Suspension Message

EDIT: THIS POST IS NOT RELATED TO MULTI-BOXING AT ALL.

EDIT: I got a response from blizzard, i jumped the gun a bit and assumed the suspension was regarding multiboxing.
Thanks Vyndree, your post really helped.

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Recently your account was actioned and placed under review for intended exploitation of the World of Warcraft economy. Upon further investigation, we have determined that the account was accessed by a third party when the incident occurred. As a result, we have removed the account actions. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

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1. I got hacked and that person/computer used a teleporting app to, i dunno, spam gold messages?
2. It only took a week, but i'm back in the game
3. Forum CM's are awesome
4. Blizz stock standard email messages are the worst customer service i've ever encountered, a whole lot of confusion and anger could have been avoided with better customer service.
   
5. Changed subject to not mislead anyone about what this post is about

I got this message in my email today, i only use keyclone and maximer to 4-box, so i know keyclone has been stated as not against TOS, but what about maximiser?

"Account Action: 72 Hour suspension

Offense: Violation of Exploitation and Client/Server Manipulation Policy - Unapproved Third Party Software

Details: Found to be using unapproved third party software that gave the player an unfair advantage over other World of Warcraft players.

The actions detailed above have been deemed inappropriate for World of Warcraft by the In-Game Support staff of Blizzard Entertainment. Based on a review of the information presented, this World of Warcraft account has been given a final warning and a 72 hour account suspension, in addition to any previous warnings issued. Until the suspension has been lifted, the account will not be accessible. Please note that Blizzard Entertainment will be unable to provide further information regarding the specific time an account will become accessible again. Be aware that any additional inappropriate actions may result in the permanent closure of the account.

Thank you for respecting our position on this matter.

Any disputes or questions concerning this account action can only be addressed by Account Administration. To learn more about how Account Administration is able to assist you, please visit us at http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowaa/.

Please visit the World of Warcraft Policies and Terms of Use Agreement: (http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowgm/?id=agm01712p) and (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/termsofuse.shtml) for further information."

Account Administration is your friend. Send them an e-mail.

Good luck.

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Originally Posted by 'Sarduci',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71390#post7 1390

Account Administration is your friend. Send them an e-mail.

Good luck.

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Yeh i did, along with a list of forums posts by CMs supporting multi-boxing.
I dunno about friend, you expect them to be at least a little before handing out a suspension.

I'm pretty angry really, put a lot of effort into making sure it was ok, even asked GMs, bought 3 other accounts, and then bam, a week later suspended.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...13990&sid=1#16
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...Id=776776019#1
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...geNo=1&sid=1#9
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...816892&sid=1#8
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...geNo=1&sid=1#3
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...73137485&sid=1
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread....eNo=4&sid=1#77
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...03947753&sid=1
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...geNo=1&sid=1#8
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...geNo=1&sid=1#2
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread....=1&pageNo=3#50

Maximiser should in its default way, not affect wow in any TOS breaching way.

It honestly sounds like you made a whoopsie with either another program, or were somehow using the programs you have at the moment in a way that was actually breaching the tos.
Considering how many people actually use maximiser for window location, and the fact that this is the first I heard of this, it really does sound like the normal maximiser and keyclone use were not the cause.

In all honesty its far from likely that you would be the only boxer using the proper keyclone/maximizer that would be zeroed out and temp banned . Imo you or someone else on your pc's/accounts did something that wasnt the way it should have.

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Originally Posted by 'Ifalna',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71403#post71 403

Maximiser should in its default way, not affect wow in any TOS breaching way.

It honestly sounds like you made a whoopsie with either another program, or were somehow using the programs you have at the moment in a way that was actually breaching the tos.
Considering how many people actually use maximiser for window location, and the fact that this is the first I heard of this, it really does sound like the normal maximiser and keyclone use were not the cause.

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Honestly i think its just that the "in-staff support" assumed i was botting.
My setup is so simple, run maximer, run keyclone. There is no possibility of running another program by accident because this computer ONLY does 4 things.
Run Maximiser, Run Keyclone, Run WoW, browse the net with firefox.

Edit: If you check out my 4 warlock box post, i've detailed everything i do including all my macros.

The last thing i did in wow was celebrate all my locks turning 40.

