View Full Version : Hacked 3 times in 3 weeks, What can I do?
Stromm
10-12-2007, 08:55 PM
As some of you may have noticed in another thread my account got hacked 4 weeks ago, I lost everything as you'd expect. 9 days of inactivity while waiting for Blizzard to verify I was the correct owner then they returned my account and my gear.
I installed a spyware program and anti virus (some would say these should have been on already). I also reset my password every night for a week by requesting one from Blizzard so that I never had to type it in.
Well the following weekend I got hacked again. I never bothered contacting Bliz as I still had my pvp gear on both chars and didn't want another 9 day suspension. After this 2nd hacking I decided to format hard drive and install a new operating system, from XP to Vista. More spyware and virus stuff installed and more password resets. Each logon was being done by pasteing the password from the email hoping that would help.
And now this week, another hacking and the loss of what little sellable gear I had accumulated again.
What am I meant to do here?
Hacked 3 times in weeks can't be put down to bad luck.
i am guessing you reinstalled addons.
what are they and where did you download them from ?
Someone has your email account information and is using that since you requested everything by mail every time?
Stromm
10-12-2007, 09:27 PM
i am guessing you reinstalled addons.
what are they and where did you download them from ?
Regular stuff like bartender3, necb, fubar, msbt, pitbull, quartz - most coming down from the ace auto updater program.
I tend to download addons at work and email them home, usually from wowinterface if memory serves me right. This home machine is almost entirely used for playing wow, I don't read forums at home so don't go to many websites.
Jalhar
10-12-2007, 09:31 PM
Someone has your email account information and is using that since you requested everything by mail every time?
Imho we have a winner here =/
Stromm
10-12-2007, 09:32 PM
Someone has your email account information and is using that since you requested everything by mail every time?
Yep this could be possible. Would a keylogger be able to record this kind of information?
Should I be resetting passwords for everything I access?
Yep this could be possible. Would a keylogger be able to record this kind of information?
Should I be resetting passwords for everything I access?
i would reset everything
If you do have to wait another 9 days whilst your account is suspended, you can use my char for your wow fix if you want. You can also steal whatevers left of my gold to help pay for stromms repairs etc when you get your char back.
Just speak to mol for my user/password, or text rob.
Actually really surprised i havent been hacked since half the server knows my username/password lol.
its
Username:ANTRULES
Password: YEAHRIGHTLOL :)
Ryanski
10-13-2007, 10:11 AM
Just create a new email account with a new password and change ur wow account so it e-mails it to this one instead, might help as i agree with the others on that being the reason. Get it sorted stromm, i'm only on 2moz for arena :P
If you do have to wait another 9 days whilst your account is suspended, you can use my char for your wow fix if you want. You can also steal whatevers left of my gold to help pay for stromms repairs etc when you get your char back.
Just speak to mol for my user/password, or text rob.
Actually really surprised i havent been hacked since half the server knows my username/password lol.
its
Username:ANTRULES
Password: YEAHRIGHTLOL :)
Im speechless....
Stromm
10-13-2007, 03:34 PM
I'm not going to tell Bliz, no point in getting another 9 day suspension just to prove I am the original account holder.
They'll only return my tanking gear which I can live without, I still have my pvp gear.
Ant, put down Halo and get back into WOW. We carried your arse for 6 months in arena and now you quit when the buffs start rolling in :razz:
Splinter
10-13-2007, 11:09 PM
Use hijackthis if you want to make sure your computer is secure. Then post it on their forums and say you're having problems with hacking into gaming accounts. They'll tell you if you still have your keylogging problems, then just change the e-mail you use and the password of it.
Ostronmcdole
10-13-2007, 11:48 PM
A third alternative is that you hae multiple personalities, and the other is robbing you of your stuff.
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