How could we be hacked?
Shred Dread
My cousin's account was hacked recently. He lost all his gold, his characters were deleted, and he was taken out of the guild. I'm pretty sure he didnt try to download any programs for GW (bots, etc). So how could he have been hacked? Can it happen to anyone even if they didnt do aything stupid to bring it on themselves?
Diablo???
Must've been something he said in-game, a traitorous friend perhaps?
thrice
If you're only pretty sure, you should ask him if he downloaded anything.
Mimi Miyagi
There are many ways you can get "hacked", besides the obvious "oh noes I downloaded a cheat and it had a keylogger" method.
One simple way is to set up a website that offers "hints, cheats, codes, walkthroughs" (or whatever) but requires you to register with the site first. Stupid people will use their same email address and password as their registration info, and will basically give whoever set up the website your GW account information.
Never, ever, use the same account/pw info for everything you do online.
One simple way is to set up a website that offers "hints, cheats, codes, walkthroughs" (or whatever) but requires you to register with the site first. Stupid people will use their same email address and password as their registration info, and will basically give whoever set up the website your GW account information.
Never, ever, use the same account/pw info for everything you do online.
d4nowar
Accounts can be pretty easily hacked if you use the same email address and password that you use on non-secure forums... like most guild forums.
All of the big fansite forums are safe, but those weaker guild free forums are definitely not.
All of the big fansite forums are safe, but those weaker guild free forums are definitely not.
Witchblade
the most common ways of being hacked
-giving the password to a "friend"
-being keylogged cauz u downloaded infected content (p2p, infected mail..)
-being keylogged cauz u logged your acc on an infected machine, ex: a friend not careful with his comp
-being hacked cauz trying to cheat.. bots and stuff.
NO ONE WILL GIVE U BOTS AND OTHER ILLEGAL STUFF JUST LIKE THAT FOR FREE ON A WEBSITE
-giving the password to a "friend"
-being keylogged cauz u downloaded infected content (p2p, infected mail..)
-being keylogged cauz u logged your acc on an infected machine, ex: a friend not careful with his comp
-being hacked cauz trying to cheat.. bots and stuff.
NO ONE WILL GIVE U BOTS AND OTHER ILLEGAL STUFF JUST LIKE THAT FOR FREE ON A WEBSITE
Diablo???
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Originally Posted by Shred Dread
...taken out of the guild.
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Vahn Roi
The thought of someone within your own guild hacking you just disturbs me.
(it disturbs me, not surprises me)
(it disturbs me, not surprises me)
Apoc
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Originally Posted by Mimi Miyagi
One simple way is to set up a website that offers "hints, cheats, codes, walkthroughs" (or whatever) but requires you to register with the site first. Stupid people will use their same email address and password as their registration info, and will basically give whoever set up the website your GW account information.
Never, ever, use the same account/pw info for everything you do online. |
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Originally Posted by d4nowar
Accounts can be pretty easily hacked if you use the same email address and password that you use on non-secure forums.
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It's called "social engineering".
Theus
Best bet to not get hacked:
1)Make a Seperate Email adress for GW's,Do not use this Email for nothing else.
2)Use everything that you can to making a password, such as the max letters allowed,Numbers,and even, ThEse TYpe oF PASsworD's.(Best bet would be to make a simply random code, and simply write it on a sticky note and put it on your monitor.)
3)Change your password every month or so.
I'd say you be pretty fine abiding by these rules.
1)Make a Seperate Email adress for GW's,Do not use this Email for nothing else.
2)Use everything that you can to making a password, such as the max letters allowed,Numbers,and even, ThEse TYpe oF PASsworD's.(Best bet would be to make a simply random code, and simply write it on a sticky note and put it on your monitor.)
3)Change your password every month or so.
I'd say you be pretty fine abiding by these rules.
Loviatar
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3)Change your password every month or so.
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if you dont give it out why change one random set for another.
4. use CTRL C/ CTRL V to copy your pass instead of typing it each time.
6. if the pc is clean and secure put the pass in the shortcut for auto login (check remember me) to make it work
Shred Dread
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Originally Posted by Vahn Roi
The thought of someone within your own guild hacking you just disturbs me.
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Diablo???
All my game accounts email/password are exclusive to the game, I've never used them in anything else outside of it.
KvanCetre
I'm kind of sick of the "HOW DID I GET HACKED" posts.
It's simple: You weren't careful.
Theres a dozen ways you could have got hacked and if you don't know, no one else will have any idea.
It's simple: You weren't careful.
Theres a dozen ways you could have got hacked and if you don't know, no one else will have any idea.
Omega X
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NO ONE WILL GIVE U BOTS AND OTHER ILLEGAL STUFF JUST LIKE THAT FOR FREE ON A WEBSITE
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I'm not advocating that you go and find illegal things on these types of sites but I'm just saying that it IS not that hard to find AND for free.
The undead Mesmer
And also some programs that arent cheats like that skill program advised in the off-topic thread might also hold keyloggers...