Ran around Orgrimmar mounted.. did that for a good hour.. mass suicide via hellfire..
thats about it, 1 guy asked how i controlled 4 characters, i explained keyclone.

are all your accounts in your name... The same exact name? Before i started boxing i knew i was going to 5 box. I had 2 accounts (one was mine and the other was the wife). Went out to buy 3 more games and i thought i was ok. After reading a post on this site i found out using my wife account could get all the accounts closed. It wouldn't matter if i soloed that account, but boxers get so much attention that i would probably get band so i went out that day and got another. Shitty part is i am not paying for 6 accounts and the wife is being lazy and hasn't canceled her account and i cannot do it because it is under her name.

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Originally Posted by 'nogbog',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71409#post71 409

1 guy asked how i controlled 4 characters, i explained keyclone.

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That guy might have reported you saying to the gm that you are using a botting program. Even though you probably explained it to him and everything all the person heard "he is using a program to control the other toons..... so he must be a botter"... All i say is 5 accounts and 1 wireless keyboard and 1 huge headache... and that is usually it.

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Originally Posted by 'Drizzit',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71412#post7 1412

are all your accounts in your name... The same exact name? Before i started boxing i knew i was going to 5 box. I had 2 accounts (one was mine and the other was the wife). Went out to buy 3 more games and i thought i was ok. After reading a post on this site i found out using my wife account could get all the accounts closed. It wouldn't matter if i soloed that account, but boxers get so much attention that i would probably get band so i went out that day and got another. Shitty part is i am not paying for 6 accounts and the wife is being lazy and hasn't canceled her account and i cannot do it because it is under her name.

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Ya, i created all my accounts under my name.

It's a shame you can't use ur wifes account, considering when that when u get married everything becomes shared.

I've only got 1 account suspended, i dunno whats up with that, its my main as well.

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Originally Posted by 'Drizzit',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71414#post7 1414

That guy might have reported you saying to the gm that you are using a botting program.

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Yeh.. but we'd hope that the GM's would at the very least check, i know i wouldn't trust the word of another player complaining about another player. Read the wow forums, u'll know what i mean..

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Originally Posted by 'nogbog',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71415#post71 415

considering when that when u get married everything becomes shared

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If only that was true. When we got married everything became hers.

Best thing about wow is that everything is on their sever so if she gets pissed at me and breaks my computer. I can buy a new one and still be at the same place... lol. At least she doesn't know my passwords.

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Originally Posted by 'Drizzit',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71414#post7 1414

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Originally Posted by 'nogbog',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71409#post71 409

1 guy asked how i controlled 4 characters, i explained keyclone.

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That guy might have reported you saying to the gm that you are using a botting program. Even though you probably explained it to him and everything all the person heard "he is using a program to control the other toons..... so he must be a botter"... All i say is 5 accounts and 1 wireless keyboard and 1 huge headache... and that is usually it.

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I just say "Keyboard Multiplexer". It's technically true, I just don't mention that it's a software keyboard multiplexer. The average plebian keyboard-turning mouth-breathing soloboxer has no way to differentiate Keyclone from a bot app, it's all third party zomghax to them. If someone asks me point blank in-game "Do you use Keyclone" I don't try and hide it, cause if they've delved far enough to get the name of the program, they're usually well enough versed with the legal issues to know that I'm 100% legit.

There appears to be a similar case I sighted on the WoW EU forums, about a fresh multiboxer reveiving a 3 day temp ban.

I'm betting my money on uninformed false GM sanctions.

do you use any delays in macros at all? like with a g15 keyboard or n52?

Account shared at all? I know a guy who shared his account with a guy and was later slammed with the suspendhammer. Exploiting economy in this case, but if someone (friend, hacker, etc) fired up wowbotprogramiwontname even for a moment it woudl likely flag the account for banhammer...

Or... ignorant GM...

Of course, it blows my mind how blizz can ban ONE of 5 accounts for something like that.

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Originally Posted by 'Kicksome',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71431#post 71431

do you use any delays in macros at all? like with a g15 keyboard or n52?

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could be a spread out command. I was using delays in my spread command and stopped because i could be band.

Could this be your problem?

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Originally Posted by 'nogbog',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71400#post71 400

I'm pretty angry really, put a lot of effort into making sure it was ok, even asked GMs, bought 3 other accounts, and then bam, a week later suspended.

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Originally Posted by 'Heenan',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71455#post71 455

Could this be your problem?

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Originally Posted by 'nogbog',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71400#post71 400

I'm pretty angry really, put a lot of effort into making sure it was ok, even asked GMs, bought 3 other accounts, and then bam, a week later suspended.

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Is he supposed to steal 3 other accounts or should he purchase them like we all did? I don't believe the context is that he purchased someone elses accounts, but he purchased 3 legit copies of wow.

