WoW WAR AGAINST HACKERS!!!

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#1 mikeschulte
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CNet has an article up documenting a not-too-well known problem with World of Warcraft these days. Chinese and Russian hackers have been stealing World of Warcraft accounts by the tens of thousands and selling off all of the items in them. The problem is continuing to this day and shows no sign of slowing down.
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#2 mikeschulte
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CNet has an article up documenting a not-too-well known problem with World of Warcraft these days. Chinese and Russian hackers have been stealing World of Warcraft accounts by the tens of thousands and selling off all of the items in them. The problem is continuing to this day and shows no sign of slowing down. How do they do it? Keyloggers. World of Warcraft gamers visit sites related or unrelated to the game, and those sites silently push a keylogger virus/malware program onto their PC, which sits and waits patiently, logging keystrokes, and listening in when the user types their World of Warcraft login and password. It transmits the information off to the gangs, who then log in another time and strip the account of everything of value. CNet says that the best advice being offered by Blizzard since the attacks are indeed on user PC's and not the Blizzard systems themselves is to keep your antivirus and anti-malware solution and its underlying OS fully patched and up to date. Personally I think that while you need to have anti-virus and anti-malware software fully patched and up to date, it is not going to be good enough. You need to use web browsing and email software without the big holes in it to install this stuff, using Firefox and its NoScript extension to control how JavaScript runs instead of using Internet Explorer would be a good start for browsing, and running Thunderbird instead of Outlook for your email should close up a number of vulnerabilities. Add in using OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office and you're likely to be safer from any macro viruses embedded in MSWord documents that the gangs could be sending around as how-to's for certain parts of the game. All of these things can improve your safety online, not just with World of Warcraft, because key loggers don't just listen in on game logins, they listen in on every kind of login on your PC.
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#3 gamerchris810
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CNet has an article up documenting a not-too-well known problem with World of Warcraft these days. Chinese and Russian hackers have been stealing World of Warcraft accounts by the tens of thousands and selling off all of the items in them. The problem is continuing to this day and shows no sign of slowing down.mikeschulte
so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.
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#4 Zero_Space
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[QUOTE="mikeschulte"]CNet has an article up documenting a not-too-well known problem with World of Warcraft these days. Chinese and Russian hackers have been stealing World of Warcraft accounts by the tens of thousands and selling off all of the items in them. The problem is continuing to this day and shows no sign of slowing down.gamerchris810
so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.

That's kind of an ignorant attitude.
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"Kind of"??? Thats about as ignorant as you can be. Ya lol, "good luck" to them, that is until they hack a game you *do* play...
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#6 Gen-Gawl
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[QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="mikeschulte"]CNet has an article up documenting a not-too-well known problem with World of Warcraft these days. Chinese and Russian hackers have been stealing World of Warcraft accounts by the tens of thousands and selling off all of the items in them. The problem is continuing to this day and shows no sign of slowing down.Zero_Space
so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.

That's kind of an ignorant attitude.

Not to mention mean spirited...

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#7 gamerchris810
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lol its what you need to be like in this day and age ;) besides how do hackers hack CS:S?? if people cheat i don't care...
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#8 Alaris83
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[QUOTE="gamerchris810"] so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.

Go apathy! WOOT!
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[QUOTE="Alaris83"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"] so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.

Go apathy! WOOT!

:) i had to look that one up on wiki, i am in no way depressed,take drugs or drink alcohol. its actually my birthday today so i'm very happy.
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#10 gpvalkyrie
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what a loser, stealing WOW accounts must be the joy of a life time. While I go out surfing during holidays, getting laid and live a life there are guys behind screens whole day long stealing WOW accounts ?
They should do themselves a favor and jump off a bridge onto a boat, jump off a building, or walk in front of a jet turbine because it's better for them to just stop living right then and there.


F.Y.I. if one of them hacks into this gamespot account, lol, enjoy, worse case I create a new one, I don't care about kiddish points, ranks and how many posts and such.

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[QUOTE="Alaris83"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"] so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.gamerchris810
Go apathy! WOOT!

:) i had to look that one up on wiki, i am in no way depressed,take drugs or drink alcohol. its actually my birthday today so i'm very happy.

Lol, apathy means that you don't care about the topic.

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lol its what you need to be like in this day and age ;) besides how do hackers hack CS:S?? if people cheat i don't care...gamerchris810

Can I laugh when someone hacks your Steam account and changes your password?

