Ravage[CS]
12-05-2002, 06:38 PM
taken from planetunreal, which was taken from some forum posts by DrSiN... interesting
WARNING: Important information about the current crop of hacks
There are a few external hook hacks available for UT2K3 right now. And while they are not very useful some of them have a serious security risk inside.
When a new hack comes out to the public, I've either got it from the source, or it's sent to me by the honest people in the community (I tend to get 20 or so copies of the same hack within 24hrs). I install each one to test it's threat level. These tests take place on a lan network and not on live servers. At no time do I connect to a server or to the master server.
However, and this is important, all of these tests are done on a machine that has a marked CDkey and we track the usage of that key. So far, there have been at least 9 hits on that key. This means, some if not all of these hacks contain trojans to steal your key.
Consider yourselves warned.
and more......
Servers can not send you an external hack like this. You have to find it, download it, install it and run it. The only way you are going to get caught in this particular scam is if you are looking to cheat using a hack.
Additionally, servers, including the master server never see your physical CD key and there is no way to go backwards from the player ID to the CD key. So it's impossible for a mod author to create a mod that could be sent to you to steal your key.
So, in a nutshell, playing online is safe as can be. But when you look to the seedy portions of the community to better your game, be prepared to be scammed!
WARNING: Important information about the current crop of hacks
There are a few external hook hacks available for UT2K3 right now. And while they are not very useful some of them have a serious security risk inside.
When a new hack comes out to the public, I've either got it from the source, or it's sent to me by the honest people in the community (I tend to get 20 or so copies of the same hack within 24hrs). I install each one to test it's threat level. These tests take place on a lan network and not on live servers. At no time do I connect to a server or to the master server.
However, and this is important, all of these tests are done on a machine that has a marked CDkey and we track the usage of that key. So far, there have been at least 9 hits on that key. This means, some if not all of these hacks contain trojans to steal your key.
Consider yourselves warned.
and more......
Servers can not send you an external hack like this. You have to find it, download it, install it and run it. The only way you are going to get caught in this particular scam is if you are looking to cheat using a hack.
Additionally, servers, including the master server never see your physical CD key and there is no way to go backwards from the player ID to the CD key. So it's impossible for a mod author to create a mod that could be sent to you to steal your key.
So, in a nutshell, playing online is safe as can be. But when you look to the seedy portions of the community to better your game, be prepared to be scammed!