How Can I Protect Myself From World of Warcraft Keyloggers?

I am starting to get very nervous after reading about tons and tons of WoW accounts getting hacked. It even happened to one of my friends who lost all his gear and gold. What can I do to help prevent this from happening to me?

World of Warcraft account security has become a huge issue lately and for right reason. WoW viruses, keyloggers, and other stuff that has been created to steal your account and all your gold and items.

This issue has made me kinda nervous as well since my brother’s account was recently hacked as well and he lost all his epic gear as well. Not fun at all but the good part is there are a few steps you can take to help prevent this from happening.

First thing you want to do is to insure you have antivirus software and up-to-date antivirus information. This can be very easy to do and most of the time it can “automagically” be done as well.

Next major thing really concerns the version of the web browser you are using. You always want to make sure it is up-to-date. Some people prefer to use Firefox over Internet Explorer as it seems most keyloggers are geared more towards IE than Firefox.

Also keep this in mind as well….the most recent attack which got accounts stolen was taking advantage of a security hole in a version of IE which had a patch out for it about 6 months ago. Staying up-to-date will help greatly in keeping your account safe.

The next obvious thing would be to keep your Microsoft Windows up-to-date as well, which can also be done automatically.

When loading up World of Warcraft it would help your odds greatly if you always use the WoW Launcher. This isn’t something you have to install manually. It is installed whenever you first installed World of Warcraft.

These are just a few examples of different ways you can help protect yourself from getting hacked. They all do have a common theme running throughout which is stay updated! That will help decrease the chances of getting your account stolen by a keylogger.