THEDEEPPKER Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Are swiftswitches safe to use? Do they pose a hazzard like keyloggers and other maliciuos programms? ezcuse my spelling max hit with d scimm=28 : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacknova Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Are swiftswitches safe to use? Do they pose a hazzard like keyloggers and other maliciuos programms? ezcuse my spelling They are illegal - world switching programs or programs which click for you are illegal, and many of them do have keyloggers and other spyware associated with them. This may need to be locked however, not sure about the policy on asking these kinds of questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman247m Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Actually, Jagex stated that though they do not endorse or support third party worls switchers, they will not ban any users for using them. In regards to SS, it is perfectly safe as long as you get th download from the real SS site :!: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyingkami00 Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 u sure? it said any PAST users of swiftswitch ect. wont get banned, but rs will catch you and ban you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbluer Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 No, it's allowed. New rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 No, it's allowed. New rule.Actually the new rule explicitly says its NOT allowed. The makers say they will find a loophole in the rule and not to use SS until they can create an updated version. People caught using SS are likely to be muted rather than banned but its still against the rules no matter what Strider claims. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbluer Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Look at the Runescape main page. There's two Rules 7 and 9 Updated threads. Why? Because they meant to put two. I'm serious. It also congratulates Strider on his co-operation with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblade986 Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 The rules were updated to state that using a 3rd party client was not against the rules but however was not recommended. The 3rd party client does have to follow some guidelines however. Those guidelines are that it must not... 1) Block any advertisements Runescape uses 2) Automatically switch worlds for you/Make it possible for you to reach the log-in screen of a world that is full 3) Uses an embedded version of the client (your client links to the java applicate, not the page the client is located on) The client may however, use embedded applicants that do not affect the game itself, such as skill calculaters. The client may also contain a chat room (such as an IRC room), however the chat must be monitored so that there is no discussion about things that are against Jagex rules. It was the combination of the 3 "must not" reasons, as well as the IRC chat not being monitored to block illegal runescape chat, that was causing swiftswitch to be made illegal. 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...
Hitman247m Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 The edited the original announcement that they made... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLancer Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Somebody reported this post, but in the recent light of things I believe this thread can go on since the program is not directly prohibited by Jagex Ltd, it's use is not encouraged though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 No, it's allowed. New rule.Actually the new rule explicitly says its NOT allowed. The makers say they will find a loophole in the rule and not to use SS until they can create an updated version. People caught using SS are likely to be muted rather than banned but its still against the rules no matter what Strider claims. They changed the rule again after everyone whined about it. #-o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 No, it's allowed. New rule.Actually the new rule explicitly says its NOT allowed. The makers say they will find a loophole in the rule and not to use SS until they can create an updated version. People caught using SS are likely to be muted rather than banned but its still against the rules no matter what Strider claims. They changed the rule again after everyone whined about it. #-o How do you know I didn't see it on the Rs main page. Is it actually allowed now to use SS. I hope it is, all the whinny little [bleep]es complaining that its illegal when it wasn't. Edit: Oh and for the author, no SS does not contain keyloggers or anything lie spyware. If it did thousands of RS players would have their account lost. And the guy who made it strider is a good person and wouldn't do something like that. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pansynator Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 It is allowed! You must not use other programs to gain an unfair advantage in the game. This includes automation tools, macros, bots, auto-typers. You may not circumvent any of our mechanisms designed to automatically log out inactive users. You also must not use a third party RuneScape client which encourages breaking of our rules, or endangers user accounts. Rule 7 says not to use any software that will give you an unfair advantage to the game. Swiftswitch is just a world changer with a few other utilities, to help people deal better with lag. Some people, accessing the internet can be a nightmare. ---Do not ask God for an easy life. Ask him for the strength to endure a difficult one.Pansy: a weak, effeminate, and often cowardly man. (Oxford English Dictionary) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXru1n3dXx Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 SS is safe, trust me. And as for it's legal status, the current version is not legal according to Strider & Paul. However the new (legal) version should be out in a couple of days. This is Strider's latest update on the matter. Over the weekend and last few days we've been working on doing everything we can to make SwiftSwitch legal again. This is proving to take a little longer than expected. I'm sorry that we couldn't meet our weekend promise but the last thing we want to do is release an update that isn't legal. We are progressing though, and closing in on finishing. As soon as we're finished we will perform a small internal BETA test and then release it. Please be patient, hopefully it will be out within a few days. Also a reminder that version 2.38 and all previous versions ARE illegal. Please wait till 2.39 before you log into RuneScape inside SwiftSwitch. RS Stats | BF2 Stats | ARSCV | LastFM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futurama Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 There is an incredibly easy way to make something similar to swiftswitch, and invisible to jagex. However, absolutely no way am I releasing it for the good of the game. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 It is allowed! You must not use other programs to gain an unfair advantage in the game. This includes automation tools, macros, bots, auto-typers. You may not circumvent any of our mechanisms designed to automatically log out inactive users. You also must not use a third party RuneScape client which encourages breaking of our rules, or endangers user accounts. Rule 7 says not to use any software that will give you an unfair advantage to the game. Swiftswitch is just a world changer with a few other utilities, to help people deal better with lag. Some people, accessing the internet can be a nightmare. Theoretically SwiftSwitch can endanger user accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmms Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 ya 3rd party programs are never really safe to use but ss is NOT legal yet to use, he has updated it yet so if you use it, i dont know what they will do, i dont think they will bann you but its not worth the chance 3rd party clients are allowed as long as they follow a set a rules that jagex has set Aefx(started 11/1/2002) Cb: 200 TS: 1900+Bmms--Jr(Started on 1/24/06)(Banned 11/13/09 ) Cb: 119(pre-eoc) TS: 1700+Bmms(Started 8/?/2001)(Banned 1/24/06 ) Cb: 101(pre-eoc) TS: 1350+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futurama Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 They're not gonna ban you like they did with people who used [ForbiddenSite] because it barely even changes the way you play the game. But, be on the safe side and don't use it at all. Put it this way; slightly faster server switching, or no account at all and all your hard work lost. You decide :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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