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| rdfs:comment | - Whilst the WoW game itself is relatively safe, there are several things you can do to protect your account, and information you have on your PC, from people who want to steal it. WoW accounts sell for a considerable sum on the black market. Thieves do not care that you spent five years getting a full set of T9 gear on every character - they will sell it for the few pieces of gold they can get and transfer the money to gold farmers to make real world money. Some of the things you can do to protect yourself are:
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| bydate | - by Aug 23rd 2013 5:00PM
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- Blizzard Entertainment 4/10/2014
- by Mike Morhaime, Aug 9, 2012
- Updated: 10-Apr-2013; Article ID: 6327
- Updated: Apr 9, 2013; Article ID: 6327
- by Blizzard Entertainment, 25 Jun 2013 06:48 BST
- by Blizzard Entertainment, Jun 24, 2013 10:48 PM PDT
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| Link | - http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/08/23/blizzard-wins-victory-in-legal-battle-over-security-breach/|desc=Blizzard wins victory in legal battle over security breach
- http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/13742212/heartbleed-account-security-notice-4-10-2014|desc=Heartbleed Account Security Notice
- http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/blog/13742216/heartbleed-account-security-notice-11-04-2014|desc=Heartbleed Account Security Notice
- http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/securityupdate.html|desc=IMPORTANT SECURITY UPDATE
- http://eu.battle.net/en/security/|desc=Account Security
- http://us.battle.net/en/security/|desc=Account Security
- http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/important-security-update-faq|desc=Important Security Update FAQ
- http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/securityupdate.html|desc=IMPORTANT SECURITY UPDATE
- http://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/important-security-update-faq|desc=Important Security Update FAQ
- http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/blog/10310774/Account_Security_Warning-25_06_2013|desc=Account Security Warning
- http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/10310774/Account_Security_Warning-6_24_2013|desc=Account Security Warning
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| abstract | - Whilst the WoW game itself is relatively safe, there are several things you can do to protect your account, and information you have on your PC, from people who want to steal it. WoW accounts sell for a considerable sum on the black market. Thieves do not care that you spent five years getting a full set of T9 gear on every character - they will sell it for the few pieces of gold they can get and transfer the money to gold farmers to make real world money. Some of the things you can do to protect yourself are:
* Keep your Computer safe
* Keep your computer updated with the latest security patches from your operating system provider (typically Microsoft or Apple)
* Install good security software including anti-virus, firewall and spy-ware checkers
* Run a daily virus scan and on ANY file you download from the internet or from a friend's CD or USB stick or similar and turn off auto-run
* Run a spyware scan at least once a week
* Create a low-privilege account on your PC that does not have administrator rights. Use this for everything except when you need to update WoW or your other programs, or to run a full virus scan.
* Password-lock your administrator account.
* Run WoW safely
* Install Blizzard Updates via the Launcher or from a machine you know has been scanned by a reliable virus checker
* Use a Strong Password
* Use a separate eMail address for BattleNet and only for BattleNet
* Buy a Blizzard Authenticator (US/EU).
* Never, ever, share your account details as this could result in a permanent ban.
* Surf the web safely:
* Check web page links before you click on them
* Check the link matches that listed
* Use anti-phishing addons
* Use NoScript"NoScript" - - About.com, October 2009 for FireFox If this seems like a lot of effort, remember how long it took you to get all the gear you now have. Note also that it can take up to three weeks to get an account banned for botting and spamming (by the hacker) back. Some of your gear may never be retrieved completely. Keyloggers will also have been after your log-in details to payment sites (such as PayPal), shopping sites (such as Amazon) and your bank and credit card details, so you may lose money in real life too. The information on this page will never mean that your are 100% safe, as criminals are always coming up with new ways to "beat the system". However, like the camper who stopped to put on running shoes when his friend was already running from the bear, if you follow at least some of this advice, you will have a better chance.
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