Marco Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 We're seeing a growing number of people in our game and on our forums advertising scam websites which are designed to steal your RuneScape password. These websites generally offer you something amazing, such as a sneak preview of a forthcoming RuneScape update, thus tempting you into giving away your password in your excitement. Even if the website itself doesn't ask you to enter your RuneScape password, it might install malicious software on your computer that would steal your password the next time you type it. In particular, we'd like to make it very clear that websites promoting sequels or spinoffs relating to our games are fake. Similarly, websites offering RuneScape benefits or the chance to become a moderator are fake. None of these websites should be trusted. Think about it for a moment: If we had made something new and fun, we wouldn't hide it on a different website. We'd tell you all about it right here on http://www.runescape.com or Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraven_doth Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Has anyone thought abut the fact that this statement would include sights like tip.it and runehq? If you mention tip.it to someone having problems will someone report you? If they do will jagx ban you? :shock: Just a freindly warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earpy Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Yeah it is comman sense. Whats funny aswell, they are mostly sites like freewebs. Just take a look. If you see a link on the forum like this, right click the link and see where it links to. If it is suspicious, dont visit it! Take your time and you wont endanger your account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jard_Y_Dooku Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 How do we know Tip.It isn't keylogging us all? Never trust anyone. You are always alone, and betrayal is inevitable.Nothing is safe from the jaws of the decompiler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkano5 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 How do we know Tip.It isn't keylogging us all? No wonder people all over tip.it are getting hacked....:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysp Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 How do we know Tip.It isn't keylogging us all? Because its been around since the start of runescape, and there was never any mass character hack :P My WoW character, gnome warlock Saldomar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jard_Y_Dooku Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 They could be watching... waiting. They have no reason to censor my website then. If it does not get uncensored I will... hmm... I'll think of something. Never trust anyone. You are always alone, and betrayal is inevitable.Nothing is safe from the jaws of the decompiler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 How do we know Tip.It isn't keylogging us all? Because its been around since the start of runescape, and there was never any mass character hack :P Mmm, tip.it's the oldest Runescape fansite (and best). Despite this, I know so many people who have been told that tip.it has spyware by Runescape Community (who refuse to allow you to even mention the name ...*whispers* tip.it...!) Anyway, enough of this RSC bashing, Tip.it's completly safe. : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuntdawg5 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 So if you've found something that claims to be from us, but it's not mentioned on http://www.jagex.com then it is fake! We don't run secret websites. They say right there that you should only not go on sites that talk about Jagex updates or new Jagex games. 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraven_doth Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 But the question still remains if somone asks you for some help, and you tell them to go to tip.it for the answer. will jagx ban you if you are reported. Is this the death of runescape fansights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterxman Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Please don't make this post overdramatic with the "oh noes Jagex killing fansites". The news itself doesn't have anything to do with fansites. Jagex is simply stating that sometimes users post fake RS/Jagex websites in their official forums, and to not go to them. When they say fake RS websites, they mean websites that look exactly like the runescape.com website, but is not the real one, and will steal your password. Pixel sigs by me.Pixel Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benisfab Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 But the question still remains if somone asks you for some help, and you tell them to go to tip.it for the answer. will jagx ban you if you are reported. Is this the death of runescape fansights? No. Refering people to fan sites will not get you banned. Jagex consider them to be a "major part of the community" : My Blog2 Visage Drops.Over 1800 Castle Wars Tickets.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecube Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I saw this a lot in the Treasure Trails forum (official) in the past week. People kept posting fake "Runescape 3 is Out" websites and got a few people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umega Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 How do we know Tip.It isn't keylogging us all? Over 2 years I have been visiting Tip.it and so far my account hasn't been hacked. \ ....Yet. :uhh: No longer playing Runescape, I caught the WoW bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelseaboy11_Is_Tom Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 How do we know Tip.It isn't keylogging us all? Over 2 years I have been visiting Tip.it and so far my account hasn't been hacked. \ ....Yet. :uhh: +1 :lol: Clicky Clicky for My Bloggy Bloggy =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazurizi Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 How do we know Tip.It isn't keylogging us all? If you have read registration form correctly it says do NOT use your Runescape Password as your Tip.It Password. Many accounts were Hacked when another Fansite got Hacked and gave out all it's passwords. Be Warned, Don't use your Runescape Passwords for Fan-Sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jard_Y_Dooku Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 How do we know Tip.It isn't keylogging us all? If you have read registration form correctly it says do NOT use your Runescape Password as your Tip.It Password. Many accounts were Hacked when another Fansite got Hacked and gave out all it's passwords. Be Warned, Don't use your Runescape Passwords for Fan-Sites. My site, and the site I designed for my clan, says that too. Why's my website censored? There's no reason for it. I pay 100 dollars a year to run it and bought a domain name. And my dynamic signatures are the best (see my sig =p). Only thing is, they aren't really dynamic on here because they have to be uploaded to ImageShack. -.