A little worried, haxxorz?

kenshindono · Post by **kenshindono** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 1:30 pm

i was just reading on another forum about some people who got totally screwed with UI mods. Evidently hackers put viruses in them with keyboard stroke recorders on it then get into your account and strip your stuff

this is obviously a big problem. i was just wondering if theres ever been a history of stuff like this with this mod? ive been using it for a few weeks now and am quite concerned about this.

Post by **Rollie** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 1:47 pm

The only risk you run is if you download the mod anywhere but here. By and large the keyloggers are being installed by compromised autoinstalling UI mods.

It is this very reason that I do not use any executable here. The UI mod is in a normal zip file and you must manually upload your file here instead of using a client uploading application.

kenshindono · Post by **kenshindono** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:11 pm

ya thats true no executables i guess i should be cool. just a very nervous prospect. i normally would never use any mods but i think this is a good project and uldum is very underepresented here (i KNOW theres more than 10K people on the server. half the time thers a 300+ person queque to get in)

i did d.load it here so i'll just keep using it i guess

Post by **Rollie** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:40 pm

We really appreciate your contribution!

DaFox · Post by **DaFox** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:11 am

I dont really understand why so many people

A: Are afraid of getting viruses from addons.
B: Dont use addons at all

Anyway thanks for contributing to the project, the more the better!

Alanthus · Post by **Alanthus** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:53 am

It's very understandable and healthy that people are sceptical, keep in mind that to most people a mod doesn't appear that different from any other active content file such as a script, an executable, a picture, a movie, an office file and so forth and all of those may contain viruses. You also have Blizzard actively (and unfortunately with good reason) warning users about some fan sites that were compromised. Being careful when it comes to viruses and other malware is never wrong.

DaFox · Post by **DaFox** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:36 am

Alanthus wrote:Keep in mind that to most people a mod doesn't appear that different from any other active content file such as a script, an executable, a picture, a movie, an office file and so forth and all of those may contain viruses.

Very true, its sad that people are so uneducated about stuff like that

(No offense to the original poster as theres Tons of people like this sadly)

xpolockx · Post by **xpolockx** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:37 am

Being careful is better than having important personal info being stolen. As much as it sucks to get your WoW account hacked, your bank account and credit card information is much, much worse

Education would definitely help. But if people don't want to use any mods, that's their business

Just as long as they don't complain about ME using mods, it's all good