IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Xfire being hacked

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If you receive any executable files through xfire today DO NOT ACCEPT THEM.

Even if they are your friends.

Xfire is currently being hacked, friend by friend by downloading and executing a file which will be sent by one of your friends who has already been hacked.

School Project.exe was the name of this particular file, but that does not mean that any other .exes are ok.

The hacker expresses a wish to be assisted with a project for school and once you respond you will be sent an exe file which will then take over your account information.


This is wide spread and can affect anyone with an xfire account.

I HIGHLY encourage you to spread this message onto your friends and friends of friends to help discourage the spread of this hack.


Anyone with l4dy0fd3a4th on their xfire list, promptly remove and ignore. These two accounts have already been compromised and there is no clue how many more.

Please take action to protect your and your friend's accounts!
 
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Hello.. the file was sent through a friend... It's not like someone just randomly messaged us and said hey check this out. I've known these people for years.. so it's easy to hack people like this, and thats why people with no lives do stuff like this.
 
xSimon said:
Yeah but if it's named "School project" and you weren't doing a project with them, why would you accept? And if your friend is sending you school work in a .exe, wouldn't you be just a bit suspicious?
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well yes, many of us would be. But the thing is many people are not nearly as computer savvy as many of the people in the clan, and don't understand the difference between a .exe and a .ppt. They would open it unknowingly thinking that they were going to help someone with a project for school. Or people who simply didn't look to see what the file was before opening it. And thanks for the heads up!
 
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Just don't accept / open any files. And if it's from a friend, start a voice chat with them, to verify it is them. =P .. Personally i never accept anything from my friends anyways, it always ends up being something unnecessary.
 
This wasnt made to bash stuff in. It was made as warning. Please stop with the bashing and just pass on the knowledge. BTW.. a project doesnt have to be a ppt. Especially if your project pertains to visual basic programming.
 
guys - there's no reason to flame this thread. the information has been posted, please leave it at that - thank you.
 
trykael said:
guys - there's no reason to flame this thread. the information has been posted, please leave it at that - thank you.
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Sorry sir, I didn't intend to flame, just to get my point across


Very sorry to the original poster if you were offended in any way
 
Thank you for the warning. This is pretty normal for Xfire or any other Gaming client. For example, Valve got hacked by a guy in Germany. But back to the topic, thanks for the information.
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Bizongod said:
Thank you for the warning. This is pretty normal for Xfire or any other Gaming client. For example, Valve got hacked by a guy in Germany. But back to the topic, thanks for the information.
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Same for PBbans last year, it was a riot. I got the same ole "Join my Steam Group" message twice today.

Thanks for the heads up though.
 
np... just pass the info along.. "the more you know" ./end crappy joke
 
wow im glad you told me this, Lots of people are trying to send me .exe files but after reading this i wont accept them thanks very much :) sad hackers with no life
 
Isn't this a prime example of why AVS's exist?

But thanks on the heads up.
 
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