Curse

wolfe2dale · Mar 28, 2006, 11:25 AM // 11:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by MMSDome

thats why you try not to piss people off. Play with henchies and guildies only and dont brag about your money

Don't be silly, if you follow some very simple security rules you CANNOT be hacked.

The kids who play this game arn't super programmers, they use very simple and obvious tricks to steal your information.

I am attacked by a trojan on average every third time I log onto GW, only one attack has ever got past my firewall & my scanner caught it very quickly afterwards.

Some straight forward tips:

1.) Never download anything you don't absolutely trust.
2.) Cycle your password every 2 weeks.
3.) Keep a full security package running at ALL times.
3.) Never give your secure information to anyone or use the same password twice.
4.) Run a full spybot/adware & virus scan at least once every week.

If you follow these simple rules you won't get hacked & you can sit back, put your feet up & enjoy the game.

fiery · Mar 29, 2006, 04:19 AM // 04:19

Wow every 2 weeks password changed? I never been hacked and I been playing for 8 months.

konohamaru heaven · Mar 29, 2006, 04:28 AM // 04:28

So you know he can take back the account he gave you at anytime by saying "you stole it" and sending in a faxed copy of the CD-key though you could do the same.

thunderpower · Mar 29, 2006, 04:32 AM // 04:32

Possible cause of this "hacking":

1) Using the same password everywhere: email, gw account, windows, etc...

2) Downloading some "uber trainer" or "uber farm bot"

3) Visiting a web site with malicious content and approving the installation of an ActiveX control (wich, can do alot of things)

4) Sigining up to GW realted forum with malicious owner and using same password as for ypur guildwars account wich is registered to the same email you signed up with

So wich one did you do?

Ruvaen · Mar 29, 2006, 05:04 AM // 05:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfe2dale

Don't be silly, if you follow some very simple security rules you CANNOT be hacked.

The kids who play this game arn't super programmers, they use very simple and obvious tricks to steal your information.

I am attacked by a trojan on average every third time I log onto GW, only one attack has ever got past my firewall & my scanner caught it very quickly afterwards.

Some straight forward tips:

1.) Never download anything you don't absolutely trust.
2.) Cycle your password every 2 weeks.
3.) Keep a full security package running at ALL times.
3.) Never give your secure information to anyone or use the same password twice.
4.) Run a full spybot/adware & virus scan at least once every week.

If you follow these simple rules you won't get hacked & you can sit back, put your feet up & enjoy the game.

A good example of how ignorance fosters a false sense of security. Your use of the term "super programmers" was a really nice touch.

aeroclown · Mar 29, 2006, 05:30 AM // 05:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loviatar

ONE MORE ITEM

SET UP A SPECIAL SEPARATE EMAIL ACCOUNT (AFTER CLEANING KEYLOGGERS,TROJANS,ETC) FOR YOUR GW ACCOUNT.

USE ALL 15-20 CHARACTERS THAT THEY GIVE YOU FOR THE EMAIL NAME AND FILL IT WITH RANDOM LETTERS/NUMBERS.

MAKE YOUR GW EMAIL A PASSWORD AS WELL.

GO THE WHOLE 16 CHARACTERS GW GIVES YOU FOR YOUR ACCOUNT PASSWORD.

PUT IT INTO THE SHORTCUT TARGET LINE SO YOU DONT HAVE TO TYPE IT EVERY TIME AND A KEYLOGGER CANT SEE WHAT YOU DONT TYPE

:Sigh:

You know, I don't want to sound mean but its people like this that make me wounder.

I mean really think about this for a moment, you are going to put your 16 character password in a desktop shorcut. A shortcut that is in most cases probably shared. I mean hell all someone would need to do is gains access to your desktop and all the hardwork of password theft is done in clear text on the desktop in a shortcut.

