[Pidgin] #13564: The Potential Risks Associated With Downloading Totally free Leveling Guides

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#13564: The Potential Risks Associated With Downloading Totally free Leveling
Guides
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 Reporter:  viwlueaaqsftj4  |        Owner:  rekkanoryo  
     Type:  defect          |       Status:  closed      
Milestone:                  |    Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.7.11          |   Resolution:  invalid     
 Keywords:                  |  
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Changes (by salinasv):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Old description:

> The Potential Risks Associated With Downloading Totally free Leveling
> Guides
>
> A major human population world wide has been downloading wow leveling
> guides from torrents, peer networks, news groups, and many others.
> However a lot of these individuals are receiving another thing alongside-
> a thing they hadnâ??t expected. Just as the threats related to
> downloading free software application, there happens to be a great deal
> that any person chances to lose which might ultimately be his account or
> maybe more. Discussed below are a few of the potential issues associated
> with download of world of warcraft [http://www.warcraftclassroom.com/
> leveling guide] from Peer to peer networks or perhaps torrents.
> 1.      Viruses: One of many dangers linked to downloading of
> [http://www.warcraftclassroom.com/dugis-guide-review/ Dugis guide] or
> maybe [http://www.warcraftclassroom.com/zygors-guide-review/ Zygors
> guide] or another leveling guide tends to be that of being infected with
> a computer virus. Pirates have realized that individuals who download and
> install material from the internet rarely look for viruses and so have
> unintentionally been packing computer viruses of all kinds into files
> which are possibly shared. A World of Warcraft participant, unconsciously
> downloads a free of charge leveling guide on top of that from some
> reliable web site but what he actually  ends up with is actually a pc
> wreck not to mention the repair plus data retrieval expenses can be quite
> upsetting on occasion.
> 2.      Adware: Just as computer viruses, adware is packed with the
> leveling guide files that an individual downloads from the Peer-to-peer
> networks and also torrents. These software programs automatically install
> themselves without you knowing and perform a number of actions which
> range from popping-up windows which can be really bothersome to complete
> system take-over. Adware is accountable for id theft and credit
> information exploitation, mending of both of which is incredibly
> expensive.
> 3.Wow account hacking: A totally free leveling guide which is obtained at
> no cost from Peer to peer network or perhaps torrents could also generate
> the trouble of new splash screens or software programs which pretty much
> hack into an individual's gaming account. These computer programs are
> able to capture ones account id with the password and subsequently
> passing them on to a third party which in turn, by making use of these
> records, could easily access your account. This 3rd party can easily
> switch your gold points, eliminate characters and in some cases possibly
> do acts that can lead to the World of warcraft freezing your gaming
> account. Getting back a WoW account in addition to recovering from all of
> the losses of this kind of  a break down can be quite an enormous
> expense.
>
> It might appear an easy task to download any leveling guide via the
> internet free of charge however one must be aware of the risks involved
> in doing so. The risks can cost you much more than simply purchasing a
> 100 % legal guidebook. Though the P2p networks and torrents may guarantee
> Dugis as well as Zygors guides, an individual should always keep in mind
> that they might really get more than they'd bargained for.

New description:

 The Potential Risks Associated With Downloading Totally free Leveling
 Guides

 A major human population world wide has been downloading wow leveling
 guides from torrents, peer networks, news groups, and many others. However
 a lot of these individuals are receiving another thing alongside- a thing
 they hadnâ??t expected. Just as the threats related to downloading free
 software application, there happens to be a great deal that any person
 chances to lose which might ultimately be his account or maybe more.
 Discussed below are a few of the potential issues associated with download
 of world of warcraft [http://www.warcraftclassroom.com/ leveling guide]
 from Peer to peer networks or perhaps torrents.
 1.      Viruses: One of many dangers linked to downloading of
 [http://www.warcraftclassroom.com/dugis-guide-review/ Dugis guide] or
 maybe [http://www.warcraftclassroom.com/zygors-guide-review/ Zygors guide]
 or another leveling guide tends to be that of being infected with a
 computer virus. Pirates have realized that individuals who download and
 install material from the internet rarely look for viruses and so have
 unintentionally been packing computer viruses of all kinds into files
 which are possibly shared. A World of Warcraft participant, unconsciously
 downloads a free of charge leveling guide on top of that from some
 reliable web site but what he actually  ends up with is actually a pc
 wreck not to mention the repair plus data retrieval expenses can be quite
 upsetting on occasion.
 2.      Adware: Just as computer viruses, adware is packed with the
 leveling guide files that an individual downloads from the Peer-to-peer
 networks and also torrents. These software programs automatically install
 themselves without you knowing and perform a number of actions which range
 from popping-up windows which can be really bothersome to complete system
 take-over. Adware is accountable for id theft and credit information
 exploitation, mending of both of which is incredibly expensive.
 3.Wow account hacking: A totally free leveling guide which is obtained at
 no cost from Peer to peer network or perhaps torrents could also generate
 the trouble of new splash screens or software programs which pretty much
 hack into an individual's gaming account. These computer programs are able
 to capture ones account id with the password and subsequently passing them
 on to a third party which in turn, by making use of these records, could
 easily access your account. This 3rd party can easily switch your gold
 points, eliminate characters and in some cases possibly do acts that can
 lead to the World of warcraft freezing your gaming account. Getting back a
 WoW account in addition to recovering from all of the losses of this kind
 of  a break down can be quite an enormous expense.

 It might appear an easy task to download any leveling guide via the
 internet free of charge however one must be aware of the risks involved in
 doing so. The risks can cost you much more than simply purchasing a 100 %
 legal guidebook. Though the P2p networks and torrents may guarantee Dugis
 as well as Zygors guides, an individual should always keep in mind that
 they might really get more than they'd bargained for.

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