Changes: Basic account security

Revision as of 20:43, 19 April 2011

Aged Basilisk Tail is a quest item dropped by Gritjaw Basilisks for Quest:Good Gold For Bad Tail

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Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Added

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+{{#data:Itemtip
+|name=Aged Basilisk Tail
+|quality=common
+|icon=inv_misc_monsterscales_03
+|bind=quest
+|stack=15
+|ilvl=1
+|itemid=49030
+}}
+'''Aged Basilisk Tail''' is a quest item dropped by [[Gritjaw Basilisk]]s for [[Quest:Good Gold For Bad Tail]]
-== Passwords ==
-:{{icon-information}} Some Tips Concerning your Password:
-:'''Use all of the following in the password:'''{{Infobox|Remember: The safest place to have your password is in '''your''' memory!  -Meko}}
-:*Numbers
-:*Lowercase letters
-:*Uppercase letters
-:'''If possible also use:'''
-:* Punctuation marks
-:'''More tips:'''
-:*Never use only a word that appears commonly in any dictionary or thesaurus.
-:*Do not share your password with anyone!
-:**If someone that says they are from Blizzard Entertainment asks you for your password, then they're not from Blizzard!
-:*Do not use the same password that you use for WoW with anything else
-:*If you feel you 100% have to write down your password or you'll forget it.. make sure to keep it locked up!!
-'''External links:'''<br>
-[http://computing.vassar.edu/gethelp/helpguides-FAQ/password/pwFAQ.html Vassar College's Password F.A.Q.]
+==Patch changes==
-== What E-Mail to Use ==
+{{Patch 4.0.3a|note=Added}}
-Something that might seem overkill, but isn't really, is to make a separate e-mail account just for World of Warcraft!
-Since you're making this e-mail account ''just'' for your World of Warcraft [[account]], you don't need to go onto it that much and you can make the password much more complicated than a password you would use for an everyday e-mail account that you need to have memorized.
+==External links==
-'''Some Tips'''
+{{elinks-item|49030}}
-*Use Google's Free Mail Service, [http://www.mail.google.com GMail]
+[[Category:World of Warcraft common quest items]]
-**If you can't get an invite to GMail these wowwiki users would be happy to give you an invite
-***{{User:Meko/Sig}}
-{{Infoline|Very important note! When you make a GMail account, it sends an e-mail to person who invited you, telling them you set up an email account and it tells them your e-mail address! For security purposes follow the instructions below.}}
-*When you have a GMail account of your own, send an invite to yourself
-*Set up yet another GMail account and when you sign up:
-**Set the Secret Question to a custom question and treat this like you would a password. Use the password tips from above for help creating both a secure answer and question!
-**Make sure the checkbox that says "Remember Me On This Computer" is '''not checked'''.
-**Make sure that there's nothing in the Secondary Account field
-*Use a similar strategy as mentioned for GMail with any of various other free e-mail services like: [http://www.cryptomail.org/ CryptoMail] (secure), [http://www.hushmail.com/ HushMail] (secure), [http://www.hotmail.com/ MSN Hotmail], [http://www.s-mail.com/ S-Mail] (secure, but Windows/Linux only), [https://edit.yahoo.com/config/eval_register Yahoo]
-:{{icon-lightbulb}} Make the password hard to guess. Remember to write this password down on '''paper'''.
-:{{icon-exclamation}} The reason to not store something like a password on your computer is because unless your computer has '''no''' outside connections (including Wi-fi, LAN, Bluetooth, etc.), there is the chance that someone can break in
-== Account Sharing ==
-{{Infoline|Blizzard's Stance on Account Sharing/Trading/Etc}}
-Blizzard does not recognize the transfer of Accounts. You may not purchase, sell, gift or trade any account. Blizzard owns, has licensed the rights to all of the content that appears in the program. You agree that you have no right or title in or to any such content, including the virtual goods or currency appearing or originating in the Game, or any other attributes associated with the Account or stored on the Service. Blizzard does not recognize any virtual property transfers executed outside of the Game or the purported sale, gift or trade in the "real world" of anything related to the Game. Accordingly, you may not sell items for "real" money or otherwise exchange items for value outside of the Game.<br>
-''Source: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html''
-:{{icon-exclamation}}For something like power leveling (besides it being against the T.O.S.) it's extremely unsafe.
-{{Infoline|Allowing One Minor}}
-You represent that you are an adult in your country of residence. You agree to these Terms of Use on behalf of yourself and, at your discretion, for one (1) minor child for whom you are a parent or guardian and whom you have authorized to use the account you create on the Service.<br>
-''Source: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html''
-== E-Mails From Blizzard ==
-) What’s this email from @bIizzard.com? It wants my account information! It’s highly likely that this is an email that is trying to get some of your information. Most of the time, this would be defined as a scam. While you can generally be secure with emails, it never hurts to disable HTML in your email client. If you’re unsure of how to do this, then highlight, copy (Ctrl + C), and paste (Ctrl + P) (For Macintosh users, please use the Apple key in place of the Ctrl key) the link into a web browser. Sometimes, they use html in order to try and trick you into going to a website that is different than what is actually represented. Example: it could say (www.worldofwarcraft.com/account/) but actually link to (www.google.com). While (www.google.com) is a secure website, they will not be linking to a safe website.
