This "Ditch of Stupidity," as The_Editor Calls it (which is a pretty intelligent rendition), got me thinking of a recent frantic event which i hope to prevent from happening to future victims. Its a bit long but it is definitely worth it. Feel free to comment on action and add to my advice, as it can help.

 

 

 

You should keep in mind that my work is copyrighted, and I allow people to quote me as long as they use the Forum quote option or something that gives some sort of credit of this to me, just in case I need to add to this later and find out i cant... :ohnoes:

 

 

 

 

 

The Story... And Advice on Account Security

 

 

 

 

 

My friend was on an IRC channel where he was talking to somone, and got a link to an unauthorized SS client "update". Turns out he was keylogged and got his Main account (combat lvl 110 member-- can't say name right now) and his pure hacked. He took his membership off and did recoveries about 14 times since he never changed them after all the years of playing. By the time he recovered his pass the keylog was gone and his pass was changed on both accs. Sadly he lost his 3.2m in cash and lots of member stuff #-o. He woodcuts about 1m worth of mages a day now and won't talk to me til he gets about a week into it, that money he lost was saved for full Guthans

 

 

 

Moral: Make sure you follow Jagex advice before you do anything. Im not saying the name of his characters until the recoveries are set, so you have to keep in mind that you shouldnt tell people that you reset your recoveries, as they could be hacked again by those people. The recoveries can be reset by anyone who knows that they have been renewed, so keep that information safe.

 

 

 

Annyywhooo...

 

 

 

As for me i never got hacked since im paranoid and therefore safe... in your eyes, I still think im not paranoid enough... I use a freeware virus scanner however, It is really good and since I cant link the website from here, you can find a link to it in the Jagex Knowledge Base, under virus security. A link will take you to a site from there. The scanner is really helpful and trustworthy, as Jagex itself trusts it. Ill keep the name of the scanner off of forums since it's easy to find a scam site if you do a search, and I'm not allowed to link out so... ya.

 

 

 

Moral: Use good firewall blocker and/or virus scan.

 

 

 

What confused me alot though was the fact that when my friend got hacked he was pm-ing me from his pure about himself being hacked, and his main was logged in :-k ...

 

 

 

1- I made sure this was the right person since i know them personally. I pmed the main acc and asked: "whats up", and i hear from him that he got hacked,

 

 

 

2- I then I say that we havnt seen each other in a long time (lie), and asked when the last time we've seen each other was, he says a year ago or two ago (another lie... he's clueless as you see next). He says middle school (since on IRC my friend didnt tell any personal info to hacker, we had advantage in solving problem since me and My hacked friend met in high school)

 

The hacker also asked for money, which is a dumb question since i already have my friend in a debt of about 140k from about a year ago, which he still needs to pay back... cuz i need it. And he thought my name was actually "Max Green" (he said this to try and prove his authenticity lol, but it isn't)

 

 

 

3- Knowing who to trust, I told my friend to do a virus scan or system restore (which restores computer memory to a past time in the week or month). He did the restore and then a scan for any left over stuff and we got rid of the keylogger.

 

 

 

4- After getting his account back, my friend keeps private chat to friends or off when he plays, in case the hacker pm's him...

 

 

 

Moral(s):

 

-Keep private information PRIVATE, as it can come in handy come there be a similar disaster, as i know alot about account safety, leading the right guy to the recov link on main page saved their account

 

 

 

-Dont loan out money even if you expect it back. Ever, no matter what...

 

But you can in a way, though, if you keep it to about 10-15k you can call it a gift, but dont expect it back, even if you are 100% sure.

 

Instead go for buying something simple from them such as cowhides for 150 each or steel bars 700 each . At least then if you dont get your money back, you get stuff for it anyway, (instead of having your hands empty)

I don't think that article was written by Kiara_Kat.

I don't think that article was written by Kiara_Kat.

 

 

 

The_Editor wrote it. :wink:

The Ditch of Stupidity

 

 

 

Yes, the post was created by Kiara_Kat, but thanks for the info on The_Editor.

 

 

 

Credit on the Ditch of Stupidity is rightfully given to The_editor now

It's sad people have to experience the mistakes themselves before the fix the problem

Sorry, but the harsh truth is, you have to do a lot of stupid stuff before you realize the consequences. When I was newer to this game, I got scammed quite a few times, but they weren't huge things. I kept getting scammed enough I realized I had to watch what I was doing to make sure I wouldn't get scammed. Now, I hardly ever get scammed. Come to think of it, I have never been scammed by another player for nearly months now. I did scam myself at one point, lost 200k, but now I learned a lesson and I won't make the same mistake again.

 

 

 

You have to experience the consequences to advance in this game.

That's right. Most people will give away their passwords to strangers if they are tempted to and are careless, even if I yell "NO FFS!!!" into their ears, but once they have been jacked, they will learn most of the time.

 

Heh, I'd call those gifts up to 100k :D (That's the amount I'd trust a good friend with... just got scammed with it, but bigger amounts of money help better in knowing who to trust :) and I don't feel as sorry for the 100k as I would feel for the full rune she asked to try on).

Thankfully, I've got a sharp eye when I trade, and a VERY good anti-virus system that has never let me down, the only safety is in constant vigilance and mild paranoia. I've never been keylogged, and the worst I've been scammed out of was 100k, the best way to stay safe is to not go to 'RS cheat'/gold seller/'adult' sites, and to watch trades carefully. It also helps to use a screen keyboard to type in your 20 character alphanumerical pass... :wink: Your friend should have been more careful, but hopefully he'll learn a lesson or two from this.