Cursor Hackers Target Online Game Players

[SteelPiston]

<p>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6526851.stm</p><p>I know that the link applys to WoW, but there are many people that play other games than just EQ2. Who know's, maybe EQ2 is at risk as well?</p>

[Jai1]

I've always been afraid of losing my accounts.  I have never shared them with anyone unless I really knew them and trusted them(RL family and stuff).  I'm not really sure how the cursor bug works but if someone stole my account for which I have 100s of hours put in to develop it for $10 bucks I may just go postal and you would see me on the news. 

[Espyderman]

<p>The lesson here is dont use internet explorer WITHOUT anti virus protection. if you dont run antivirus i recommend Mozilla for your safe surfing experience.</p><p> From what i read they used an exploit in IE to run keyloggers on your computer and relay your key strokes to a remote machine for later research and use. hence stolen accounts.</p><p>Also, this does affect more then WoW, they just made a big deal out of it because it affected them greatly, and most likely were the ones who came across the information that found the exploit and reported it to microsoft. Since their accounts were affected mostly, they made a big post about it.</p><p>EQ2 people are too smart for that methinks.</p>

[Gnollkicker]

The real scary thing about this is that a character in a video game is worth more than something that you can use to buy stuff.

[Thrashercat]

So many people probably read that news article and think little of it. Then there are those of us who spend lots of time on characters and the thought of someone stealing and selling our account for cash makes us livid. It is very scary what people will and do hack into and what they choose to exploit. Thank you, <b>Espyderman, </b>for your comment on the other available, and dare I say, better, choices for internet browsers.

[UlteriorModem]

<p>"Windows users can get the patch via automatic updates or visit Microsoft to download it manually. </p><p>On its security blog, Microsoft said the patch was released early "to help better protect customers from this threat". </p><p>The software giant urged Windows users to download and install the patch. "</p><p>Problem solved.</p><p>I might add that anyone whom operates a computer that connects to the internet these days without virus protection, a firewall, spam and spyware protection and show due dilligance in keeping them up to date and operating correctly WILL BE HACKED. Not if and or when but will.</p><p>I dont care what browser your using.</p>

[SignumX]

"EQ2 people are too smart for that methinks." Sad thing is there are people that actually believe they are.

[Druke]

<cite>SignumX wrote:</cite><blockquote>"EQ2 people are too smart for that methinks." Sad thing is there are people that actually believe they are.</blockquote>pff just don't look at [Removed for Content] or use limewire and you're ok, the firewall.. maybe but never a virus protector, those are for grandma. That and my fedora box sits on teh end of my home network and nothing ever happens to it, no firewall at all, it has been poked over the net millions of times but never anything happen to it know why? I run no port services and neither does my windows box so theres no way in hell i need a firewall.

[Wingrider01]

<cite>Druke wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>SignumX wrote:</cite><blockquote>"EQ2 people are too smart for that methinks." Sad thing is there are people that actually believe they are.</blockquote>pff just don't look at [Removed for Content] or use limewire and you're ok, the firewall.. maybe but never a virus protector, those are for grandma. That and my fedora box sits on teh end of my home network and nothing ever happens to it, no firewall at all, it has been poked over the net millions of times but never anything happen to it know why? I run no port services and neither does my windows box so theres no way in hell i need a firewall. </blockquote> interesting statement........

[zaun2]

I think the next level will be people using virtual machines (VMWare, Microsoft VirtualPC) to browse the Web in, because you can tell the VM to roll back all changes every shutdown, so if malware does get on, it only infects the client virtual machine rather than one's whole system.

[bleap]

<cite>Espyderman wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>The lesson here is dont use internet explorer WITHOUT anti virus protection. if you dont run antivirus i recommend Mozilla for your safe surfing experience.</p><p> From what i read they used an exploit in IE to run keyloggers on your computer and relay your key strokes to a remote machine for later research and use. hence stolen accounts.</p><p>Also, this does affect more then WoW, they just made a big deal out of it because it affected them greatly, and most likely were the ones who came across the information that found the exploit and reported it to microsoft. Since their accounts were affected mostly, they made a big post about it.</p><p>EQ2 people are too smart for that methinks.</p></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: times new roman,times"><span style="color: #3333ff"> the real lesson here is not to use Internet explorer...PERIOD There are for too many secure browsers...I de install IE on ALL PCs I use..... I personally like Mozilla Firefox...but there are many others...Some are free, some aren't. Putting trust in IE, even with a fire wall and anti virus is just asking for trouble..</span></span>