-) I was just contacted in-game by a Game Master for my password! This is highly unlikely. What happens, most of the time, is that players are exploiting, if you will, your chat box in order to make it appear as if someone sent you a message that they didn’t truthfully send. Typically, you can verify this by clicking on their name to see if this brings up the whisper tool. If you see a message from a Game Master and get a message from the same player every time at the same time, they’re trying to scam you. Please report them immediately. This is a highly punishable violation of rules, and they can be banned for it.
-) Time to go download that new teleport hack! Thanks for the info! This is a bad idea. Most of the time, hacks do not work and they’re merely there to try and get your account information through a key-logger. Do not download any hacks or other programs that claim to do XYZ function that you can’t do in-game. Blizzard doesn’t take too kindly to violating the Terms of Service that they set up to protect users.
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-) Hooray! Thanks for the info! Time to go activate WoW.exe! That’s great that you’re going to go play World of Warcraft, but you should use the Launcher.exe. Why? Well, quite simply, it’s an excellent tool that can catch some viruses/trojans that you may not know that you have on your computer. One primary example is trojan-downloader.win32.agent that was found on many computers using the Launcher.exe instead of WoW.exe. For the full post, please refer to (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=81960523&sid=1). What about other programs that are detected, though? Oh, that’s easy! You should go to (http://www.blizzard.com/support/wow/?id=aww01906p) for a list of trojans/viruses that the Launcher is currently identifying.
-) I’m unsure of this website that I found in my email. There are websites that use names, very similar to popular pages for World of Warcraft. An example might be something like (www.vvorldofwarcraft.com). Instead of a "w" there are two "v"s. People can get very sneaky with this sort of stuff. So, what’s the point of these spoof websites? Well, it’s basically to trick you to attempting to log into their server and then they’ll have your account information. Usually, the login pages that spoof websites use, will redirect you back to the traditional World of Warcraft webpage that you would normally be directed to if the login failed. A good way to avoid this is to simply type out links yourself.
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-;Contacting Blizzard
-Game Master Department: The Game Master Department is most likely the department that you are most familiar with. They can assist in minor issues such as accidentally deleting an item or needing your character to be moved or to investigate an account if it has been compromised and can lock it. Functions: Assist players who are having loot problems, users who are stuck, item issues, hacks, bots, harassment, etc. A complete list of available fields can be found by click the red "?" in-game and selecting each field.
-Methods of contact: There are two ways to contact the Game Master department concerning most of your in-game issues. First method: you can use the red "?" in-game, which is called a petition, and will open up a document that a Game Master will look at and be able to speak with you. If you're offline, they will email you concerning your issues. Second method: You can email them at (wowgm@blizzard.com). This is an email to the Game Master's Department. If you wish to contact them using this email, make sure you're using your account registered email address.
-Primary Game Master Support Page(s): (http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowgm/) and the Customer Service Forum: (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.ht...mId=11112&sid=1)
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-Primary support page(s): http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowbilling/
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-Account Administration: The Account Administration is primarily used for users who have had a hacked account and their account has been locked. It can also be used to appeal bans. Functions: Assisting users with locked accounts and appeals to bans/actions taken against the account.
-Methods of Contact: There are two ways to contact Account Administration. You can email them at (wowaccountadmin@blizzard.com) using the registered email address of your account that has been banned or locked. The second method is using the email form (http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowbilling/?id=eSupport000). You must use the registered email address of the account that has been banned or locked in order to receive help.
-Primary Support Page(s): (http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowaa/)
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-Technical Support: Technical support deals with issues such as being unable to connect to the server or having a graphics problem. Functions: Able to assist users who are having any sort of client side issues. (Too numerous to list)
-Methods of Contact: There are four ways to contact the Technical Support Department. You can email them at (wowtech@blizzard.com). You can fill out the email webform at (http://www.blizzard.com/support/wow/?id=eSupport000)
-Some nice and informative threads exist on the official forums concerning security:
-* [http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=273198555&sid=1 Guide: Virusses & Keyloggers - It stops here]
-* [http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=102690401&sid=1 How to REALLY avoid getting hacked.]
-* [http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=99820057&sid=1 Computer Security and Virus Information]
-* [http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=17191745&sid=1 How to recover a compromised account]
-[[Category:Guides]]