tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post1059269315551653446..comments2023-09-15T05:54:48.691-07:00Comments on SERIAL GANKER: Hacked!sid67http://www.blogger.com/profile/16656756657483499337noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post-51163213434250387422010-02-27T10:31:37.602-08:002010-02-27T10:31:37.602-08:00I never identified the point of attack, but there ...I never identified the point of attack, but there were several viruses that got installed. <br /><br />If I had to guess, I think I visited a website that used Flash or something similar and that got exploited. <br /><br />I didn't recall installing anything specific and it's distinctly possible that while Windows was up-to-date, something like Flash was not.<br /><br />They crazy part is that once I realized I had been compromised, it became obvious that my AV and Firewalls had failed to pick it up.<br /><br />And so I started downloading other trial AV programs like crazy. Of all I tried, only Norton and Microsoft Onecare detected anything (maybe 6 of them, including all major players).<br /><br />And it turned out there were 3 viruses installed. Norton picked up only one of the three. Onecare, surprisingly, picked up and eliminated all three.<br /><br />Up until that revelation, I always believed that AV developers shared information about viruses with each other but obviously they don't. Naive I guess.sid67https://www.blogger.com/profile/16656756657483499337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post-50263486397897642212010-02-26T12:37:18.523-08:002010-02-26T12:37:18.523-08:00> "And it didn’t stop me from having both ...> "And it didn’t stop me from having both my real-life Bank Account and my World of Warcraft account hacked"<br /><br />So I'm curious, did you ever find out how you got hacked, in spite of all your security measures?<br /><br />Since you had 2 un-related hacks I assume it was a trojan/key-logger which managed to somehow install itself on your system?SolidStatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05872179337759398145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post-25428453927744345812010-02-16T14:38:02.172-08:002010-02-16T14:38:02.172-08:00Actually, it puts me in the legalize drugs and the...Actually, it puts me in the legalize drugs and the violent crimes related to illegal drug trafficking go away camp. <br /><br />Of course, then you have all a whole slew of problems related to legal drug use. Although, I'd argue those exist anyway -- but I digress.<br /><br />So, ya, it's complicated. But it doesn't become LESS complicated when you choose to ignore or minimize the impact of hacking. <br /><br />The simple fact is that one hacker who steals a dozen accounts and uses them to dupe/create gold has just as big an impact -- if not bigger impact -- than a hundred of these farmers.<br /><br />It's not all about the fair play of gamers supporting the poor third world countries in your economic utopia.<br /><br />The cold hard fact is that illegal RMT is run by unscrupulous people, not some noble do-gooders trying to support the economy of China.<br /><br />So how about we don't oppose prostitution because of slavery but because of the pimps who recruit and abuse these girls?sid67https://www.blogger.com/profile/16656756657483499337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post-66417065359133348242010-02-16T13:54:01.796-08:002010-02-16T13:54:01.796-08:00That puts you into the same camp as right wingers ...That puts you into the same camp as right wingers who oppose canabis because "drug users commit crimes to finance their habit". Or people who oppose prostitution because of "white slavery". These are complex issues, and you can't just look at the worst possible combo to judge the whole matter.<br /><br />I'm all for Blizzard stopping hacking, e.g. by making the authenticator mandatory. But my point was that there are gold farmers who work for gold just like any player would, and you can't simply bundle them all together.Toboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354082945218389596noreply@blogger.com