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From: Peter T.
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2013 01:30

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Den 07-12-2013 02:10, Catriona R skrev:
>
> Never mind outside the game - beware of ingame messages too!
> Apparently, it's possible with some addons which let people share
> custom settings with others (via whispering a link or code), to inject
> code which doesn't so what you might be expecting... things like, mail
> all your gold to someone else, or trade it all to someone. Seems to be
> mainly WeakAuras and maybe TellMeWhen affected at present, but by the
> sounds of things, pretty much any similar addon which lets you share
> codes/settings with other users is a risk. Seems it's only a problem
> if you click the link to run it, so lesson of the day: don't accept
> things like that from untrusted sources, just in case!
>
> http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/10780477954?page=1

Thanks for the info, Cat.  I have WeakAuras installed, but I really dont 
use it.  So Im not sure if Im in a risk or not.

-- 
Peter T.

<https://elite.frontier.co.uk/>

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