Everybody wants their WoW account to be safe right? It’s not like anyone ‘wants’ their account to be hacked, to lose their characters, gold and gear and be forced to spend hours on the phone to Blizzard’s Support Line. Yet how many of your accounts are actually safe?
I’m not trying to scare you or anything, but for most of you reading this your attempts to stay safe are woefully inadequate. I’m going to tell you why and what you can do about it.
Well, it might be, but probably not if you get a whisper like this one:
[Pnhsnip] whispers: hello!
[Game Master]GM: Your world of warcraft account has been temporarily suspended. go to [keyloggingsitegoeshere]
I’m sure none of our readers would fall for such a thing, but you can’t say you weren’t warned. Remember, if it’s really a GM not only do they get a nice blue blizzard logo next to their name instead of just “GM”, their chat with you will automatically open in a seperate window. I believe you also get a popup notification that a GM wants to speak with you.
If all else fails, use common sense. If there was a problem with your account why would they log in and find you in-game to tell you?
This has been a public service announcement, helping you defend your stuff.
Cheers to all the people in trade today warning about this crap on alliance-side.
