TROJAN ALERT!!
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TROJAN ALERT!!
by Nalcarya » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:45 pm
This only applies to you if you are running an older version of Internet Explorer, have not updated windows with the latest security patches and do not have virus protection on your computer. Apparantly one of our ad providers was affected by a trojan and was serving it to our site for several days last weekend. This is a keylogger and could possibly compromise your game login and password. As soon as we discovered it, we pulled all of their ads.
To see if you got the trojan, go to Program Files/Internet Explorer in your directory and look for a file named "syssmss.exe". If it is there, then open your task manager and delete the file. Also go to %WIN_DIR%\Downloaded Program Files and delete a file named either "fucksnow.exe" or "muma.exe". Then once you have done that, log into the game and change your password. In fact, change every password for every place you have typed since you got the trojan.
There are also several online sites that scan your computer for free.
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
We apologize for this. In 6 years of running this site, nothing like this has ever happened. It kills me to think that we may have, even inadvertantly, caused anyone to have their account compromised. We're all about making the games better and more fun. Believe me, we will do everything in our power to make sure it does not happen again.
Along with the advertiser who sent this, and in cooperation with the FBI, we are attempting to track down the people who sent this. I hope I get a few minutes in a back room with the bastards.
To see if you got the trojan, go to Program Files/Internet Explorer in your directory and look for a file named "syssmss.exe". If it is there, then open your task manager and delete the file. Also go to %WIN_DIR%\Downloaded Program Files and delete a file named either "fucksnow.exe" or "muma.exe". Then once you have done that, log into the game and change your password. In fact, change every password for every place you have typed since you got the trojan.
There are also several online sites that scan your computer for free.
http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
We apologize for this. In 6 years of running this site, nothing like this has ever happened. It kills me to think that we may have, even inadvertantly, caused anyone to have their account compromised. We're all about making the games better and more fun. Believe me, we will do everything in our power to make sure it does not happen again.
Along with the advertiser who sent this, and in cooperation with the FBI, we are attempting to track down the people who sent this. I hope I get a few minutes in a back room with the bastards.
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by Nalcarya » Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:46 pm
This is from wow.allakhazam.com. Check immediately and change your PW to be sure.
"the signal of the hunter is as a great arrow of destination above your head that means the risk imminent."
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by Okvid » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:38 am
firefox and IE and Opera is for nuubs.
Lynx is for children.
telnet wow-europe.com 80 ....now we are talking
Lynx is for children.
telnet wow-europe.com 80 ....now we are talking
Last edited by Okvid on Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:21 am, edited 1 time in total.
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