- Never trust anyone. You are always alone, and betrayal is inevitable.Nothing is safe from the jaws of the decompiler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblade986 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Yeah it is comman sense. Whats funny aswell, they are mostly sites like freewebs. Just take a look. If you see a link on the forum like this, right click the link and see where it links to. If it is suspicious, dont visit it! Take your time and you wont endanger your account. For example... Pressing here will take you to RuneHQ. Go ahead... click it. In actuality, it takes you to Google.com, but most people wouldn't know that unless they looked at the Status Bar of their browser, if it was even shown. That just shows how dangerous these links can be. I could've easily linked that to a malicious website if I had wanted, but of course I don't scam or take people's accounts... It just shows the lengths people go to for a few pixels. There's also something else that should be noted about Keyloggers that someone mentioned a long while ago on the Official Runescape Forums. Keyloggers track EVERYTHING you type. That means that if you were on a shared computer, and you got a keylogger on your computer, should a parent go on and pay bills on a Banking site that requires a log-in, then later finds out about the keylogger, that means the person who keylogged you has that person's bank information, and is now illegally in possession of stolen property. This opens up the way for criminal charges to be brought against the person, even if they were trying to get a Runescape Password, not bank information. In short, people who install keyloggers without someone's knowledge ARE BREAKING THE LAW. don't worry, you are going to "hell" anyway. wanna race to see who gets there first?Officially reached 100 Combat at 1:33PM EST, June 14, 2007First Dragon Drop: Dragon Chain (Dust Devils) @ 10:48PM EST, July 14, 2008, lv113 combat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwrm22 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 reported to many of those sites... 5 yester day in world 4 lumi :D ^^ click my sig for my lesser ranging guide ^^jwrm22: 4816th > 99 cooking 100% f2p !1172 total! + 140mil in items.i dont play anymore... i think rs is ruined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elishot Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 They posted this because there have been MANY (3+ a day), hacksite advertisers on the official forums. Its been "Runescape 3" and "Become a pmod!". You wouldn't think that anyone would go to them, but unfortunately they do. You wouldn't believe that amount of threads on the forums "DONT GO TO *insert hacksite here* BECAUSE I DID AND I GOT HACKED". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordeh1 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 thats something new. I didnt expect this. Why would Tip.it have keylogger, its the best fansite ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tha_boas Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Well i got send emails a long time ago which stated that i could have free stuff, pmodship (the usual stuff) and I clicked it because i was curious. And i have to say that the site i was directed to looked as an exact copy from the Runescape site where you need to log on. It even had a pic floating OVER the url bar (top of your browser where you type in the sites and such) so that it hid the fake site ... not sure how that was done but it sure looked EXTREMELY real. Obviously you can tell by the sourcecode it isn't jagex their site but then again no one bothers checking that so yea. Was a very well made site which in my opinion 8/10 visitors would fall for. Like I said, this was like 6 months or even longer ago, not sure why jagex makes a special notice for it now (probably because this form of attempting to get users their pass got common) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 thats something new. I didnt expect this. Why would Tip.it have keylogger, its the best fansite ever. Please.. say that was a joke.. read the posts in this topic already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalcyte Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 How do we know Tip.It isn't keylogging us all? i take that was sarcasm lol... interesting, i got a pm on tip it telling me to do that, kinda funny. It's what started the global announcement thread about bad pms. Click for mah Blog!- I'm not sure why you would though because i never update it Achieved 99 Thieving 3/10/07-992nd to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fey_Warrior Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 But the question still remains if somone asks you for some help, and you tell them to go to tip.it for the answer. will jagx ban you if you are reported. Is this the death of runescape fansights? No. Refering people to fan sites will not get you banned. Jagex consider them to be a "major part of the community" : It's because many players don't know the difference that you still aren't allowed to mention them though. Repeatedly mentioning URLs in RuneScape on on their forums, would be considered ignoring warnings; and ignoring warnings would result in a ban. That's not the fault of Tip.it or Jagex. It's because some players don't educate themselves, so for the sake of their safety a simple rule was drafted. It's also for the sake of consistency too, because many players seem to get easily confused that a simple rule had to be drafted. Then to be fair the rule had to be applied to all fan sites. The wider RuneScape community (not just the RuneScape Community fan-site forums) is one of the most diverse of any MMORPG out there which is something to be proud of and not scorned. However, with that diversity a lot of things that might work in more homogeneous communities (groups that don't have a lot of differences between their members) aren't allowed for that reason. Regardless of players' opinions of different fan-sites, practising safe computing by not using your RuneScape password on any other site, and keeping your security software (anti-virus, firewall, anti-spyware, etc.) up-to-date and turned-on at all times, is essential. And not downloading & installing anything you cannot trust and being wary of links or images anyone sends you is also being a net-wise citizen. Like in real-life we need to be just careful of what we allow onto our computers, as much as we'd be wary of what we allow into our homes. Each player needs to take control of their safety at their end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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