Why oh why, Ill never understand why people waste their time trying to be sensible about security all the while just sticking it out there in plain view.

dreamhunk · Mar 29, 2006, 05:38 AM // 05:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thomadaneau

Yesterday.. i tried to login but they were saying my email doesnt exist anymore... i said.. wtf..

i came on gw with another account, and my name was online... i said again.. WTF...

after 24 hours, i received this :

Desolé je comprend que tu soi enervé parcke jai pris ton compte GW , je ne vai pas te le
redonner car il est trop bien (500k de tune GG ^^ ).
Parcontre pour etre sympa avec toi je te file un autre Compte GW le voici (fai en bonne usage et
cette fois si met un mot de passe unik)

login GuildWars: [email protected]
pass GuildWars : xxxx

acces boite mail en elle-meme : linuxmail.org (login: opi)
pass boite mail en elle-meme : xxxx

-----------------------
je te rajoute avec ceci un petit compte Steam Pour jouer à Ton futu jeu préféré Counter Strike
Source ou encors Condition Zero

login Compte Steam : lethalgoregrinder
pass compte steam : xxxxx

-------------

voila j\'espere que ces 2 comptes pouron te faire oublier ce ke je tes fait a ton compte GW.
aurevoir

Email envoyé grace au site http://www.email-anonyme.fr.st

Those who doent understand french.. its like this:

I know you must be angry at me for stealing your account, it was a nice account with 500k ^^. To lower this frustration, i will give you my account.. he gave me an account (which is working.. level 20 ranger with 7k) and a counter strike account :|.

so.. he hacked me.. sent me an email.. but what can i do... i dont have my cd-key since 6 months cause i dont need the cd to play...

If you have a password e-mail Anet and tell them what happened. Fax them your password or code when you the game. If your game was hacked there was to track the stealer.

Hockster · Mar 29, 2006, 05:46 AM // 05:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfe2dale

Don't be silly, if you follow some very simple security rules you CANNOT be hacked.

The kids who play this game arn't super programmers, they use very simple and obvious tricks to steal your information.

I am attacked by a trojan on average every third time I log onto GW, only one attack has ever got past my firewall & my scanner caught it very quickly afterwards.

Some straight forward tips:

1.) Never download anything you don't absolutely trust.
2.) Cycle your password every 2 weeks.
3.) Keep a full security package running at ALL times.
3.) Never give your secure information to anyone or use the same password twice.
4.) Run a full spybot/adware & virus scan at least once every week.

If you follow these simple rules you won't get hacked & you can sit back, put your feet up & enjoy the game.

If someone wants your box, they will get it. Saying you can not be hacked is ludicrous.

You get hit by a trojan by simply logging into the game? Interesting as you can't be back traced past the GW servers. If someone cracked the servers it's extremely unlikely they're after one single account. And trojans don't come at you from the outside. They start on the inside and send stuff out.

The rest of the tips are decent, but the AV scans should be daily. And you missed one of the most important ones. Always patch the OS. Good idea to update all the apps as well. Especially things like java, flash, shockwave, etc.

Awesome Nuke · Mar 29, 2006, 05:55 AM // 05:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rilder

I already emailed George Bush about it.....

[...]

Yea it is terible about what happened...

This is not an actual e-mail from George W. Bush, please don't nuke me.

ROFLOLMAO! I laughed for like 2 mins hahaha

Ruvaen · Mar 29, 2006, 07:03 AM // 07:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hockster

If someone wants your box, they will get it. Saying you can not be hacked is ludicrous.

Thank you.

koneko · Mar 29, 2006, 07:08 AM // 07:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hockster

If someone wants your box, they will get it. Saying you can not be hacked is ludicrous.

/unplugs CAT5 from the computer

...what?

kaldak · Mar 29, 2006, 07:25 AM // 07:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfe2dale

Don't be silly, if you follow some very simple security rules you CANNOT be hacked.

The kids who play this game arn't super programmers, they use very simple and obvious tricks to steal your information.

I am attacked by a trojan on average every third time I log onto GW, only one attack has ever got past my firewall & my scanner caught it very quickly afterwards.

Some straight forward tips:

1.) Never download anything you don't absolutely trust.
2.) Cycle your password every 2 weeks.
3.) Keep a full security package running at ALL times.
3.) Never give your secure information to anyone or use the same password twice.
4.) Run a full spybot/adware & virus scan at least once every week.

If you follow these simple rules you won't get hacked & you can sit back, put your feet up & enjoy the game.

as mentioned above, how exactly would they attack you from outside? unless we're talking about someone who is seriously 1337, you'd need to have something on your computer to let them in. what sort of attack are we talking about? a ping of death? thats not going to get them your password. sounds alot like you forgot to follow your own advice at some point and currently have a trojan...

