Bastards at Allakhazam

[Sonicboom]

This only applies to you if you are running an older version of Internet Explorer, have not updated windows with the latest security patches and do not have virus protection on your computer. Apparantly one of our ad providers was affected by a trojan and was serving it to our site for several days last weekend. This is a keylogger and could possibly compromise your game login and password. As soon as we discovered it, we pulled all of their ads.

To see if you got the trojan, go to Program Files/Internet Explorer in your directory and look for a file named "syssmss.exe". If it is there, then open your task manager and delete the file. Also go to %WIN_DIR%\Downloaded Program Files and delete a file named either "fucksnow.exe" or "muma.exe". Then once you have done that, log into the game and change your password. In fact, change every password for every place you have typed since you got the trojan.

There are also several online sites that scan your computer for free.

http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

We apologize for this. In 6 years of running this site, nothing like this has ever happened. It kills me to think that we may have, even inadvertantly, caused anyone to have their account compromised. We're all about making the games better and more fun. Believe me, we will do everything in our power to make sure it does not happen again.

Along with the advertiser who sent this, and in cooperation with the FBI, we are attempting to track down the people who sent this. I hope I get a few minutes in a back room with the bastards.

Some bastards posted up Trojans, and hacked recently typed stuff, credit-cards, FFXI passwords, etc. They're probably going to be more assholes like this doing it more, just a warning. :wink:

 

[Euphacent]

This is why you should download Firefox and install the Adblock plugin. Not only does it get rid of pop ups, flash banners, and crap like above, but it also makes allakhazam much faster... just like if you paid for their site.

 

[decidence]

This is pretty scary....

I recently had my Paypal Account hacked just over a month ago and over $500 spent which thankfully Paypal all put a hold on for being suspicious... but even still, I must of had a keylogger on my comp or something because the investigation came back as someone logging into my account WITH my password!

 

[rabidsquirrel]

This is why you should download Firefox and install the Adblock plugin. Not only does it get rid of pop ups, flash banners, and crap like above, but it also makes allakhazam much faster... just like if you paid for their site.

Adblock yet another reason why firefox is the best browser. Since I have been using it I never have to deal with any advertising while browsing, including flash ads.

 

[Mihai_Pendragon]

Adblock plugin , where i can download that?

 

[Mihai_Pendragon]

NVM i found it ^^

 

[Gannon]

This is why you should download Firefox and install the Adblock plugin. Not only does it get rid of pop ups, flash banners, and crap like above, but it also makes allakhazam much faster... just like if you paid for their site.

Man I'm sick of this crap. Where can I get this Firefox and the Abblock plugin?

 

[Zimzum]

This is why you should download Firefox and install the Adblock plugin. Not only does it get rid of pop ups, flash banners, and crap like above, but it also makes allakhazam much faster... just like if you paid for their site.

Man I'm sick of this crap. Where can I get this Firefox and the Abblock plugin?

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

 

[Mihai_Pendragon]

Man I'm sick of this crap. Where can I get this Firefox and the Abblock plugin?

For the plug-in, do from Firefox's menu bar :
Tools --> Extensions ---> Download Extensions .
A page will pop up, where you can choose the extension to download. AdBlock is somewhere on Top Downloads

 

[Gannon]

Thanks. Once I finish getting the FFXI updates I'm gonna install it!

 

[Tymon]

www.opera.com

Free now, it displays popups in a tab on the top, and your pages don't close when you close the client.

Firefox is superior option-wise, but as far as safe and convenient goes, opera wins the trophy