Hacked and banned

[suicidesspyder]

Man i havent been hacked and i dont plan on it. I dont have wow on my laptop and i dont do anything on my wow computer on the internet. If i want to search something i do it on the laptop. This is how i avoid the retarded asian no life scum that want my accounts. Sorry to the cool asians but the ones that do the hacking are the no life ones and most are asian. But meh i might get an authenticator but not really worried about it atm.

[Bettysue]

I honestly doubt this is what happend to me, I downloaded malwarebytes from download .com and afaik malwarebytes is a respectable program.

Ya both of the programs you used were well known I wasn't meaning to suggest they weren't...I guess I was just throwing it in for others reading the posts...go with good reputable software all the time and make sure it really is the software you're using that is popping up message or asking for information. If in doubt type the address in yourself type stuff.

Anyway best of luck to you.

[Coltimar]

I fix computers every single day that are full of malware, adware and spyware. These are people downloading torrent files or surfing pron, these are work stations used for inputting Medicare data or receiving online flower orders or blogging and watching movies. This stuff is absolutely everywhere. It's made me paranoid :/ I only surf the web on one machine in the house and it runs Windows in a shell.

[Naxxz]

how the hell do you guys keep getting hacked like every day? Stop clicking the wii sex toy links ffs.

Actually, better yet - stop signing up on peoples' forums/sites with your email and same password - oldest trick in the book.

I just have trouble believing, especially as a security analyst that works with this kind of stuff, that these keyloggers and malware are not easy to avoid. I don't even run anti-virus.

Two factor authentication is nice, but also not falling for malware scams that explicitly require you to take action (rather than just propagating themselves unbeknownst to you).

Also most modern anti-virus and anti-whatever never find a thing, even when you are compromised. Their blacklisting approach is flawed, and the heuristics are just fail. I ran every major anti-whatever for years and they never found a single piece of malware, not even once - and this is when I used to use file sharing programs which are littered with malware. You can even build a test box, put known malware on it and watch modern AV's fail to detect anything.

No offence mate but im not stupid, I dont do any of the things you mention above, i've never clicked on a scammers link, do not use torrents( i Know you didn't say this but I thought I should say it anyway) and I certainly dont sign up to websites with my wow email and password.
If Keyloggers where as easy to avoid as you say then I and many others would not be in this situation.

The only thing I do on this computer apart from wow is stream tv and read these forums...I also shop.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Authenticator works.

Login won't accept a code more than once, meaning you get to sit around and jerk off for about five minutes if you want to login with one as a multiboxer these days.

Huh? If you login all 5 at the same time, it works fine. At least, mine does. Launch 5 clients, type in password once and hit enter. When auth code comes up, type in code on all 5 at once and hit enter. Voila.

I mean, if you broadcast firebolt spam, why wouldn't you use it to enter your passwords/auth codes in WoW? Guess I thought everyone did that. /shrug

[yaki]

Huh? If you login all 5 at the same time, it works fine. At least, mine does. Launch 5 clients, type in password once and hit enter. Voila. Don't all boxers use keybroadcasting to put in passwords???

Okay, see, the problem with what you're saying is that you never mention the step where you put in the authenticator code. No authenticator? Works fine. Authenticator? Fails on all but one account (presumably the first to say hi to the auth server).

[thinus]

Okay, see, the problem with what you're saying is that you never mention the step where you put in the authenticator code. No authenticator? Works fine. Authenticator? Fails on all but one account (presumably the first to say hi to the auth server).

I assume he has 5 different battlenet accounts.

[yaki]

I assume he has 5 different battlenet accounts.

Must do, it's the only way they work now.

[Ualaa]

Ya.. I have five battlenet accounts.

I lose out on the integrated account management junk.
But log in a bit faster.

Not sure why anyone would choose to not have an authenticator.
They have been in-stock for 4 straight months, both versions.
$6.50 or so.

[thinus]

Ya.. I have five battlenet accounts.

I lose out on the integrated account management junk.
But log in a bit faster.

Not sure why anyone would choose to not have an authenticator.
They have been in-stock for 4 straight months, both versions.
$6.50 or so.

And available for free on the iphone. The single battlenet account login issue is the only problem I have with an authenticator.