I could be wrong, but I read it as purchasing legit accounts, not violating TOS.

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Originally Posted by 'nogbog',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71415#post71 415

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Originally Posted by 'Drizzit',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71412#post7 1412

are all your accounts in your name... The same exact name? Before i started boxing i knew i was going to 5 box. I had 2 accounts (one was mine and the other was the wife). Went out to buy 3 more games and i thought i was ok. After reading a post on this site i found out using my wife account could get all the accounts closed. It wouldn't matter if i soloed that account, but boxers get so much attention that i would probably get band so i went out that day and got another. Shitty part is i am not paying for 6 accounts and the wife is being lazy and hasn't canceled her account and i cannot do it because it is under her name.

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Ya, i created all my accounts under my name.

It's a shame you can't use ur wifes account, considering when that when u get married everything becomes shared.

I've only got 1 account suspended, i dunno whats up with that, its my main as well.

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Yeah, I read into it. Sorry. I thought he purchased 3 existing accounts... which would most likely lead to problems down the road.

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Originally Posted by 'zanthor',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71457#post7 1457

Could this be your problem?

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Originally Posted by 'Heenan',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71455#post71 455

I'm pretty angry really, put a lot of effort into making sure it was ok, even asked GMs, bought 3 other accounts, and then bam, a week later suspended.

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Is he supposed to steal 3 other accounts or should he purchase them like we all did? I don't believe the context is that he purchased someone elses accounts, but he purchased 3 legit copies of wow.

I could be wrong, but I read it as purchasing legit accounts, not violating TOS.

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Well, he's most likely doing something wrong... just not posting it.

[quote='Fursphere',index.php?page=Thread&postID=714 68#post71468]Well, there has ben one or two reports of accidental bans by blizzard employees against multiboxers.[/quote]

Quoting for emphasis.

There HAVE been false positives! [url='http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html;jsessionid=2537DAB869934A1E146BCF0133F C2302.app03_02?topicId=268157261&pageNo=4&sid=1#77 ']One of them[/url] is even linked in our GM conversations wiki.

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Originally Posted by Eilanai

Hi Franchesca,

From what I can see the initial suspension was due to suspicion that you may have been using a third party program to control your characters, not for the multi-boxing itself. Since then, the matter was investigated by our Account Administration team and you should have access to your accounts again.

There is no problem with you playing multiple characters, as long as you are the owner of the accounts and are in control of them (i.e. no third party programs, and no macro-usage that is not normally possible in-game).

Have fun playing ;)

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Emphasis mine, from WoW Europe forums


I'm going to ask as a personal request that, until there is proof of wrongdoing, let's assume that people are innocent until proven guilty. I mean, honestly -- would you want to be branded as a cheater by your peers if there was honestly a mistake and you were mistakenly banned? It's not like multiboxers haven't been banned by accident before.


In any case, to the OP, your best bet is to contact account administration. Additionally, while the WoW Customer Service forums can't actually overturn a decision made by account administration, they might be able to look into the situation further and let you know if multiboxing was indeed the false positive or if there was something more malicious on your computer (perhaps you were keylogged?). The GMs there are very knowledgable about multiboxing and can help you get the right start when talking to account administration.

Last but not least, with the recent botter banwave plus the arena wintrader bans, I'd imagine that Account Administration is probably backlogged with requests to overturn those decisions. Patience, persistence, and politeness are key.

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Originally Posted by 'Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71489#post7 1489

From what I can see the initial suspension was due to suspicion that you may have been using a third party program to control your characters, not for the multi-boxing itself.

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It probably was that kid that he talked to. He said he was using a program so hence the suspension of third party program. When the kid reported him he just said that guy is using a botting program. Suspension without question probably (trigger happy gm), when you send an email to Blizzard about the suspension they look it over more carefully. And after reviewing what happen the suspension will be taken off. If times comes by (the 3 days) still fight the suspension because that stay on your record, it is better to have none then one.

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Originally Posted by 'Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71489#post7 1489

(perhaps you were keylogged?)

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What is that?

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Originally Posted by 'Drizzit',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71500#post7 1500

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Quoted from "Vyndree"
(perhaps you were keylogged?)

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What is that?

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As in having an account compromised via malicious software (keylogger) and then used for something nefarious without the original poster being aware.

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Originally Posted by 'Fursphere',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71506#pos t71506

Somebody ninja'd your password and did bad things with your account while you were snoozing

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Atleast it wasn't his wife they ninjad... I'd hope for more than a 3 day temp ban for that.

