Hi all, I am new to the forum, and relatively new to the MAC-world.
I am not sure if this is the right place to post this thread, in case it isn't I kindly ask the moderators to move it to where it belongs, thanks!
Recently, I had a problem on my MacBook. I am fairly sure that my World of Warcraft (WoW) account info were somehow sent to somebody from my Macbook. I am owner of a WoW frozen account (it means I ended my subscription, so I cannot access the game till I renew it). The account has been frozen and safe since April 2008. About 2 weeks ago (May 2009) I logged into my account from the MacBook to browse around, since I am going to reactivate the account in a couple of days. I stayed logged in for about 15 minutes. The next day I tried to log in again, but the account had been hacked, merged into another one, and the log-in info changed.
Also, during the same browsing session, I found all links leading to the Game Developer's customer support not working, meaning that something was going on in my own browser (I was using firefox at the time, but I think it was the same with safari. After cleaning cache and cookies, and reconnecting, I was able to reach those links again.
Now, the WoW account issue has been resolved, but what bothers me is that I am confident that the info were taken while using the MACBook, which I deemed extremely safe.
I installed Little Snitch, and I found out that when I connect to the WoW website and type anything in my log-in screen, the browser (both Firefox and Safari) connect to view.atdmt.com, which I read is some sort of spyware website.
I cleaned the cache, the cookies, added view.atdmt.com to the "block coockies" list, but that did't solve the problem. Whenever I go on the WoW website, and I "pretend" to log in, Safari and Firefox connect to view.atdmt.com.
Since I am new to MAC, I would like to ask your help to make the MACBook safe again.
1) is view.atdmt.com my problem?
2) if so, how do I prevent all connections to it?
3) if not, how do I find the real problem?
4) how did they hacked my browser, so I could not reach the customer support of the Game Developer's website?
5) how do I make sure this is not going to happen again?
I would really appreciate your help
Francesco
I am not sure if this is the right place to post this thread, in case it isn't I kindly ask the moderators to move it to where it belongs, thanks!
Recently, I had a problem on my MacBook. I am fairly sure that my World of Warcraft (WoW) account info were somehow sent to somebody from my Macbook. I am owner of a WoW frozen account (it means I ended my subscription, so I cannot access the game till I renew it). The account has been frozen and safe since April 2008. About 2 weeks ago (May 2009) I logged into my account from the MacBook to browse around, since I am going to reactivate the account in a couple of days. I stayed logged in for about 15 minutes. The next day I tried to log in again, but the account had been hacked, merged into another one, and the log-in info changed.
Also, during the same browsing session, I found all links leading to the Game Developer's customer support not working, meaning that something was going on in my own browser (I was using firefox at the time, but I think it was the same with safari. After cleaning cache and cookies, and reconnecting, I was able to reach those links again.
Now, the WoW account issue has been resolved, but what bothers me is that I am confident that the info were taken while using the MACBook, which I deemed extremely safe.
I installed Little Snitch, and I found out that when I connect to the WoW website and type anything in my log-in screen, the browser (both Firefox and Safari) connect to view.atdmt.com, which I read is some sort of spyware website.
I cleaned the cache, the cookies, added view.atdmt.com to the "block coockies" list, but that did't solve the problem. Whenever I go on the WoW website, and I "pretend" to log in, Safari and Firefox connect to view.atdmt.com.
Since I am new to MAC, I would like to ask your help to make the MACBook safe again.
1) is view.atdmt.com my problem?
2) if so, how do I prevent all connections to it?
3) if not, how do I find the real problem?
4) how did they hacked my browser, so I could not reach the customer support of the Game Developer's website?
5) how do I make sure this is not going to happen again?
I would really appreciate your help
Francesco