WoW Rookie: Account Security Basics

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3-17-2008 @ 1:22PM

George M. said...

Everyone that plays WoW needs to run some type of Anti-Spyware / Anti-Virus software.

3-17-2008 @ 1:45PM

matt said...

Yeah, I'm surprised you didn't mention anti-virus/spyware software.

I just got finished cleaning a spyware-infested computer running AVG Free Edition, so don't run that. (Most of the attacks on that computer would've been prevented by using Firefox+NoScript, btw.)

I'm personally running ESET NOD32 for anti-virus, because it's got relatively good performance (doesn't slow down my computer).

On top of that, though, I'm running Spybot S&D, which does a great job of detecting spyware, and is free.

There may well be better programs out there, that's just what I use, and it's a hell of a lot better than nothing.

3-17-2008 @ 8:47PM

jbodar said...

@matt

Seconded on AVG Free. As a former user, I can say it's terrible at detection. Avira makes a good free AV program if you don't mind an unobtrusive nag window that pops up in the background when it updates.

3-17-2008 @ 8:47PM

jbodar said...

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