Trojan Snags World Of Warcraft Passwords
Posted by malebolgia on 03 May 2006 - 14:39 · 6 comments & 6256 views
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#1 Posted by shanepitman on 03 May 2006 - 15:22
- Lovely. Glad I don't use IE, or visit questionable gaming sites, install third party addons from unknown/untrusted sources, etc.
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#2 Posted by quigley0 on 03 May 2006 - 15:25
- All i have to say is, Wow. haha pun intended.
Just protect yourselves people. Dont download programs if you dont know what they are. Many contain Keyloggers, etc.
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#3 Posted by jeavis on 03 May 2006 - 15:38
- Be careful of the mods you download.
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#4 Posted by Raa on 04 May 2006 - 01:32
- Luckily I use Maxthon, visit questionable gaming sites with caution and I use 3rd party addons that are trusted and known.
No problem - if you know what you're doing.
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#4.1 Posted by Twink on 04 May 2006 - 02:00
- You know I could have sworn Maxthon used IE as the rendering engine meaning you're just as vulnerable, could just be me though...
Also it sounds alot like the person who wrote the article does not play WoW, "he could transfer in-game goods -- personal items, including weapons" weapons soulbind, you can't send them to other people... They're more likely the disenchant it all and send the enchanting mats...
A new password-stealing Trojan targeting players of the popular online game "World of Warcraft" hopes to make money off secondary sales of gamer goods, a security company warned Tuesday. MicroWorld, an Indian-based anti-virus and security software maker with offices in the U.S., Germany, and Malaysia, said that the PWS.Win32.WOW.x Trojan horse was spreading fast, and attacking World of Warcraft players.
If the attacker managed to hijack a password, he could transfer in-game goods -- personal items, including weapons -- that the player had accumulated to his own account, then later sell them for real-world cash on "gray market" Web sites. Unlike some rival multiplayer online games, Warcraft's publisher, Blizzard Entertainment, bans the practice of trading virtual items for real cash.