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Tracking which Addon is a keylogger
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Post by
rhandal
Just having my account password stolen, items sold off and toon's deleted, i was curious if anyone else has an idea which addon might have a sneaky little key logging built into it.
All my addon's came from WoWUI and are suppose to be legit, but with all the updates/patches I'm wondering what's been added.
Post by
Katalliaan
None of them. Addons launch after you've logged into one of your toons, then close when you log off that toon. Run a scan with your virus protection to find it, and stay off those dodgy porn sites.
Post by
Octhellion
If you don't open any .exe files that come with the addons, there's never any risk of them logging your keys.
Why would they delete your characters btw? I can understand them vendoring your items etc because they get gold from it, but why delete your characters?
Do they gain something from it, or is it just to be nasty?
Post by
344679
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
buzz3070
i never heard of that site for add ons use curse.com or wowinterface.com (or what ever it is) they are good sites to get add ons from. but for your situation it is most likly not a add on issue but another site or something you downloaded that got you the key logger.
Post by
Poglia
Why would they delete your characters btw? I can understand them vendoring your items etc because they get gold from it, but why delete your characters?
Do they gain something from it, or is it just to be nasty?Because they want to waste victim's time so they have more time to transfer/sell the gold etc before they get reported. Sometimes they even use an hack or they starts to insult people so the account will be banned and they can't get reported.
Also, no AddOns have built-in keyloggers. If your account got "hacked" (not the proper word):
- You got a keylogger from a fake video, e-mail link, etc. Remember, it didn't install alone... YOU clicked on the .exe.
- You gave your password to someone (friend, brother, Chinese power leveler, etc).
- You typed your password in a fake gold duplicator/GM account creator, etc.
- You replied to a phishing mail like a fake beta invite or "it has come to our attention that you are trying to sell your account".
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