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Originally Posted by 'Drizzit',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71500#post7 1500

Quoted from "Vyndree"
(perhaps you were keylogged?)

What is that?

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This shows something very interesting... something that plagues WoW worse than any game, and it's a victim of it's own success.

WoW made MMOing fun for the non traditional gamer. The traditional gamer understands the risk of internet pr0n links, knows the meaning of "rickrolled" and knows the basics of how to keep their system clean of nasty nasty spyware and the like.

As we get multi-boxing more end user friendly, that same crowd will want in on the action, and not know about things like Keyloggers...

My favorite scam in MMO history was "EQMAIL.COM" (I think that was the domain, over a decade ago) which was a hotmail like mail service for EQ players. The scam was that the guy would try your password and username for his mail server against your EQ account... your paypal account, etc etc. The guy cleaned out thousands of users bank accounts, sold their EQ accounts and all sorts of malicious stuff.

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Originally Posted by 'zanthor',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71538#post7 1538

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Originally Posted by 'Drizzit',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71500#post7 1500

Quoted from "Vyndree"
(perhaps you were keylogged?)

What is that?

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This shows something very interesting... something that plagues WoW worse than any game, and it's a victim of it's own success.

WoW made MMOing fun for the non traditional gamer. The traditional gamer understands the risk of internet pr0n links, knows the meaning of "rickrolled" and knows the basics of how to keep their system clean of nasty nasty spyware and the like.

As we get multi-boxing more end user friendly, that same crowd will want in on the action, and not know about things like Keyloggers...

My favorite scam in MMO history was "EQMAIL.COM" (I think that was the domain, over a decade ago) which was a hotmail like mail service for EQ players. The scam was that the guy would try your password and username for his mail server against your EQ account... your paypal account, etc etc. The guy cleaned out thousands of users bank accounts, sold their EQ accounts and all sorts of malicious stuff.

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Geez... I said I was sorry...
















J/K

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Originally Posted by 'Heenan',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71465#post71 465

Well, he's most likely doing something wrong... just not posting it.

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I'm 100% sure i didn't do anything wrong.

Please do not imply that i did.
I will keep you guys informed on what happens, right now it's been 8 hours since i sent an email to wowaccountadmin.
The only thing i haven't told you guys is that on the account in question, some reset my password, i'm assuming they didn't get the password, i can't really check though.

and just got 2 additional emails, 1 for each account (see below, identical emails), about good timing. Each from different people.
I haven't logged into any of my accounts for 32 hours, so i'm not sure whats going on, just going to copy and paste my first email that i sent to blizz.
These ones are titled " Account Action: 72 Hour Suspension with review for Account Closure"

1 account to go...

" Offense: World of Warcraft Terms of Use Violation

Details: Character(s) on this account were found to be used for intended exploitation of the World of Warcraft economy.

The actions detailed above have been deemed inappropriate for World of Warcraft by the Blizzard Entertainment In-game Support Staff. As a result, the World of Warcraft account has been given a 72 hour account suspension and will not be accessible for the duration thereof. This World of Warcraft account has also been forwarded to our Account Administration team for review of current and previous policy infractions to determine if further account actions, up to and including account closure, are necessary. Our Account Administration team will contact you with a decision once all information has been reviewed.

Thank you for respecting our position on this matter."

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Originally Posted by 'nogbog',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71552#post71 552

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Originally Posted by 'Heenan',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71465#post71 465

Well, he's most likely doing something wrong... just not posting it.

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I'm 100% sure i didn't do anything wrong.

Please do not imply that i did.
I will keep you guys informed on what happens, right now it's been 8 hours since i sent an email to wowaccountadmin.
The only thing i haven't told you guys is that on the account in question, some reset my password, i'm assuming they didn't get the password, i can't really check though.

and just got 2 additional emails, 1 for each account (see below, identical emails), about good timing. Each from different people.
I haven't logged into any of my accounts for 32 hours, so i'm not sure whats going on, just going to copy and paste my first email that i sent to blizz.
These ones are titled " Account Action: 72 Hour Suspension with review for Account Closure"

1 account to go...

" Offense: World of Warcraft Terms of Use Violation

Details: Character(s) on this account were found to be used for intended exploitation of the World of Warcraft economy.

