So I'm convinced Blizzard has security issues

[kate]

Blizzard =/= Security I could not log on after last patch, tried all the "fixes" posted here and on Blue posts. Finally read someone saying it was their firewall software. Turned off my 3rd party firewall and on I went to play. I also have WoW loaded on a laptop. Can't play on it as the GPU sux but it will log on. Started Wow ON that, after the patch got the same cannot connect message. Turned off the firewall (same product on both) and off it went. On the Main system I did try to open the "Blizzard" ports with no luck. So until things are fixed I play WoW with no firewall. Blizzard =/= Security

Totally - Blizzard is 100% responsible for teaching you how to properly configure your firewall, thus they've got no security because you decided to turn it off completely in order to play games rather than take it as an opportunity to learn how to use your software properly. Players are _never_ responsible for the security of their systems. After all, the name of their company *is* "Blizzard Entertainment and Security Services of North America, Inc."

[Maxion]

totally - blizzard is 100% responsible for teaching you how to properly configure your firewall, thus they've got no security because you decided to turn it off completely in order to play games rather than take it as an opportunity to learn how to use your software properly. Players are _never_ responsible for the security of their systems. After all, the name of their company *is* "blizzard entertainment and security services of north america, inc."

<3


.

[alcattle]

Totally - Blizzard is 100% responsible for teaching you how to properly configure your firewall, thus they've got no security because you decided to turn it off completely in order to play games rather than take it as an opportunity to learn how to use your software properly. Players are _never_ responsible for the security of their systems. After all, the name of their company *is* "Blizzard Entertainment and Security Services of North America, Inc."

I followed their directions for opening the ports on the firewall. I saw that there was an issue and tried that "fix". It solved the problem, so did I do it wrong? Maybe, but others have the same problem? I never had to play with the firewall before this last patch. So I guess that would be my fault. Give me a fucking break

edit: After reading my post without that red rage in my eyes, I can see how people got confused, hell it doesn't even make sense to me. I meant every fix Blizzard posted was tried and failed.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Turned off my 3rd party firewall and on I went to play.

Turned off the firewall (same product on both) and off it went.

So until things are fixed I play WoW with no firewall.

I followed their directions for opening the ports on the firewall.

One of these is not like the others.

[Dooz]

One of these is not like the others.

"One of these is just not the same."

I had a Capt. Kangaroo flash back.... made me lol.

[alcattle]

I followed their directions for opening the ports on the firewall.

One of these is not like the others.

Taken out of context, I meant that I tried their fix for my firewall blocking WoW access. That fix did not allow me to connect.

Edit: Might be best if I just shut up and go to the corner for a time out.

[Sbrowne55]

I had all 10 of my accounts hacked, It was a trojan keylogger. Which I'm certain was from visiting websites for my rogue and researching info about dps etc in IE.

I got keylogged after reopening 5 of my accounts through account mgmt. 2 hours later the hacks started, and I woke up the next day cleaned out. Now, I have read that some of you had your CC info hacked, and they actually used it. What exactly did they use your CC on?

I'm quite sure they probably got my CC too since I entered it 5 times. They were in my facebook, from a location in Poland... Which could have been spoofed. But my CC it hasn't been touched in a month. I figured these hackers would stear from using that sort of crime, as its punishable in other countries, unlike hacking wow accounts.

Let me know, I may go ahead and say there stolen to get new ones.

[alcattle]

Sorry to hear your loss, I would get the CC on alert at least and changed if it doesn't include other problems like automactic bill pay.
IE is your first mistake, a hack waiting to happen. Using one computer is always a problem, but you can prevent some things like keyloggers if you out smart them. Try a virtual machine and do not use that for WOW. Try linux. A live CD will stop some of the baddies. Get a netbook and use that for all but WOW.

[Tonuss]

I'm quite sure they probably got my CC too since I entered it 5 times.

I would strongly suggest that you report it and have a new number issued. It's not a major hassle to have your CC info stolen these days (assuming you have a card with a reasonable liability limit and good monitoring) but I don't think it's ever good to have that info sitting out there in someone else's hands. At the least, you can limit the damage that the CC company/bank is liable for, because over the long haul that increases costs for everyone.

[Malgor]

Now, I have read that some of you had your CC info hacked, and they actually used it. What exactly did they use your CC on?

They didn't use my credit card for a few months. Then suddenly it was being used for purchases around the $50 dollar range... daily for about a week before I noticed it.

Called my bank got it closed that day and got the forms and was reimbursed all that I lost which was about $250 total. Took some time though before I got the money back.