Poster: Tyren at 10/5/2005 11:55:30 AM PDT
Subject: Important: Password Security |
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With the recent rise in reports of compromised accounts, we felt that it would be in the best interest of the community to bring this topic into the spotlight. This is an effort to educate our customers about what can be done to should your account become compromised and most importantly, what you can do to prevent it from becoming compromised.
We strongly recommend you following procedure to avoid compromising your account:
-Avoid using third-party executable programs.
-Do not type your World of Warcraft login info on other websites.
-Don't share your information with friends/guild mates.
-Don't use "leveling" services, or any service that requires you to provide your account ID and/or password.
-Change your password often. Also, make sure that you don't follow a pattern when you change your password (ex: 123Bob, 123Bobb, 123Bob1, 123Bob2)
-Avoid UI mods with executables since they could contain Trojans that transmit your account information back to the host.
We urge you all to review the current policy which can be found here: http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowgm/?id=agm01889p
| | | http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=5171990&p=#post5171990 | | | Poster: Tyren at 10/5/2005 11:55:30 AM PDT
Subject: Important: Password Security [Update] *edited post* |
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With the recent rise in reports of compromised accounts, we felt that it would be in the best interest of the community to bring this topic into the spotlight. This is an effort to educate our customers about what can be done to should your account become compromised and most importantly, what you can do to prevent it from becoming compromised.
We strongly recommend you following procedure to avoid compromising your account:
-Avoid using third-party executable programs.
-Do not type your World of Warcraft login info on other websites.
-Don't share your information with friends/guild mates.
-Don't use "leveling" services, or any service that requires you to provide your account ID and/or password.
-Change your password often. Also, make sure that you don't follow a pattern when you change your password (ex: 123Bob, 123Bobb, 123Bob1, 123Bob2)
-Avoid UI mods with executables since they could contain Trojans that transmit your account information back to the host.
[Update]
We have received the following information. We encourage all players to take these measures to ensure security of your account info.
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To see if you got the trojan, go to Program Files/Internet Explorer in your directory and look for a file named "syssmss.exe". If it is there, then open your task manager and delete the file. Also go to %WIN_DIR%\Downloaded Program Files and delete a file named either "!&$%snow.exe" or "muma.exe". Then once you have done that, log into the game and change your password.
There are also several online sites that scan your computer for free.
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
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We urge you all to review the current policy which can be found here: http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowgm/?id=agm01889p[ post edited by Tyren ]
| | | http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=5171990&p=#post5171990 | Poster: Tyren at 10/5/2005 11:55:30 AM PDT
Subject: Important: Password Security [Update] *edited post* |
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With the recent rise in reports of compromised accounts, we felt that it would be in the best interest of the community to bring this topic into the spotlight. This is an effort to educate our customers about what can be done to should your account become compromised and most importantly, what you can do to prevent it from becoming compromised.
We strongly recommend you following procedure to avoid compromising your account:
-Avoid using third-party executable programs.
-Do not type your World of Warcraft login info on other websites.
-Don't share your information with friends/guild mates.
-Don't use "leveling" services, or any service that requires you to provide your account ID and/or password.
-Change your password often. Also, make sure that you don't follow a pattern when you change your password (ex: 123Bob, 123Bobb, 123Bob1, 123Bob2)
-Avoid UI mods with executables since they could contain Trojans that transmit your account information back to the host.
[Update]
We have received the following information from a gaming website. We encourage all players to take these measures to ensure security of your account info.
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To see if you got the trojan, go to Program Files/Internet Explorer in your directory and look for a file named "syssmss.exe". If it is there, then open your task manager and delete the file. Also go to %WIN_DIR%\Downloaded Program Files and delete a file named either "f u c ksnow.exe" (without the spaces) or "muma.exe". Then once you have done that, log into the game and change your password.
There are also several online sites that scan your computer for free.
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
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We urge you all to review the current policy which can be found here: http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowgm/?id=agm01889p[ post edited by Tyren ]
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