Cookiebunny wrote on 2014-09-13 23:29
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I was informed by a friend of these occurrences, but I don't know if they're affecting our servers right now since there hasn't been any official announcements...? I tried briefly skimming through these forums and have noticed little to no mention of malware attacks on NA Mabinogi. I'm currently in the midst of scanning my computer, but could someone verify if this is just trivial paranoia?
Rydian wrote on 2014-09-14 00:30
I have not heard or seen of any of this related to Mabi.
It'd have to come through the launcher itself, not the game.
Yoorah wrote on 2014-09-14 03:19
Based on the notice, ZBOT is not affecting any Nexon games. Instead, players are getting infected due to their own fault: Downloading pirated software/games, cheats/hacks/mods, running unpatched software and getting infected via websites, etc. It is highly unlikely that Nexon itself got infected and is distributing malware as part of a game patch, for example.
They're only publishing the notices about it because they can scan your computer and tell when you're infected; they've noticed that a lot of players have been infected. They're warning players that their auto-ban system can mistake an infected player for a cheater and ban 'em.
You should always be mindful about computer security, but no, I wouldn't worry about this case specifically. Not until more info comes out, if there is any.
Cookiebunny wrote on 2014-09-14 04:02
Thanks to the both of you. ^^ I feel assured now; I was pretty disappointed when my friend told me about it since today was my first time attempting to be active again. Guess I'll end my hiatus tomorrow! Many thanks again.