Virus Alert
Hey guys.
We had a trojan briefly hosted on the site here. It was accidentally approved by one of our moderators and has since been removed. We're stepping up our protections to make sure that this doesn't happen any further.
The project in question was "Time Calculator" and was downloaded 88 times.
I apologize for this oversight, and you have my word that we're going to be more diligent and step up our preemptive measures.
I was hoping to make it a little longer than 8 months without a virus, but here is hoping to not seeing another for a long, long time.
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- 01 Dec 2008
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kmcguire Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:49:38Honestly, the normal user who is using the curse client would not normally be tinkering around in the addon folders. Most people have trouble even finding the folder!
But, if you are able to find the folder then you are experienced and it make it worse if you do execute an unknown executable.
So just like websites link you should treat executables the same way. Never execute them unless they look valid, have supporting documentation that makes sense, and you have a reason to execute them.
Just running something (executables!) out of curiosity is going to get you into trouble!!
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Kaelten Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:17:59even if the client did download them it wouldn't execute them.
But no the files would be flagged as not compatible with the client as well.
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instant Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:13:12Questions:
- Would trojans such as this be downloaded by the Curse Client, e.g. does it check for .exe/double-zips etc?
- Can we be sure the Curse Client will be kept safe?