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Re: Ok so you got hacked / prevention

I logged on a minute ago, 2 of my 7 85's were on different realms...They didn't change the account password or anything so I went ahead and did that.

Curious if I should contact Blizzard now or wait a day or so and hope the person farms stuff (I just emailed them since I'm not in a huge hurry) and if they do is all that stuff left alone? maybe I shouldn't have changed my password so fast

This is exciting, considering not another living soul (other then 1 real life friend) knows what my battle.net email is, I don't sign up to any forums or sites with my battle.net email, my machine is clean (I have NOD), I never download questionable files or visit questionable sites

I did notice 1 of them got a feat of strength though, "Earned the feat of strength MiniZep Controller." so thats pretty cool

Everyone says their machine is clean.

reply to Mike
Seriously. And the Blizzard Authenticator is only $6.50!

reply to Archivis
Well I don't say its clean, NOD and many spyware programs say it was/is clean.

I know exactly what happened and how my account was sort of compromised, Curse Client plain and simple. I've played this game since October 2010 and had zero issues but 2 days after installing that piece of shit to update addons for 4.3 my account was messed with...
I regularly reformat, I always check for viruses and no one knows my battle.net ID, I've never signed up to any site with my battle.net email, I don't download anything questionable (except curse client) I got rid of the client and changed my password and I'd bet any amount of cash my account will not be messed with again.

I just lost some gold and a ton of cloth but gained about 1100 whip tail and almost 1000 volatile life

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»www.curse.com/forums/legacy-foru···nstaller
»www.curse.com/forums/legacy-foru···e-client
»clientsupport.curse.com/ticket.aspx?id=12682
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»www.curse.com/forums/legacy-foru···-updated

And it seems I'm not alone, yeah...

reply to Mike
When I logged on this morning it wouldn't take my password and I thought, "oh shit I got hacked somehow". I have used a authenticator for years but who knows these days. So I started a password reset and it went through with no problem. Checked my toons and money were fine so it appears it might have been a glitch on Bliz's end.

reply to vasta
See? Machine compromised after all.

reply to Mike
Would starting an email address that is only used for battle.net make it any safer?

Of course it would. I use my throw-away email address for registering at any WoW related site requiring an email address and a separate email account only for Blizzard. My throw-away account gets so many fake Blizzard emails, at least 10-12 everyday. I could see how dangerous it would be for anyone using a single email address for Blizzard and WoW related sites.
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