Thanks guys. I feel a little better. I ordered the authenticator. I just wish I knew the breach was on their end and not mine. I don't trust my own computer right now which is not a good feeling. Just built it and hate to do a clean install. Takes forever to get everything set up.
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > You should get most of your stuff back...though the process is long and > drawn out as Blizzard doesn't maintain the info in a very efficient manner. > I would highly recommend getting the authentication key. There is also a > mobile app for this, so check that before you buy. The mobile app is a bit > limited in the phones it's supports. Blizzard security with just the login > and passwords sucks big time. Most of that is getting hacked from their > end, not yours (though they claim they are not at fault...yeah). Just > contact Support and they will remove the ban and then you can contact a > Game > Master to get your stuff restored. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Parkhill [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 11:20 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: WOW account hacked. I'm sad. > > > You shouldn't lose your stuff, but you might want to follow up with them > > My Account was hacked about two months ago, and I hadn't played in about a > month at the time. When I did get back in, after changing my passwords > and > waiting the time specified by Blizzard, all my stuff was there, as well as > about 12 other characters I didn't create. > > Since I have no idea how my account was hacked (although I possibly think > it > was through a guild) can't say what else to do (It just so happens that I > had formatted and installed the full version of Windows 7 between the last > time playing and the message re: my account :) ) > > Cheers, > > Rob > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Matthew Smith > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > So I got an email from Blizzard that my account was banned for spamming. > > I've been too busy to play this week and haven't logged in for a while. > > This sucks. > > > > Will I lose my character or items? > > > > A couple of other things going on that make me question my computer > > security at this point. > > > > A week ago I opened tomshardware.com in my browser and it was logged in > as > > a hotmail account I've never seen. Tried to log in as my account and it > > worked after a couple of tries. I figured it was a bug on the site. > > > > Also, Chrome has had problems opening pages in new tabs. The url shows > but > > nothing loads. > > > > Not huge issues, but with account hacked I wonder if there is something > > going on. I am running Kaspersky IS. Just downloaded malwarebytes and > > running a scan now. Also installed a blocking hosts file. Not sure what > > else to do. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316221 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
