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What are you trying to say with that?
Sometimes I can't help it, I have to write down what am I thinking.
What are you trying to say with that?
so your saying the only way to counter this is to always host your own? I hope Blizzard fixes this. I doubt they will because starcraft is "the game" right now...
not yet, however it is only a mater of time.
not yet, however it is only a mater of time.
The last exploit got some people. This one is much worse as the last one only worked under incredibly specific circumstances.
I have a simple solution. EVERYONE switch to using a mac for gameplay but use a windows computer for map-making. Problem solved!!
Like that will happen![]()
well, yea, that's another solution...but for those of us not done with the game yet, a mac would prevent the viruses from even being a factor. (you can't deny that)
Well it's not Microsoft's fault that there are viruses.
There are viruses for Mac and Linux too, only less common. Plus, Mac and Linux virusers are totally brain morons so they only care about stealing your personal data, so you won't notice. Wonder how I know? My Ubuntu Software Center is virused! Every time I open it, it sends my Remote Assistance data to an IP. I've got it from a "linux games" website.
Plus my dear friend, this exploit can be easily used on Mac and Linux too.
Linux is first because it runs Wine, which acts like a Windows.
Mac can also execute scripts so it's vulnerable too.
((ok, it just sounds like you have some sort of animosity towards macs))
Yea, a person COULD add in all three, but who really takes the time to do that? 80% of the internet is on Windows...it would just be a waste of time for them.
((ok, it just sounds like you have some sort of animosity towards macs))
Yea, a person COULD add in all three, but who really takes the time to do that? 80% of the internet is on Windows...it would just be a waste of time for them.
It's 88% not 80%...
Plus, Macs are damn expensive and useless so no sane man on this world would give up Windows for Mac.
Underline "sane".
Linux is worth giving a shot if you're not interested in gaming. But if you are, with a REALLY DAMN GOOD PC you might play newer games on it, with the help of Wine.
i be bored. i want to hear someone tell their story of how they got infected by a virus from wc3 ;o
but i have little patience to learn how to keep it running
Hopefully this is on-topic if not please someone say something.
"[Patch] 1.25 for Warcraft OF III TFT will be already soon accessible for the running off.
Thus far estimate changes can only the owners of the English version of game, on the only server Of battle.Net - Westfall (ClassicBeta).
However, the list of changes is already known.
It includes correctings of balance and closing some known holes in the game - nothing fundamentally new, as one would expect.
It is worthwhile to note that about opened by our users preload of exploit and its consequence thus far nothing not audibly."
Just giving a heads up hopefully to whoever uses the preload bug.
Maybe it is useful, but it's also risky.
Give Warcraft III ~Starcraft II's engine, problem solved.
No new natives i suppose ? (didn't downloaded the patch)
GetUnitZ or something ?
Patch 1.25 effectively defeats this exploit >>
Are you sure?
I saw nothing directly related to it in the beta patch notes - i'm trying to get confirmation that the exploit will be fixed with the patch.
Only patch note i saw that i thought *might* address it was the thing about Wc3 writing its registry files on application startup or something, but that was kinda cryptic, at least to me.
I have an urge to play some Wc3, but having read about the exploit, i've been too terrified to do so.![]()
Just clean your darn Startup folders before shutting down your computer.
Perhaps i misinterpreted what i read on the link DrSuperGood provided with specifics on this exploit...... but my understanding was you could *choose* the destination [[Edit - clarity] to which the exploiting JASS code downloaded stuff]....
http://www.thehelper.net/forums/sho...o-virus-in-Warcraft-III?p=1307753#post1307753
"People should stop suggesting using variables like %USERNAME% or something, the fact I've found is WC3 will only save to a literal path, so for my exact trick to work, there must be an exact, literal path where the OS will look and run things from on start. This means either the Startup folder in the start menu for Windows XP, or something like C:\autoexec.bat (which would be a brutal example if you use it, so I didn't). The operating system should be irrelevant, as long as there is somewhere to write to that gets run on startup.. "
Alternatively, it sounds like it's possible to just make it [[Edit - clarity] (the exploiting JASS code)] download large, "junk" files to any literal path, to waste space......
http://www.thehelper.net/forums/sho...o-virus-in-Warcraft-III?p=1301315#post1301315
"Wow, another exploit? Blizzard's not going to be impressed.
> Hmm, what happen if I link it to a super large file(Takes ages to download)? Lol.
It'd download. Eventually. As expected. "
[[Edit - clarity] Regardless of the specifics of the exploit, my question remains unanswered - will it be remedied in 1.25?]