[How To] Keep your World of Warcraft Account Safe

Ok Before i get into all of this: THIS IS NOT 100% FOOL PROOF. If you would like me to add somthing to this guide please Private message me or leave a comment below. I will read comments and respond to them as quickly as possible.

1. Keep your Antivirus/Spyware protector up to date. Don't Stop scans that pop up. Atleast scan your computer once a week to protect from viruses/keyloggers.

2. If you have the money buy a Authenticator. This is a 95% geruntee of keeping your account safe. No one can change anything without knowing your last name or SQA by contacting blizzard. Or if you have an iphone/ipod download a Mobile authenticator by searching Battle.net or Mobile Authenticator in the apps Section of Itunes.

3. Change your password every week or so. I reccomend changing your password every Friday. Hackers usually strike then because they can keep the account all weekend until monday.

4. Download addons ONLY from curse.com if it has an EXE file do not run it. Addons do not require you to run an exe. It should just be a folder that you can coppy and paste in to your Wow>interface>addons folder. (this is what happend to me i downloaded an addon from a non curse site and was keylogged)

5. This one is pretty obvious. Don't share your passwords. Just because he/she is your friend dose not mean your safe.

6. Don't Account trade! These are often scams. This compromises your account info so if you ever get your account back he could call up blizzard and hack it back at any time!

7. Don't Fall For phishers! Be Smart before you log in always check the URL. If its not worldofwarcraft.com/battle.net its a bad idea to log in there.

8. Don't use your same username/password on private servers. They could just check the logs and decide to try it out.

9. Never, Never, never Put your password in a file on your computer. People can open the file like friends or a Keylogger could find it just like that by searching your files.

10. For your Battle.net DO NOT use your Name in your email such as BOBMAN@LIVE.com that could make it easier for them to compromise your account.

11.Blizzard Employees will never ask you for your account name or password (they have that information already)

12.ALL Blizzard GMs use a popup chat to answer your help tickets NOT your normal chat log

13. Don't use any of your personal private information in any wow passwords or account names (EG: last 4 of your SSN, your DOB, ect)