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[kittycat]

wow how is that possible no quests, pet training, BD items, faeries, gallery, collections, packrats, or anything?

Never did any quests in my 4 years of playing neopets, all my training has always been through the autotrainer (never trained before it), faeries aren't worth the manual labor/time, my gallery is hard 2 sell items my AB bought, my collection is UB collectible cards, don't care about avatars so packrat is irrelevant.

[Lando]

I heard from the AV boards, they were freaking out and stuff.

Thanks for the tips, cleared my cache and changed my pw, added pin changed e-mail just to be safe.

[Ncbridge]

Same here..
Thx for the tip guys

[moonman]

Eh, CGers again. Thanks for the heads up.

[pabs123]

Never did any quests in my 4 years of playing neopets, all my training has always been through the autotrainer (never trained before it), faeries aren't worth the manual labor/time, my gallery is hard 2 sell items my AB bought, my collection is UB collectible cards, don't care about avatars so packrat is irrelevant.

haha thats awesome... that should be an avatar in itself "don't spread the wealth"- never use a usershop... lol

[kittycat]

haha thats awesome... that should be an avatar in itself "don't spread the wealth"- never use a usershop... lol

LMAO I have the most illegitimate account ever.

[pabs123]

LMAO I have the most illegitimate account ever.

lmao that's ridiculous, 0 avatars and never visited a usershop... i've lost all faith (not that i had much to begin with) in TNT's ability to pick up on botters thnk god

[kittycat]

lmao that's ridiculous, 0 avatars and never visited a usershop... i've lost all faith (not that i had much to begin with) in TNT's ability to pick up on botters thnk god

my only 3 games played are sloth tax str test and avatar collectors LOL

[Ambition]

I wouldn't be surprised if HiddenBelow is responsible for most of the CGing.

[munie]

Does google chrome have this problem? if so.. how do i disable it?

[jcrdude]

Does google chrome have this problem? if so.. how do i disable it?

2nd post says it all really....

Use pins on everything valuable too.

[lexis]

hey! thanks for the tips!

[Wandering]

Thought this info might help



Quote:For the new CG in shops, before you buy, hover your mouse over the item and check the URL. I'll post a screenshot next time i find a CG shop

TIP: if the scrollbar on your browser is teeny tiny, warning sign. Scroll down and check to make sure. If you see two items in a row. better head out.

There is no CG inside the shop itself. Just the link so if you dont click, you're good.

Quote:Why you should log out first, NOT change pw first
- neopets authentication is based on session ids. Clicking LOGOUT deletes the session from the neo server, which renders the cookie (including all copies of it useless) Re-logging in creates a new session but does not delete previous sessions if the logout link is not clicked beforehand.
(Try the two browser trick) Basically everyone gets kicked out.

The hacker, if inside your account, would be logged out too and in order to re-enter, would need
to decode the pw (if it's still encrypted within the cookie) to regain access. This is ample time for you to log back
in and change your pw. In most cases, it's easier for him to just move on to the next account in the list unless he determines
the account is worth the extra hassle., which again takes time.

If you opted for the pw change first, while you're doing it, the hacker would still have access. Try trying to change PW
while under pressure. Time to log out = faster than (time to think of a new pw + change pw + entering it twice)

P.S. Clearing cookies don't work either. All it does is remove cookies from your own system. Not anywhere else.

Recommended firefox addons
NOSCRIPT" This helps block malicious scripts from running.
Don't forget to whitelist neopets.com and any other sites that you trust (like hotmail.com) (see attachment)

FLASHBLOCK This allows you to selectively load adobe flash player objects. If you need flash to play games,
simply click the arrow to enable that object. This is allowed since most browsers don't even come with flash. Do not
whitelist neopets as one type of CG uses a redirection of http://images.neopet...on_check_v1.swf? to steal cookies.