The actions detailed above have been deemed inappropriate for World of Warcraft by the Blizzard Entertainment In-game Support Staff. As a result, the World of Warcraft account has been given a 72 hour account suspension and will not be accessible for the duration thereof. This World of Warcraft account has also been forwarded to our Account Administration team for review of current and previous policy infractions to determine if further account actions, up to and including account closure, are necessary. Our Account Administration team will contact you with a decision once all information has been reviewed.

Thank you for respecting our position on this matter."

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This is cookie cutter exploitation ban verbage. Appeal, ask for details, be polite, and be persistent.

[quote='nogbog',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71552# post71552]The only thing i haven't told you guys is that on the account in question, some reset my password, i'm assuming they didn't get the password, i can't really check though.[/quote]

Sound [url='http://dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=7795']familiar[/url]?

[quote='Fursphere',index.php?page=Thread&postID=715 55#post71555]If the accounts are getting hit, one by one, you've got a keylogger. Or you gave out your password.

If you are legit about not exploiting yourself... I would suggest a complete format of your system. Nuke it. Start over from scratch. You'll get your accounts back, but it'll take some time, probably 2 - 3 weeks. Plenty of time to refresh your harddrives.

Could have been from that recent flash player exploit.... the minute I heard about that, I updated flash on all PCs, and changed my WoW passwords.[/quote]

Correct. They could also have access to your e-mail password, internet banking, paypal, anything and everything including potentially your forum password.

Use the downtime to make sure your system is secure and make sure to check out the information in [url='http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=6864426402&sid=1']this customer service post[/url] to update your Adobe Flash player since there was a known vulnerability that could target World of Warcraft accounts.

Blizzard CAN tell if there was a IP address change when your account was doing all these nefarious activities. If you're innocent, you'll get your accounts back. Remember what I said earlier: Be persistent, patient, and polite.

Best of luck! I hope things get sorted out and your computer is clean sooner rather than later. :)

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Originally Posted by Vyndree',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71557#post71 557]

[quote='Fursphere',index.php?page=Thread&postID=715 55#post71555]If the accounts are getting hit, one by one, you've got a keylogger. Or you gave out your password.

If you are legit about not exploiting yourself... I would suggest a complete format of your system. Nuke it. Start over from scratch. You'll get your accounts back, but it'll take some time, probably 2 - 3 weeks. Plenty of time to refresh your harddrives.

Could have been from that recent flash player exploit.... the minute I heard about that, I updated flash on all PCs, and changed my WoW passwords.[/quote]

Correct. They could also have access to your e-mail password, internet banking, paypal, anything and everything including potentially your forum password.

Use the downtime to make sure your system is secure and make sure to check out the information in [url='http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=6864426402&sid=1

this customer service post[/url] to update your Adobe Flash player since there was a known vulnerability that could target World of Warcraft accounts.

Blizzard CAN tell if there was a IP address change when your account was doing all these nefarious activities. If you're innocent, you'll get your accounts back. Remember what I said earlier: Be persistent, patient, and polite.

Best of luck! I hope things get sorted out and your computer is clean sooner rather than later. :)

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Argh! grr! patience...

My flash player was updated.

I'll give it the once over tonight. maybe twice over.

edit: No password requests were sent via my other 3 accounts, the usernames are very unique, the first account though which leads me to believe something.. that i can't think of right now

I apologize for the accusation, it's just that I believe (or would like to hope) that "accidental bans" are in the very low minority. So that leaves people that are doing stuff that they're not supposed to be doing.

I forgot about the recent Flash hackery. It does sound like someone is keylogging you. With WoW being so popular this unfortunately may become a popular occurrence.

Do what Fursphere suggested and good luck.

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Originally Posted by 'Fursphere',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71555#pos t71555

.... the minute I heard about that, I updated flash on all PCs, and changed my WoW passwords.

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Glad to know I'm not the only paranoid one around here. Honestly, I think I made the best possible decision when I did just the same as you.

I've gotten no response by email,

Does blizz support have a phone number? i can't seem to find it on their website

Edit: Nvm, found it, google > wow website

seriously... no one will EVER get banned for resizing or re-positioning a window.

as for the phone number for blizzard support, it's on their webpage...

blizzard.com/ support/ contact support/ technical support/ by phone --> 949/955-1382 M-F 8a - 8p pacific time

Nog, is this you, in this thread?

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...62998280&sid=1


I'm guessing it is, as you name all your toons with "Nog".

If so, can you please lighten up on the GMs? Being impatient will solve nothing, and all of the Blues there, especially Belfaire, have supported and defended us multi-boxers WAY beyond what their job requires, and put bluntly, they deserve better, much, much better. They are definitely friends of this community, please be more polite? They get tons of shit as it is from people whining about MBing (and everything else).