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#13 gamerchris810
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[QUOTE="gamerchris810"]lol its what you need to be like in this day and age ;) besides how do hackers hack CS:S?? if people cheat i don't care...mrbojangles25

Can I laugh when someone hacks your Steam account and changes your password?

yes u can...but that will never happen ;)
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#14 Alaris83
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[QUOTE="gamerchris810"] :) i had to look that one up on wiki, i am in no way depressed,take drugs or drink alcohol. its actually my birthday today so i'm very happy.

Fission Mailed. This whole "I don't give a crap" attitude is hurting the gaming industry as a whole, whether we're talking about hackers or pirates or whatever.
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[QUOTE="Alaris83"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"] so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.gamerchris810
Go apathy! WOOT!

:) i had to look that one up on wiki, i am in no way depressed,take drugs or drink alcohol. its actually my birthday today so i'm very happy.

happy birthday~~ :)

 

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#16 morrdin
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I love his attitude. It more or less says that if a thief wants to break into my house and steal all of items then more power to him!! Or how lovely it is when someone steals your identity and spends thousands on my credit cards. Really there is no difference between the above acts and what hackers do to accounts of MMORPGs when they strip them. Some people have played hundreds of hours to achieve what they have in that game and to have it all taken away like that would be pretty rough. Exactly the same as if you went to work for hundreds of hours, made the big money, banked it, and then had it all vanish...

 

Also its pretty funny how he even looked up 'apathy' and kinda missed the whole point of the word. =P 

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#17 sj420
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[QUOTE="Alaris83"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"] so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.gamerchris810
Go apathy! WOOT!

:) i had to look that one up on wiki, i am in no way depressed,take drugs or drink alcohol. its actually my birthday today so i'm very happy.

lmao  how old r u today, dumbass?

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[QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="Alaris83"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"] so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.sj420

Go apathy! WOOT!

:) i had to look that one up on wiki, i am in no way depressed,take drugs or drink alcohol. its actually my birthday today so i'm very happy.

lmao how old r u today, dumbass?

15...are you some kind of peado??
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[QUOTE="sj420"]

[QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="Alaris83"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"] so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.gamerchris810

Go apathy! WOOT!

:) i had to look that one up on wiki, i am in no way depressed,take drugs or drink alcohol. its actually my birthday today so i'm very happy.

lmao how old r u today, dumbass?

15...are you some kind of peado??

15?... Older than I woulda guessed, but the youth shows... You are the sort of person I hope a lot of crime on in your future life, just so that you can get a clue... I want to see your bike stolen, your house broken into and all your video games and computer taken, and I really want to see you mugged... Then I want to hear your "more power to the criminal" rant.

And Apathy has nothing to do with drugs or depression. Being Apathetical means you are cold, callous and uncaring.

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#20 sj420
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[QUOTE="sj420"]

[QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="Alaris83"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"] so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.gamerchris810

Go apathy! WOOT!

:) i had to look that one up on wiki, i am in no way depressed,take drugs or drink alcohol. its actually my birthday today so i'm very happy.

lmao how old r u today, dumbass?

15...are you some kind of peado??

wow.  stay in school.

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[QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="sj420"]

[QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="Alaris83"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"] so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.Vizhonary

Go apathy! WOOT!

:) i had to look that one up on wiki, i am in no way depressed,take drugs or drink alcohol. its actually my birthday today so i'm very happy.

lmao how old r u today, dumbass?

15...are you some kind of peado??

15?... Older than I woulda guessed, but the youth shows... You are the sort of person I hope a lot of crime on in your future life, just so that you can get a clue... I want to see your bike stolen, your house broken into and all your video games and computer taken, and I really want to see you mugged... Then I want to hear your "more power to the criminal" rant.

And Apathy has nothing to do with drugs or depression. Being Apathetical means you are cold, callous and uncaring.

Word..........What he said
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#22 Ontain
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I don't think it's really any different than hackers trying to steal your bank login and password.
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#23 ForlornHope
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if i coudl i would make it that anyone who has ever hacked in an online game would get incuriable cancer and then die in torment. No one would be spared if they hacked. I hate hackers with all my being.
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[QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="sj420"]

[QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="Alaris83"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"] so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.Vizhonary

Go apathy! WOOT!

:) i had to look that one up on wiki, i am in no way depressed,take drugs or drink alcohol. its actually my birthday today so i'm very happy.

lmao how old r u today, dumbass?

15...are you some kind of peado??

15?... Older than I woulda guessed, but the youth shows... You are the sort of person I hope a lot of crime on in your future life, just so that you can get a clue... I want to see your bike stolen, your house broken into and all your video games and computer taken, and I really want to see you mugged... Then I want to hear your "more power to the criminal" rant.

And Apathy has nothing to do with drugs or depression. Being Apathetical means you are cold, callous and uncaring.