KEYSCRAMBLER ADD-ON. For protection against key loggers (programs that record everything you type) It's no use
changing your pw if every key you press is being sent to the "hacker

ADBLOCK. It allows you to block ads... STYLISH is good too (code to block ads coming soon) If you get a pop up ad, use CTRL+W
to close it. You definitely dont want to find yourself clicking close on a XP antispyware 2009 pop up ad. Those are the worst to get rid of.

BLOCKSITE - this prevents certain websites from loading completely so if you were unfortunate to click on a CG site by
accident, it wont load. Not supported for firefox 3.5 Subscription service for this add-on will be added on neomallers as soon as support is added.

General Internet Safety
Food for Thought:Good Lightweight anti-spyware Tools:

1. Ashampoo Firewall Free

2. Super® Antispyware (use the portable version and reboot in WINDOWS SAFE MODE
for BEST effect if you are infected) - it's better than the actual program since it downloads with a random file name. Viruses love to disable the main program file of popular AVs like Norton and AVG.

To boot in safe mode:
Just about when windows displays the boot up progress bar/windows bootup logo, keep press F8 and select
safe mode

Tip: Periodically press F8 when the computer manufacturer
screen disappears




Source: http://www.neomaller... ... ment-43590

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[Stryker11487]

+1 to you bro... That's a nice compilation... I agree some of that stuff is pretty much essential now-a-days I do use some other software but for the most part I use most of those FF add-ons... Thanks for posting this information for anyone unaware of such programs I'm sure this can only help our users and this forum... Props.

[Wandering]

Thanks. Being new I was a little nervous about posting it.

[Tortenmann]

I got CG today:crybaby: Then TNT frozen my account for protection:crybaby:

[serdne2]

God I hate scammers.

[dfoaiu]

Has TNT taken any steps to get rid of cookie grabbers yet? A lot of people are afraid of going to user shops.

[emerkeng]

Nice guide prior to this I was kind of confused on how to protect myself but you gave a very detailed guide thanks =).

[Stryker11487]

Has TNT taken any steps to get rid of cookie grabbers yet? A lot of people are afraid of going to user shops.

I don't understand why this is ridiculously hyped up. Just don't click on anything but neopet directly related items... Don't go to their store and click all over the links they post... Don't click on links in people's personal pages... Click only on the regular Neopet links and you will be fine... Heck that's without using anything that's any good... You could come in here and use KeyScrambler, AdBlock, and NoScript and you would be perfectly safe... There have been posts all over the forums in regards to this but put pins on anything of value and keep a notation of everything you have and your friends... Lastly change your password monthly... If not bi-weekly. It's not that difficult use a sticky note and some rotating passwords say 6 if you change it monthly... 12 if you change it bi-weekly. Since everything is case sensitive you may only change 1 character and any cookie grabber would be screwed... Just be smart, review our posts on safety and protection and you will be fine.

[dfoaiu]

Okay, thanks for the tips, although I can see how it's possible to accidentally click on something in someone's shop.

[tigre]

Could you consider a cookie grabbers a virus?

[picole]

Brazilian users are using CG in all, lookups, petlookups and sometimes even in their stores, the forum orphan is the point ,with job UFT pets, sometimes they say "are the pets of account , most seen lookup and has the account "hacked"
Two weeks ago, a user warned us of CG in the store a user, where the mystical stone, which was usually sold for 2.5 k, was on sale for 1k, when it was passing the mouse over the image of the stone, could be see a link to a blog.

I already do not enter the petlookups, lookups and others, is a serious case.
Just this week, seven users were frozen for having something fishy going on in their accounts.

Edited by picole, 08 August 2010 - 11:16 AM.

[kadoatie]

I accidentally clicked on a shop link a while ago that redirected me to an obnoxious page with Rick Astley popups. Assholes.

[Antivenin]

I accidentally clicked on a shop link a while ago that redirected me to an obnoxious page with Rick Astley popups. Assholes.

Rick Astley? Oh noez, this is much worse than CGs! They've brought out the big guns.