It's kind of incomplete at the moment and my bad English might be in it as well.
It would be nice if more people could contribute to it so the guide can go live (probably somewhere in Riverside Inn) .
I will edit the credits with the names of people who can provide a mayor contribution to the guide, as well clear up a lot of spelling errors.
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Originally Posted by Alexandra's Hack Prevention Guide
Your Password.
GM's will never ask you for your password, if GM's need to look into your account they won't need a password. If someone says they are a GM and ask for your password, they are lying and you should report it to Guild Wars Support. Never give out your password, even if it's your best friend forever, boy/girlfriend, or even grandmother. Be sure you have a secure password. Your characters name isn't secure. Your birthday isn't secure. Your real name isn't secure. Any information that someone may know about you isn't secure. The safest password is: - Not in the dictionary. - At least 8 characters long - Contains either a number or random non letter character like !@#$%^&*() - Contains both uppercase and lowercase letters - Changed every 6 months. Don't buy gold. Gold sellers sell you mass amounts of gold, plant keyloggers into your computer, then hack your account stealing it back. So they will end up with the gold still in their hands and everything you worked for. Never write your passwords down on a piece of paper. Don't use the same password for different websites, applications, forums, etc. If someone gets one, they get them all. Your computer. The following programs can greatly help you in protecting your computer/accounts and are free to home users. Spybot Search and Destroy Spybot Search and Destroy will find tracking cookies and keyloggers if you do have them. It's recommended that you update and run Spybot Search and Destroy atleast once a week. Ad-Aware Spybot Search and Destroy fixes problems with tracking cookies, system internals (Registry), Winsock LSPs, ActiveX objects, browser hijackers and BHOs, and can to some extent protect a user's privacy by deleting usage tracks. Spybot also includes an "Immunize" feature to block the installation of spyware before it occurs. Another tool included in Spybot is a file shredder, for the secure deletion of files. And it also comes with an easter egg! Note: PC Magazine gave Spybot Search and Destroy 1.5 a score of just 1.5 out of 5, elected it as one of the worst tech products of the first quarter of 2008 and called its malware cleaning-up skills mediocre. Even though Spybot Search and Destroy can be mediocre it can still find many things other programs can't. But most important is that it's compatable with other antivirus programs (except for Norton Antivirus, then again Norton Antivirus had failed a lot in the past years but is slowly coming back) Ad-Aware is complimentary to Spybot Search and Destroy. It can sometimes catch things Spybot Search and Destroy can't. It's recommended that you update and run Ad-Aware atleast once a week. Ad-Aware detects and removes spyware or adware on a user's computer. It also detects dialers, Trojans, malware, data-mining, aggressive advertising, parasites, browser hijackers and tracking components on the computer's memory, registry, Hosts file, hard, removable and optical drive. Note: Ad-Aware comes in 4 versions: Free - for the users that don't want to pay. Plus - for users that don't want to pay much. Pro - The best but most expensive vesrion for home users. Enterprise - For companies with a network environment. The following programs require registration/yearly fee. The best antivirus software. ESET Smart Security (Also knows as NOD32, or NOD antivirus) ESET Smart Security requires a yearly fee but there is a 30 day trial version available. It's recommended that you run ESET Smart Security once every 3 days. Smart Security comes with: NOD32 Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware engine Firewall (port stealthing and advanced filtering features). Anti spam (filtering with Bayesian filter, whitelisting and blacklisting) Daily updates. Note: ESET Smart Security is the best and fastest anti virus according to many sources, but the firewall and anti spyware is rated low by the same sources. The best antispyware software. Spyware-Doctor Scans a PC for spyware, Examines files on the hard drive, objects in memory, the Windows registry and cookies, then attempts to quarantine or remove threats. It also includes real-time protection which attempts to block threats from being saved to the disk. Set to startup automatically, suspicious programs running and other detection including new toolbars and add-ons for web browsers. It's recommended that you update and run Spyware-Doctor atleast once a week. Note: Not all programs will work with one another, so far ESET Smart Security runs fine with Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad-Aware. Your computer's memory (for somewhat advanced users) When pressing Crtl-Alt-Delete then click the tab "Processes" you will be able to see all* running processes on your computer. If you have a keylogger or any other malicious program on your computer it's most likely here. If you see any suspicious processes running you will first have to make sure it's malicious, you can do this by going to www.google.com and search for the process name "process.exe" for example. If the Google results turn out that the process is malicious (make sure you check multiple results in Google, not just 1) you should right click on the task and then press "End Process". Now you've prevented the program from doing any harm, however the program is still on your computer. There are 2 methods of removing the malicious program. Method 1. Scan your computer with an updated virusscanner/antispyware and have the antivirus/antispyware program remove it. Method 2. This method is manually removing the malicious program from your computer. You will need to know the location of the malicious program, you can do this by either going back to Google and search for common locations where the malicious program might be, then go to the specified folder and delete the malicious program (sometimes you have to click on "Tools" in the Folder's top bar, then click the tab "View" and check the circle infront of "Show hidden files and folders" in order for the malicious program to appear). Or you can use the Windows Search (Go to Start > Search) to find the .exe file and from there you can delete it. Note: When using Windows Search make sure to search for hidden files as well. *Some processes are hidden, there's special software to detect these hidden processes and show them to the user, however antivirus software might detect this and alert the user that something bad is going on. Keep in mind, this guide does not make it so you can never get hacked, but it can certainly help to prevent it. Written by Alexandra Sweet~ |
, and even though I promise myself religiously that I won't be tempted by these temptations to indulge in a little voyeurism every time I reload my Windows, I find myself having the occasional peek, sick bastard that I am. On these odd occasions, I sometimes use IE just to get where I am going, and guess what? There goes your clean slate, with the installation of some nasty little piece of software, thanks to IE & the wonderful ActiveX Controls. Reloading Windows is imminent.
