Amsel_McKay wrote: »Sendmail should not even be an option for UI addons...
Amsel_McKay wrote: »Sendmail should not even be an option for UI addons...
lordrichter wrote: »I do hope that the person the gold is being sent to is the person responsible for this and they get banned. I just hope that the recipient is not some innocent that is wondering why he is getting tons of gold all of a sudden.
Alphashado wrote: »Amsel_McKay wrote: »Sendmail should not even be an option for UI addons...
I agree as well. Scary. Makes me want to go and bury all my gold in a hole behind Riften somewhere
If you have the ATLAS addon installed delete it immediately. If you have Minion, do not update it. If you do, malicious code within the new update will steal your gold and mail it to someone else.
Seriously though, it's not surprising but sad that malicious game add-ons might become more common place.
Alphashado wrote: »Amsel_McKay wrote: »Sendmail should not even be an option for UI addons...
I agree as well. Scary. Makes me want to go and bury all my gold in a hole behind Riften somewhere
Could you be more specific please?
Seriously though, it's not surprising but sad that malicious game add-ons might become more common place.
This is some pretty serious stuff though, i am surprised there is no response from @ZOS_AlanG or @ZOS_AmeliaR or other moderator about this.
And what happened to the players affected, did they get their gold back?
Addon has been updated and the "hack" has been removed. Just update it and you'll be fine.
ers101284b14_ESO wrote: »This is some pretty serious stuff though, i am surprised there is no response from @ZOS_AlanG or @ZOS_AmeliaR or other moderator about this.
And what happened to the players affected, did they get their gold back?
Yes they did. There was a guy on Reddit who didn't even know it was bugged and a GM showed up to tell him to get rid of the add on and restored the gold that was taken.
This is the reason that I NEVER use any addon, they should not even be supported or even allowed in a game that costs real cash to play.
The worse thing is that this is legal and even if you 'emailed' all you gold away the only thing the Dev's can do is say Sorry.
You technically 'gave' your gold away as a gift so it is not theft and i'm sure if you read the small print in the addon it will be legally covered so that it's not classed as theft as well.
Addon's have to be downloaded to your computer first so if you lose some pixel gold and that's the worst thing that happens then count your blessings as they could do way more than just mess up your game.
User beware.