So my advice is dont download anny 3rd party program ^^
So my advice is dont download anny 3rd party program ^^
Edge Martinez
This is getting into anal... everyone tells me so, but I keep one of those black and white marble notebooks by my computer. I have a stack of four right now and a fifth one I'm using currently. Whenever I do anything semi-major online, or even do anything to change my settings on my comp, I just write it down in the book. Date, time, action. It won't prevent you from having something happen, but it's a good diagnostic for when something does happen, and it takes such little time to do.
Matsumi
There's no real way of telling what your cousin did, or didn't do to get hacked. Just by simply knowing somebody really well, doesn't mean that you know that they did or did not do something. So, are we suppose to take guesses as to how he got hacked and see which one fits the best?
torquemada
Plus, please do use firewall...nobody mentioned it and it goes without saying. Block all UDP/TCP ports except 80 (HTTP),6112(GW port I thinks) and other common ports. Not sure what port the SMTP protocol (e-mail) uses but it's easy to find that info. Disallow incoming/outgoing PING, ICMP. Disable pretty much everything you dont use. Or just use some built-in high security settings.
There are automated port sniffers out there searching for open ports to bust through. I guess even that could keylog your actions if it gains priviledged resources on your computer...
And of course, never ever download shit you never heard of. Its the quickest road to pedrition (rock)!
There are automated port sniffers out there searching for open ports to bust through. I guess even that could keylog your actions if it gains priviledged resources on your computer...
And of course, never ever download shit you never heard of. Its the quickest road to pedrition (rock)!
Dr Strangelove
Yknow, I've never downloaded anything, I have a unique password to GW and have one of them nifty firewalls. Then one day I got booted off with the message that someone had logged in under my account. I immediately logged back in and changed my password, never happened again. So unless that was some weird bug, it looks like it's possible without any kind of screw up on your part.
Don Zardeone
Could you PM me the name of his chars?
A few days ago some guy in droks was giving away a shitload of items (including his armour) and gold.
I tried getting as much as I could to give it back to the guy who got "hacked" but he never logged on again.
The guy who "hacked" the owner of the account did it to piss the owner off.
The account was "hacked" because the owner wrote down hiw pw in hi snotebook and this notebook was found/stolen.
The "hacker" never played GW before.......
I use "" arounf hacker and hacks and hacked because nobody really got hacked.
Maybe your cousin is the same guy I'm talking about which means I still have his crap.
If it's not then eh... meh
edit: I'm too lazy to fix the typos
A few days ago some guy in droks was giving away a shitload of items (including his armour) and gold.
I tried getting as much as I could to give it back to the guy who got "hacked" but he never logged on again.
The guy who "hacked" the owner of the account did it to piss the owner off.
The account was "hacked" because the owner wrote down hiw pw in hi snotebook and this notebook was found/stolen.
The "hacker" never played GW before.......
I use "" arounf hacker and hacks and hacked because nobody really got hacked.
Maybe your cousin is the same guy I'm talking about which means I still have his crap.
If it's not then eh... meh
edit: I'm too lazy to fix the typos
Viruzzz
why is it allways a "cousin" or a "friend" or a "brother/sister" ?
edit: to the poster above me. you realise that sounds extremely unlikely that it is the same guy?
edit: to the poster above me. you realise that sounds extremely unlikely that it is the same guy?
Don Zardeone
Yeah but I need to find the guy because his junk is cluttering my storage space.
1 storage slot is worth 22k to me...
Seeing how the OP's cousin supposedly never downloaded any crap and could have only been hacked by insiders, there could be a chance that it is the same guy.
The thief told me he got the password on the victim's birthdayparty by searching through his personal stuff.
It's also another example of how you can be "hacked"
1 storage slot is worth 22k to me...
Seeing how the OP's cousin supposedly never downloaded any crap and could have only been hacked by insiders, there could be a chance that it is the same guy.
The thief told me he got the password on the victim's birthdayparty by searching through his personal stuff.
It's also another example of how you can be "hacked"
Big_Iron
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Originally Posted by Mimi Miyagi
There are many ways you can get "hacked", besides the obvious "oh noes I downloaded a cheat and it had a keylogger" method.
One simple way is to set up a website that offers "hints, cheats, codes, walkthroughs" (or whatever) but requires you to register with the site first. Stupid people will use their same email address and password as their registration info, and will basically give whoever set up the website your GW account information. Never, ever, use the same account/pw info for everything you do online. |
Dj Tano
Ive never heard of people hacking accounts but i remember a friend of me who got his account "hacked". Turns out a friend of his friend knew his password somehow and sold/deleted everything.
Count to Potato
I'm pretty sure another name for hacking is guess and check, passwords for emails or accounts
Loviatar
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I'm pretty sure another name for hacking is guess and check, passwords for emails or accounts
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that is why my GW email is random 15+ alpha/numeric and used nowhere else and my GW pass is the same.plus firewall antispyware AV etc