Interesting read.

[Juugox2]

in all reality if you dont use these programs you got shit to worry about do you really care what they see on your comp? i mean unless you got child porn then stfu

[Treats]

Originally Posted by Sake [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Have the staff mentioned anything at all about these files yet? As someone who was interested prior to hearing about this in playing I am a bit concerned that there hasn't been a word from the staff.

Seems like a lot of speculation / concerns could be remedied if the staff would just be transparent on this issue with the player base. Its not like the files aren't common knowledge from what it seems, so it doesn't seem like a legit reason to stay quiet about it aside from concerning your player base?

If there is a staff update and I missed it id appreciate if someone linked, simply interested in playing but this seems sketchy. Also surprised at the amount of people not concerned about their personal privacy.

Let me get this straight. You created your account here on the forums today (September 2011). Sure looks to me like you you weren't interested in playing here, you were ALLREADY playing here.

If I am wrong then I apologize. If you have still have concerns after reading some of the replies in this thread the only thing you need to do is close your browser and not play on P99. There are plenty of other places to play on the server list without downloading these files. It's that simple.

[superapan]

As long as it guarantees the server legit, I'd take an anal probe too.

[Nirgon]

I'm sure Sony is aware of this server and the emu community and don't care.

As far as the file? If you think about it too much, sketchy yes. If you think about why they did it? Pretty obvious to catch and detect cheating.

This team doesn't strike me as a group that wants to throw away it's project over ripping people off. He can do something sure with more time and effort to steal... something from you I guess. The point is, he'd likely be caught and, further, he'd never run another server on eqemu again.

Chill out.

I'm cool with it as long as only Nilbog and Rogean have access to such things.

[Asher]

Originally Posted by Ihealyou [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Any program can open pretty much any file on your computer. Its something you learn in intro programming, not leet hacking school.

Now lets pretend that Rogean and Nilbog want to steal your personal info. They would have to go through hundreds of gigabytes of data, for each person, to find info which may or may not be there. Do that for the 20,000 accounts that play, and you have an unreasonable amount of data to sift through. Even if they could go through all that data, how are they supposed to separate personal information from random numbers and other garbage?

Now lets pretend that they found some way to get your personal information out of all that data. They're risking the end of the server, the destruction of their reputation, and probably legal action. They have a lot to lose if they try to steal your info. On the other hand, you have an anonymous pastebin chat log, of two anonymous people talking, in a manner which makes it sound staged. At the same time, there's over 300 pissed off nerds who got banned for hacking. They have nothing to lose by posting stuff like this.

So what seems more likely? Rogean and the crew are committing felonies to steal your infoz, or pissed off hackers are anonymously spreading false information to hurt the server?

Yea, it is very difficult for a program to reveal hidden passwords that are stored on your computer. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Asher

[pragmus]

Originally Posted by soup [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You seem like quite the literate & articulate individual.

But, he just posted the equivalent of a thousand words.

[Kope]

I must say my Avast did pick up a Trojan last night. Not sure if it was this one or I got infected by something else but it's odd timing.

Scanned last night and removed it, we'll see if i can play today.

[Ulivar]

Originally Posted by Kope [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I must say my Avast did pick up a Trojan last night. Not sure if it was this one or I got infected by something else but it's odd timing.

Scanned last night and removed it, we'll see if i can play today.

you will have to restore and make an exception for that file that it picked up, its is being reported by those who are butthurt that the file is a virus thus getting flagged by anti-virus programs and moved to the virus chest or w/e. And no, eq won't let you login without that item.

[Ihealyou]

Originally Posted by Asher [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yea, it is very difficult for a program to reveal hidden passwords that are stored on your computer. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Asher

I'm not an expert on viruses, but I was under the impression that people got passwords through phishing or keyloggers. If I log onto my online bank account, I don't think windows keeps a file with my username and password in it. If I'm wrong, please tell me though. Its possible I have no idea what I'm talking about =\

[Asher]

Originally Posted by Ihealyou [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm not an expert on viruses, but I was under the impression that people got passwords through phishing or keyloggers. If I log onto my online bank account, I don't think windows keeps a file with my username and password in it. If I'm wrong, please tell me though.

If you configure your web browser to save any credentials for any site they can be easily retrieved.

ie: Don't ever save passwords.

Asher