 

That's just stupid. How about you relax a little bit. Just because he doesn't care whether hackers strip wow accounts doesn't mean that he needs to be mugged, okay? What's that gonna do? Make him wise like you? Sorry, I don't really *care* about it either. Stuff happens, so what. If you want to illustrate this point with analogies, how about these: if I leave my bike everywhere - it's GOING to get stolen; Unless I take a lot of precaution, my house may be broken into whether I CARE about it or not; If I'm gonna walk around ghetto drunk and flashing cash to everybody I AM going to get mugged. Are you going to care if it happens to me or are you gonna say, "What a dumbass."

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[QUOTE="Vizhonary"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="sj420"]

[QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="Alaris83"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"] so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.Timmn32884

Go apathy! WOOT!

:) i had to look that one up on wiki, i am in no way depressed,take drugs or drink alcohol. its actually my birthday today so i'm very happy.

lmao how old r u today, dumbass?

15...are you some kind of peado??

15?... Older than I woulda guessed, but the youth shows... You are the sort of person I hope a lot of crime on in your future life, just so that you can get a clue... I want to see your bike stolen, your house broken into and all your video games and computer taken, and I really want to see you mugged... Then I want to hear your "more power to the criminal" rant.

And Apathy has nothing to do with drugs or depression. Being Apathetical means you are cold, callous and uncaring.

Word..........What he said

 

No apathy means you don't care about anything and nothign else.

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#26 pepperman33
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I think people ought to hack the hackers! :) see how they like it lol
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[QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="sj420"]

[QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="Alaris83"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"] so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.Vizhonary

Go apathy! WOOT!

:) i had to look that one up on wiki, i am in no way depressed,take drugs or drink alcohol. its actually my birthday today so i'm very happy.

lmao how old r u today, dumbass?

15...are you some kind of peado??

15?... Older than I woulda guessed, but the youth shows... You are the sort of person I hope a lot of crime on in your future life, just so that you can get a clue... I want to see your bike stolen, your house broken into and all your video games and computer taken, and I really want to see you mugged... Then I want to hear your "more power to the criminal" rant.

And Apathy has nothing to do with drugs or depression. Being Apathetical means you are cold, callous and uncaring.

Wow. That's pretty mean spirited as well. You two are peas in a pod.

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wow this place is going crazy
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#29 gamerchris810
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[QUOTE="Vizhonary"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="sj420"]

[QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="Alaris83"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"] so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.TryDaBeardON

Go apathy! WOOT!

:) i had to look that one up on wiki, i am in no way depressed,take drugs or drink alcohol. its actually my birthday today so i'm very happy.

lmao how old r u today, dumbass?

15...are you some kind of peado??

15?... Older than I woulda guessed, but the youth shows... You are the sort of person I hope a lot of crime on in your future life, just so that you can get a clue... I want to see your bike stolen, your house broken into and all your video games and computer taken, and I really want to see you mugged... Then I want to hear your "more power to the criminal" rant.

And Apathy has nothing to do with drugs or depression. Being Apathetical means you are cold, callous and uncaring.

 

That's just stupid. How about you relax a little bit. Just because he doesn't care whether hackers strip wow accounts doesn't mean that he needs to be mugged, okay? What's that gonna do? Make him wise like you? Sorry, I don't really *care* about it either. Stuff happens, so what. If you want to illustrate this point with analogies, how about these: if I leave my bike everywhere - it's GOING to get stolen; Unless I take a lot of precaution, my house may be broken into whether I CARE about it or not; If I'm gonna walk around ghetto drunk and flashing cash to everybody I AM going to get mugged. Are you going to care if it happens to me or are you gonna say, "What a dumbass."

thanks for stickin up for me,kind of, as for the crime thing. my dad is a lawyer. somehow i dont think ill become one of his criminals? i went to a christian school. its the easter holidays so im at home, i dont care because i dont play WoW okay? 

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#30 master_blue
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ffs apathy:

ap·a·thy [ap-uh-thee]  -  -noun, plural -thies.

1.absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.

2.lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting.

To be apathetic doesnt mean hes a callous individual, he is however a callous immature individual in saying good luck to the hackers.

 

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[QUOTE="mikeschulte"]CNet has an article up documenting a not-too-well known problem with World of Warcraft these days. Chinese and Russian hackers have been stealing World of Warcraft accounts by the tens of thousands and selling off all of the items in them. The problem is continuing to this day and shows no sign of slowing down.gamerchris810
so? i don't care, i don't play. good luck to the hackers i say.

 

I'll laugh if someone steals your Steam account or breaks into your home.

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