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426948
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
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524425
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Adamsm
Might want to change your password by actually going to the main site as well, just to be safe.
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106545
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
chase123
Remove the fake link from your post so no one here clicks it by mistake.
Post by
Sheridan
I can't believe people still need to ask if it's real
Post by
TheReal
^ I'm with Sheridan.
Blizzard shoots first and asks questions later.
If your account is going to be suspended, they'll suspend it first and then notify you later about why they did it. Seriously,
why do people have to ask this question all the freaking time?
Remove the fake link from your post so no one here clicks it by mistake.
Just break the link, don't remove it.
Obscurity does not lead to security
. 'Twould be better to break the link and allow everyone to see the URL of the phishing site so they're more informed. If they ever happen upon the site by mistake, perhaps remembering that they've read the URL here will save them from losing their accounts, however temporarily.
Post by
Federalagent
Just break the link, don't remove it. would be better to break the link and allow everyone to see the URL of the phishing site so they're more informed. If they ever happen upon the site by mistake, perhaps remembering that they've read the URL here will save them from losing their accounts, however temporarily.
It is not being "more informed", anyone can manually type it in. Also, it is common sense and obvious the link is a fake. Those who are not intelligent enough to realize by now, not to click on such links, not to give out their information, not to know how to access their account management, all deserve what they get.
Honestly, in my opinion, those who complain about being hacked are just in denial about the fact of it being 100% their fault. Heck, even blizzard has posted thousands of times about this stuff. This is the internet, people need to be smart. This so called "Hacking", which it is not, is so widely spread these days because of peoples unwillingness to admit their actions and correct them.
So what is so difficult about logging into your account management directly from the World of Warcraft home page? Just type
www.worldofwarcraft.com
into your browser, then click account management. It is that easy...
Also, If you have a firewall/virus-scanner such as AVG, when you click on the link, you will get the following message in a big red box on your screen:
Reported Web Forgery!
This web site at
<the-site-address>
has been reported as a web forgery and has been blocked based on your security preferences.
Web forgeries are designed to trick you into revealing personal or financial information by imitating sources you may trust.
Entering any information on this web page may result in identity theft or other fraud.
Therefor, if you bypass this warning message there will be no denying it being your fault. If you do not get this message, you do not have a decent firewall/virus-scanner installed, and is your fault again.
Post by
TheReal
While I'd have to generally agree with you Fed, I can't always place 100% of the blame on innocent yet ignorant users. Sometimes these people who post "aaargghhh I've been hacked" are younger than 16, and at that age it's a parent's responsibility to teach their children how to safely use the Internet.
Information Security Principle #4: People will always make poor security decisions if they are not educated to avoid such behavior.
We hear so much about the dangers of opening email attachments from people unfamiliar to us; however when presented with the possibility of seeing adult content, people inadvertently spread the Anna Kournikova virus through email in 2001.
Now imagine you're 16 and have the same hormone level as other 16 year-old boys. Let's also say your parents never taught you how to protect your computer from malware while online. An email arrives in your Yahoo! mailbox and has the attachment girl.jpg along with a note that nudity is attached. Even if the
child
young adult has been educated to avoid clicking on .exe files, this particular attachment appears to be a .jpg and promises nudity. In fact, the file is named girl.jpg.exe and is a nasty virus that lets its friends in the back door when the owner is away. Ouch.
The point of my drivel is that people need to be educated to remain relatively safe from the bad guys on the cloud. I'm considering starting a program called the Internet Operator's License.
NOE INTARWUBZ 4 U UNLIT U PASS DIS EXZAMZ LOL
Post by
Federalagent
This is a handy website. If you suspect a bad site, type the URL into this site and it will tell you if the site is bad or not.
http://stopbadware.org/home/clearinghouse
Post by
Federalagent
It's a phisher, however you shouldn't change your password, thats just a waste of time really, if you're already key-logged, password changing won't do much
Actually. That is only true if the Key-logger is still on the system. Just because you type it into one site does not always give you a key-logger. and these days, if you are using a reputable browser, you can not get a keylogger from a website easily. There are pop-ups and notifications for everything that gets downloaded, saved, or installed. Only thing that might track information are tracking cookies, which can be cleared easily. So unless the person knowingly accepted some pop-up or notification, there should be nothing on the system. There is a difference between a key-logger and a phishing site. So yes, Changing a password is always a must and highly recommended.
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