as previously stated) a problem with the last update. Only strange thing is Turin (post above) who found his acount completely empty and after another couple mins also his log-on email adress was changed. (he's my guildleader)

Yeah, I got error=058 aswell. I thought it was very creepy, seeing as the rest of my internet was working. Refreshed IP... probably just a coincidence but it worked again, with an update! My thoughts? Just a bug update.

Of course, could be the purple broadsword ninjas of doom coming to get us...

Aery · Aug 20, 2008, 11:03 AM // 11:03

Same thing happened here a couple of days after the documented update.

GW was being laggy and not updating in the chat window so I re-logged. When I did, it tried to DL the same file 3 times, looking like it stopped short each time. Finally it started and I logged in as normal.

One other guild member has had this update, the rest haven't. Getting suspicious, I changed my game password and PlayNC password too, though I don't expect that would make any difference if something has added itself to the game client.

Was ok last night, but GW has never updated like that before for me. Any official response on what this may be would be welcome.

Kusandaa · Aug 20, 2008, 11:40 AM // 11:40

I got on GW yesterday and got a PM right away from one of my friends. He was asking if I had gotten any updates recently, because he just had gotten one. He also said something in the lines of "I checked Guru and found a conspiracy thread about this =S".

(So I'm guessing you'll eventually fall on this. PUT ON YOUR TINFOIL HAT! =D)

While another of my friends didn't get the "update" yet. She said she'd pay attention though.

-Sonata- · Aug 20, 2008, 01:55 PM // 13:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kula

I also got a recent email in my spambox requesting to take a survey from "Decipher Research" asking for my opinions on gaming. I didn't recognize the sender so I just deleted.

I got that today. Oddly enough though, it arrived in an email address that is not used for my GW account. I'm wondering if it came from gamerDNA(formerly guildcafe) myself, but that's completely off-topic.

Just wanted to confirm I also got that certain email and it should be an automatic delete for anyone else who may get it.

Nightow · Aug 20, 2008, 01:57 PM // 13:57

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Originally Posted by -Sonata-

I got that today. Oddly enough though, it arrived in an email address that is not used for my GW account. I'm wondering if it came from gamerDNA(formerly guildcafe) myself, but that's completely off-topic.

Just wanted to confirm I also got that certain email and it should be an automatic delete for anyone else who may get it.

Got the very same email here too and in the trash bin it went.

Phineas · Aug 20, 2008, 07:28 PM // 19:28

I also had the unannounced update but something stranger just happened...

I ran -image for no real reason whilst some other stuff was running and hogging bandwidth so I knew I couldn't play just yet. It completed very quickly with no new items to download.

Then when I started the client in normal fashion to log in and play I received an update. That downloaded, and decompressed, then it opened the same screen again and downloaded and decompressed some more, and then it did that again! So, 3 instantaneous downloads, each time the amount downloaded was a different size to the previous and all this after an -image that did nothing.

Although possible, I find it unlikely that there was an update published in the 2 minutes between using -image and starting normally.

Weirdness.

I am also concerned at the poor grammar seen at the end of the "Bogus Video" info on the login screen.

Kumu Honua · Aug 20, 2008, 07:52 PM // 19:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phineas

I also had the unannounced update but something stranger just happened...

I ran -image for no real reason whilst some other stuff was running and hogging bandwidth so I knew I couldn't play just yet. It completed very quickly with no new items to download.

Then when I started the client in normal fashion to log in and play I received an update. That downloaded, and decompressed, then it opened the same screen again and downloaded and decompressed some more, and then it did that again! So, 3 instantaneous downloads, each time the amount downloaded was a different size to the previous and all this after an -image that did nothing.

Although possible, I find it unlikely that there was an update published in the 2 minutes between using -image and starting normally.

Weirdness.

I am also concerned at the poor grammar seen at the end of the "Bogus Video" info on the login screen.

Get your tin foil here. I bought stock!

Stephen John · Aug 20, 2008, 08:29 PM // 20:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kula

I also got a recent email in my spambox requesting to take a survey from "Decipher Research" asking for my opinions on gaming. I didn't recognize the sender so I just deleted.

i too got that email.... but i just deleted it and moved on and about the update about 2 days ago i received one not thinking much of it but i haven't been expierencing any problems or anything as of yet..

if it is any help, which i doubt bc i was surfing the web and a pop up popped up and i clicked it by accident..., but for the past two days my AVG free edition picked up: trojan horse sheur.ccxr a total of 4 files so far has been deleted... but once again i dont think it pertains to this