Quote (Bartoteck @ 29 May 2012 00:05)
I saw many many threads about people getting hacked with or without an authenticator and people keep thinking theres an exploit in public games and it's all blizzard's fault. It has been proven that you are the problem for not protecting your computer or using an easy password.
I'm pissed of all these threads so I make this READTHEFUCKINGMANUAL guide to keep yourself safe from hacker.
All you need to know:
1. KEEP YOUR COMPUTER PROTECTED
Anti-Virus ; Not a cracked paid one, get the free anti-virus instead and make sure it's always updated.
Suggestion: avast free edition
Anti-Spyware/Anti-Malware ; Most of them are free, and the general population don't even know they exist, but any IT computer knows they are more easy to get than viruses.
Suggestion: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (Free) and/or Spybot Search & Destroy
Firewall ; You probably all have one installed already, but most infected people have it disabled and they dont even know what is happening. If you have the windows firewall, make sure you have only windows protocols or trusted softwares who is allowed to use the internet.
Suggestions: Windows Firewall or Zonealarm Free
Temp/Cache Cleaner ; Useful to save disk space and may clean some malicious files. You better take a scan of this before run the others to save time and infected files.
Suggestion: Ccleaner
2. USE A STRONG PASSWORD
password, invalid, 1234, 123, john, sun are good examples of passwords to AVOID. Use uppercase and normal letters, numbers and special characters. The strongest your password is, less chance youre password will be guessed. Don't need to mention to NEVER give your password to ANYONE. Also Blizzard will never ask you for your password, PERIOD.
3. USE THE BLIZZARD'S AUTHENTICATOR
It's free, proven secure and easy to use. Don't cry to blizzard when you get hacked without it. All you need is a smartphone, or a computer. You can also buy the physical one (6.50$). Just login to your battle.net account (www.battle.net) and all the informations are here.
4. DELETE YOUR D2 BOTS/TRIGS
I personally botted a lot last seasons (chant games to help people :P) and realized that NO BOT is completly safe. They know the account/password/character name you play with. Your computer may be at risk as well. If you play d2 only you are safe because they obliviously don't care of your d2 shits, but D3 is another story. Fact is maybe they keylog you and don't "hack" you because d2 is dead, but if they see you play D3, they already have all the informations they need.
I think thats it, if you follow closely these informations, there's no chance you get hacked. Also about the malwares/keyloggers/d2bots, If you are already infected, most of the anti-virus/anti-spyware listed above won't fix it, if you can perform a clean format it could REALLY help you.
GL AND ENJOY BEING PWNED IN INFERNO
sticky this brah