You will have your issue looked at, please don't bring more crap onto our heads than we already get?


Be thankful you only got a 72 hour ban, too, and not lumped in with the permanent bans.

PS - could the ban be in any way PvP related? Were you on a point selling team briefly, or afking at all? They were pretty brutal with bots and stuff, your ban is more in line with the Arena/BG punishments they were handing out. Plus, MBers, as we all know too well, get too much attention in PvP as it is.

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Originally Posted by 'Gadzooks',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71652#post 71652

Nog, is this you, in this thread?

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...62998280&sid=1


I'm guessing it is, as you name all your toons with "Nog".

If so, can you please lighten up on the GMs? Being impatient will solve nothing, and all of the Blues there, especially Belfaire, have supported and defended us multi-boxers WAY beyond what their job requires, and put bluntly, they deserve better, much, much better. They are definitely friends of this community, please be more polite? They get tons of shit as it is from people whining about MBing (and everything else).

You will have your issue looked at, please don't bring more crap onto our heads than we already get?


Be thankful you only got a 72 hour ban, too, and not lumped in with the permanent bans.

PS - could the ban be in any way PvP related? Were you on a point selling team briefly, or afking at all? They were pretty brutal with bots and stuff, your ban is more in line with the Arena/BG punishments they were handing out. Plus, MBers, as we all know too well, get too much attention in PvP as it is.

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Yes, that is me.

I haven't done pvp in literally months, i play the game for fun, afking/pt selling/botting has no appeal, so the answer is no to all of the above.

I'm thinking of just cancelling all these accounts and stop multi-boxing, because honestly, it looks to me like some dumb kid has reported me for botting, the GM has had a look at my characters moving and thinks "no human can do that, i'll suspend for botting". I can email back, get my suspension lifted and them some other kid or even the same kid will report me again and then the cycle continues.
Point is, i don't want to multi-box if i'm gonna get suspended every other week.

A lot of you guys won't have these issues because there are several multi-boxers on your realms, on my realm, greymane, i haven't seen any and i don't know of any.

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Originally Posted by 'nogbog',index.php?page=Thread&postID=71662#post71 662

I'm thinking of just cancelling all these accounts and stop multi-boxing, because honestly, it looks to me like some dumb kid has reported me for botting, the GM has had a look at my characters moving and thinks "no human can do that, i'll suspend for botting". I can email back, get my suspension lifted and them some other kid or even the same kid will report me again and then the cycle continues.
Point is, i don't want to multi-box if i'm gonna get suspended every other week.

A lot of you guys won't have these issues because there are several multi-boxers on your realms, on my realm, greymane, i haven't seen any and i don't know of any.

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Nog, honestly... with the information you've given us regarding your accounts, there is nothing here to really imply that you were banned for multiboxing. In fact, it looks like via the flash vulnerability or some other means, you were likely hacked and/or keylogged.

For what reason do you believe the issue to be multiboxing related? Just because the word "software" was involved? The GMs on the forums and the ones I've spoken to in-game (and I have no reason to believe that GM's are assigned per-realm and thus not knowledgable about the policies regarding multiboxing) have been quite clear that multiboxing by its common definition -- with or without software -- is not against the rules. For what reason do you think that the recent password change that was unauthorized by you is not involved in the matter, but a clearly defined not-against-the-rules multiboxing solution is against the rules? The password change is the only fishy thing happening on your account -- PARTICULARLY because it happened by someone OTHER THAN YOU.

You need to take a few deep breaths, hun, look at the situation from the perspectives of the GMs, and realize that maybe multiboxing has nothing to do with your account bans at all, and that you were simply hit by a hacker -- same as the sadly common hacking reports that I see from normal solo-boxers on the customer service forums.

You need to take action and secure your computer and any remaining wow accounts IMMEDIATELY before the hacker/keylogger gets access to any more of your accounts and/or even MORE important real life information (credit card numbers, paypal, bank accounts).

I know you're stressed out right now and you don't feel like being nice to anyone particularly when you've been targeted and banned without knowingly having done anything wrong -- but don't jump to conclusions that the ban had anything to do with multiboxing when it's more likely that you've got an even dangerous predator hacking away at your personal information -- account administration can remove the action from your account if you tell them to investigate for any hackers/keyloggers that may have taken over your account without your knowledge. HOWEVER, it's up to YOU to remove the malicious program from your computer or the hacker will just keep going back at your account information or other personal information in your computer.