I think my account has been hacked for the second time in two months. I can't recover my account automatically through the Web site, and I can't even have the pleasure of being in the phone queue. The computer tells me the lines are full and hangs up on me (this has been going on for about two hours now). I really have to get back to my real life ... I sure can't spend all day dialing my phone, and the wait on the Web forms sounds like it could be extensive due to the holidays (I submitted one a few days ago). Sadly, I'm beginning to wonder if it's even worth it at this point. I play games to escape red tape, not bask in it during my free time...
Doesn't solve much but hell it doesn't hurt much either.
thats an absurd suggestion, especially if the issue lies on the end of the company and not the user. no general user needs 3 pc's. If worried about the sites you go to, it is easier to have a virtual desktop (free version being virtualbox). for data storage, another hard drive is more than enough (again, general user) with an auto backup (FBackup is good free program for this). 3 pc's is a lot of overkill for those uses.
Doesn't solve much but hell it doesn't hurt much either.
thats an absurd suggestion, especially if the issue lies on the end of the company and not the user. no general user needs 3 pc's. If worried about the sites you go to, it is easier to have a virtual desktop (free version being virtualbox). for data storage, another hard drive is more than enough (again, general user) with an auto backup (FBackup is good free program for this). 3 pc's is a lot of overkill for those uses.
If you care for your intellectual property, you might want 2 isp installed. One for browsing, one for internal communication with selected parties pre defined.
You have proof to suggest that the issue lies with the company and not the user? I also heard patients complaining that their declining health are issues of their family doctors, not their own diet habits and aging.
I think my account has been hacked for the second time in two months. I can't recover my account automatically through the Web site, and I can't even have the pleasure of being in the phone queue. The computer tells me the lines are full and hangs up on me (this has been going on for about two hours now). I really have to get back to my real life ... I sure can't spend all day dialing my phone, and the wait on the Web forms sounds like it could be extensive due to the holidays (I submitted one a few days ago). Sadly, I'm beginning to wonder if it's even worth it at this point. I play games to escape red tape, not bask in it during my free time...
Make sure your Warcraft UID/password isn't the same as you use on other sites/games. This is the bit of security that gets missed most often. People go through all kinds of elaborate system encryption, isolation, reimaging, etc, all the while using the same U/P combinations all around the internet.
The big mistake people make is assuming that if they change all their passwords to something new(still the same on other sites/games) that they'll be safe. Few hackers will waste time on you as an individual, digging through your keylogs to guess U/P combinations. they tend to get a whole slew of them from hacking into a low sec site where you wouldn't think it a big deal if it got hacked. But if the kind of site itself can determine anything about users' interests, a hacker can find a buyer for that data.
Thus, hack a gaming, or MMO site, you know those users likely have at least one AAA MMO account somewhere. The data is therefore valuable to gold sites.
Lastly, if you've got a smartphone, get the battlenet app for free and install it. I wish LotRO had this option...
To start things off, im a network admin so i know how to setup firewalls, antivirus and antispyware programs.
Ive been hacked 5 times now. The last time was 3!! weeks after getting my account back after the 4th hack.
Everytime ive been hacked ive completely formatted my hdd and reinstalled everything. im 99.9% sure the problem isnt on my side. Ive had about 20 other mmo's where ive never been hacked, among others LOTRO SW:G Warhammer online, Conan, EVE online, guildwars.
Its gone so far with wow hacks that almost everyone i know has been hacked at least once. (and most of my freinds have been playing wow since the game came out).
BTW hardware authenticators seem just one more way for blizz to make money. NO OTHER game that i know of needs a peice of hardware to make it more secure.
After the 5th hack i finally gave up.
yes this post shows the reality how blizzard treats their clients, i got hacked 1 time on wow, and in aion guild wars, conan Warhammer and ltro, 0 times
so go figure what those greedy people from blizzard does with our money!
That's cuz WoW is King. Gold sellers sell far more gold for it than any other game. No contest.
It's in WoW's best interest to prevent hacking wherever they can. Trust me, between the support in having to restore characters, support in getting your account right-side up, support and maint of FREE smartphone app tools, they are losing money.
Seriously, read my previous post. DO NOT use the same ID/PW combination for Battlenet that you use for other sites/games. That's where they're getting a majority of their victims, I'm sure of it.
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I think my account has been hacked for the second time in two months. I can't recover my account automatically through the Web site, and I can't even have the pleasure of being in the phone queue. The computer tells me the lines are full and hangs up on me (this has been going on for about two hours now). I really have to get back to my real life ... I sure can't spend all day dialing my phone, and the wait on the Web forms sounds like it could be extensive due to the holidays (I submitted one a few days ago). Sadly, I'm beginning to wonder if it's even worth it at this point. I play games to escape red tape, not bask in it during my free time...
thats an absurd suggestion, especially if the issue lies on the end of the company and not the user. no general user needs 3 pc's. If worried about the sites you go to, it is easier to have a virtual desktop (free version being virtualbox). for data storage, another hard drive is more than enough (again, general user) with an auto backup (FBackup is good free program for this). 3 pc's is a lot of overkill for those uses.
If you care for your intellectual property, you might want 2 isp installed. One for browsing, one for internal communication with selected parties pre defined.
You have proof to suggest that the issue lies with the company and not the user? I also heard patients complaining that their declining health are issues of their family doctors, not their own diet habits and aging.
Make sure your Warcraft UID/password isn't the same as you use on other sites/games. This is the bit of security that gets missed most often. People go through all kinds of elaborate system encryption, isolation, reimaging, etc, all the while using the same U/P combinations all around the internet.
The big mistake people make is assuming that if they change all their passwords to something new(still the same on other sites/games) that they'll be safe. Few hackers will waste time on you as an individual, digging through your keylogs to guess U/P combinations. they tend to get a whole slew of them from hacking into a low sec site where you wouldn't think it a big deal if it got hacked. But if the kind of site itself can determine anything about users' interests, a hacker can find a buyer for that data.
Thus, hack a gaming, or MMO site, you know those users likely have at least one AAA MMO account somewhere. The data is therefore valuable to gold sites.
Lastly, if you've got a smartphone, get the battlenet app for free and install it. I wish LotRO had this option...
That's cuz WoW is King. Gold sellers sell far more gold for it than any other game. No contest.
It's in WoW's best interest to prevent hacking wherever they can. Trust me, between the support in having to restore characters, support in getting your account right-side up, support and maint of FREE smartphone app tools, they are losing money.
Seriously, read my previous post. DO NOT use the same ID/PW combination for Battlenet that you use for other sites/games. That's where they're getting a majority of their victims, I'm sure of it.