Not sure how...

[Efluvious]

Also, I know you visit the forums, so never ever /ever/ click a link on there unless you know the person posting it, and even then, look close at the URL. My suggestion would be getting a few addons for Firefox (and if you are using Internet explorer...get something else). I use Adblock and NoScript myself. this lets me allow which sites will run certain things.

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[Guest]

This requires logging in, yes? If so, until I'm sure my computer's clean, I'm not logging back in.

No, this is only on your computer.

[Guest]

See, this only shows my lack of computer savvy. As far as I can tell, remote access isn't on, but I'm not 100% sure exactly where to check. "Help" has been, unsurprisingly, no help.

[Guest]

So, I downloaded SpyBot Search & Destroy, and found stuff Ad-Aware didn't, but I don't think any of them were the culprit. Going to update to AVG 8.0, I think, and run another scan.

[Guest]

*knocks on wood*

So far, it seems as though the cukprit has been found and dealt with, though buggered if I know which file it was. I've been on for several hours at a time, and not been kicked off to the desktop. I was happy to get an e-mail from a GM, informing me my items would be restored.

I started with Lhuur, and Hidea briefly reinstated me to Grunt so I could deposit items in the bank; she did take extensive measures to verify it was me. With the rest of my characters, I spoke to Kosath, and he offered to be the middleman, and I also asked him to re-demote Lhuur for about a week. All of my toons are on "probation," so to speak, as a safety measure in case the hacker is biding his/her time.

I know some would say I don't owe the Tribe an apology, but I feel I do. By being lazy and not updating my Flash version, I very likely left myself, and the Tribe, open to this attack/theft. I knew better and didn't do what I should have done. So, I hope you will all accept my heartfelt apology for being the conduit for this attack.