Hacked
MiracleManS
Chambersburg, PA Icrontian
Apparently my account was hacked with the whole 3 days of game time left on it. Please just demote me for the time being.
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Changed all my passwords and they got on my account last night and were spamming/selling as far as I canfigure from the wow message I read this morning.
That got a 3hr suspension last night. But, I wasn't on anyway.
Then I changed the password again and was in the game when I got disconnected.
When I tried to log back on, it told me the account was permanently closed.
I had 20 days left on the account. WOW just closed it and banned it.
Call Blizzard, they will reinstate everything and give you the account back.
Same thing happened to me. They ban you because they see that the chinese IP is trying to connect with your account. Call them and they will lift the ban.
There must be something that anti spyware and virus software hasnt picked up on yet because my computer comes up clean as well. Best bet is to reformat and start fresh.
Authenticators are hacked just as easily as an unprotected account. It's very simple.
And after buying WOW & Burning Crusade--$45. The Lich King--$45. Plus $77 for 6 mnths of play X 2.
I'm not going to buy an authenticator to secure an account that is being hacked at their end just to find out it doesn't work.
I have a password generator that can generate up to 64 chars.
I uninstalled anything to do with wow.
Ran a bunch of scans with different anti virus programs, keyloggers, malware programs etc.
Re-installed and changed all my passwords for WOW, Email, etc.
Reformating my whole HD and starting fresh is out of the question.
I have Win XP & Win 7 dual boot on the HD.
Took me 8-10 hrs just to get wow with the 3 expansion packs installed and DL all the patches, set all the game keys, action bars, Curse & addons, etc.
Addons I use are bagnon, quest helper, gear score, recount, cartographer,and bartender4.
I'm going to call them today and see what I can get solved.
Ryder, You use Curse don't you?
And that doesn't guarantee you're account won't be compromised.
Still haven't got my account unlocked.
They sent me an email stating my inventory,bank and gold were restored.
Still can't log into the game.
Tried calling and you get a recorded message telling you the accounts management can't help you retrieve locked or permanently closed accounts.
It's still permanently banned/locked, whatever.
Lot of money wasted on that game.
Yes, heres a Pro Tip. Call blizzard account support. Opt to go thru their automated help system. Listen to all the options and select the option at the end that nothing in the system matches your issue (this sends you higher in the caller cue than people who do not use it). You have to talk to an actual person to get this resolved.
Hold time can be an hour plus, but if you want your account unlocked this is your option.
Went through all the different automated options. Tried each one. lol
It said they were having a very large number of calls and couldn't answer live.
No worries though.
They finally sent me an email saying my password was changed again.
And to go into the account and change it to a secure password.
I did and got the account back. They also gave me 14 days back on the account.
That's what I lost in time.
I change my password with a high security password generator every few days now.
Where do you get your AddOns from, by the way? If it's Curse, do you use their downloader? I'm pretty sure one of those was part of the problem a while back.