Account Hackers - Urgent

#0 - July 9, 2009, 6:50 p.m.

On my server, Smolderthorn, A player whisped me with a message saying that Blizzard had some new mounts comming out and that I should go to a specific webite and sign in. I thought it sounded kinda fishy so I went to the site, and it looks a lot like a world of warcraft sign-in page, but something isn't quite right. Another memeber of my guild also got a whisper from this person, and I am afraid that they may be trying to steal accounts.

Aredek

#32 - July 11, 2009, 3:22 p.m.

Thank you all for this information!

To be clear, we are aware of this recent strategy and encourage you to right click the player's name and select "Report Spam" so our Game Masters can address theses players as quickly as possible.

Thanks again.

Malkorix

#35 - Oct. 30, 2009, 6:08 p.m.

Q u o t e:
today on 10/29/09 i got a similar message saying that in 3 days i will be able to obtane a special gift if i sign up on this website: <removed>, adn i tried to look at it and it wasnt a site so now im kinda scared for my account. I reported it as spam and still kinda nervious.

First, please do not bump old threads. It can help to avoid this to select 'Latest Reply' from the Sort By drop-down menu on the upper right of the forum index.

That said - if you've actually gone to the site in question, then you've put your account at risk. At this stage, it is very important that you take steps to secure your system and account. These threads may prove useful in this regard:

** Computer Security Recommendations **
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=1778038509&sid=1

** Account Compromise Info Center **
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=14318909866&sid=1

Blizzard Authenticator
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=24660
http://us.blizzard.com/store/search.xml?q=authenticator

Mobile Authenticator
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=26109

Good luck, and I hope that ultimately all is well!