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04-12-09, 07:13 PM   #3
spiel2001
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Yes... let me be very quick to jump on this, as well...
  1. It is *not* possible for any WoW add-on to keylog your password or otherwise compromise your computer's security unless it contains an executable program that runs *outside* of WoW.
  2. Add-ons are not loaded until AFTER you have logged in to WoW and add-ons cannot communicate with the outside world. Therefore, it is *impossible* for any proper add-on to "hack" your WoW account. Period.
  3. I know that Cairenn, Dolby and crew are meticulous about screening their add-ons. The odds of you having downloaded anything from this web site that compromised your account are somewhere between zero and none.
Things I would look for...
  1. Do you use WoWMatrix? If so, it has been implicated in the past in similar things (though *never* proven).
  2. Do you run an anti-virus program and a firewall?
  3. Do you have a secure password? (as in a password that could not be guessed if someone knew your user name and/or knew you in real life?
  4. Do you use the same user name and password for web sites you join as you do for you WoW account and things like that? (something you should *never* do).
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