MSecorsky · Mar 29, 2006, 04:49 PM // 16:49

Dude, just take your original account back, like someone said. Change your password, get a good spyware program to route out the keystroke logger and be done with it.

Anytime anyone thinks someone has their account, IMMEDIATELY change the password. It's linked to your email only, so they can't change it back.

Of course... you really need to be sure your computer's clean.

FeroxC · Mar 29, 2006, 05:01 PM // 17:01

Theres only one way youve been hacked, your pc has been compromised either by a trojan or a keylogger.

If its a trojan then he could be watching everything you do.
If its a key logger hes spying on everything you type.

You might want to do netstat -a in command prompt to see if any programs are listening for connections on a weird port number.

If i was you id install a free antivirus(avast,avg) run it, install zone alarm and check if anything suspiciouse makes a outgoing connection attempt and if so block it. Then google the app.

After your sure your pc is ok, log in the hacked account he gave you, give all the items and cash to a freind.

Email guild wars explaining the situation with a pictue of the box, serial key and disks and your old account name.

Theyl reset the password for you, now ask for the free gear back from your freind

Laugh in the guys face.

RTSFirebat · Mar 29, 2006, 05:45 PM // 17:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain

. I would also suggest that you roll back your computer about a week or so to be safe then run ad/spyware remover programs. Spydoctor is a good program

. Hope that helped.

-Tsunami

I would recommend a total format of your machine at that point. Its the only way to be sure, the Windows XP System restore does more damage then it's worth.

CyberNigma · Mar 29, 2006, 07:38 PM // 19:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by imsystem

this happend to me
my account is registerd with plaync.com not from ingame so they hacked my plaync account and changed my info
i submited a report to anet about it they asked me a few questions to verify the account was mine then they reset the password for me
they didnt delete my charactors but they salvaged all my armors and clear my invintorys

funniest part was they guy put his real adress and phone number in the new info i called him and he bragged about stealing my account so i reported his ip to his isp for hacking
im not sure how he got my info the only program i used was gwfreaks and its on this website so i thought it would be ok but after this im not sure
you see i updated gwfreaks then the next night my account was hacked

so yes submit a ticket to support jump through the hoops you may get lucky and the hacker is using your account still and not just clearing it out

Actually, you might be in a totally different situation than him. NCSoft is being handed a large class-action lawsuit due to identity theft of its users right now. Do some searching on the web and you should have several places to find more information about it..

CyberNigma · Mar 29, 2006, 07:45 PM // 19:45

As far as characters and items are concerned you are probably out of luck. You are from the North American region I take it? If you were in Korea or Japan you would have a bit better luck. Lawsuits recently in both of thosxe countries (the Korean one I think was imposed by a Chinese court because the Korean company operates in China, I believe) have been successful in recovering lost items (as they have records of them) much in the same way as 'real' property can be returned.

They are probably overwhelmed at most of the MMOs and don't hav ethe resources to follow up or act on most of these instances is probably the reason they set policies of not return/recovering data (or only recovering an account once). This has never been tested in an American court that I know of (or Canadian) and probably won't hold up, but nobody really knows. People all over the world figured they wouldn't hold up in these cases, but they did. I'm not advocating a mass sue-fest, as that would only degrade the MMOs further and possibly result in some kind of regulation to protect them (or arbitration clauses that they would require you to sign), but there are always options.

By outright refusing to restore your items (even if it means duping new items) kinda seems like they're passing the buck. I believe the successful cases involved Redmoon Online and Dragon Warrior 10,000 (joking on the number, but some sequel to it), though I may be mistaken on their names.

Ashleigh McMahon · Mar 29, 2006, 08:13 PM // 20:13

Since he gave you his account, tell anet about his account and they will be able to track the hacker and take action.

Good luck

Fist_of_God · Mar 29, 2006, 08:20 PM // 20:20

You would have to leave open certain ports, by which a hacker can get into your sytem through, and he would have to know his way around. Needless to say, anyone with those type of skills wouldn't be hacking your computer for a few virtual items. These guys go for big money cc#'s in cache to be more specific and other personal information by which identity theft is made possible. Other than that 99.99% of hacks are just keyloggers.

Overnite · Mar 29, 2006, 08:57 PM // 20:57

Getting an account stolen always involves cooperation on the part of the victim, I can't really imagine some 1337 h4xx0r hacking random computers in search of Guild Wars passwords. Have fun with your brand new account !