A sense of insecurity with two accounts. Are they both safe?

[Beetlebomb]

Hey guys,

I use one account as my main account(Bot-Free) and another as for personal bot enjoyment.

I've taken many precautions to keep my main account as separate from the botting one as possible, but I'm beginning to have some problems. I've only got one computer, so my only alternative is to play one or the other at a time. This is because I'm using a unique MAC address and IP address for both accounts. I'd love to be able to hop on my main account while I've got my other one botting, but I'd have to go on with the same MAC/IP.

What do you guys suggest?

--Beetle

 

[savydeviate]

You can try running the bot inside of VMware while you play on your main account.

 

[Beetlebomb]

You can try running the bot inside of VMware while you play on your main account.

Not sure what that is. I did a little quick searching and it sounds like it has something to do with cloud computing? All the sites that pop up are only talking about that one big thing: cloud computing.

 

[savydeviate]

Basically with vmware you can create "virtual machines" that have operating systems on your hard drive. Inside the virtual machine, you can install things just like on a regular computer. The virtual machine uses a virtual network adapter so you will have a different MAC address, and you can change that one as well if you like. You will also have a different internal IP address on the virtual adapter.

 

[Beetlebomb]

I sent you a PM

 

[rhomb]

Just some information.

MAC addresses:
- They don't get forwarded, so after you local router (or first hop on a trace) there is no way to find out your mac address...
BUT.. Blizz is able to read your mac address on ur local computer (from WoW) and than send it to the server. If you spoof your mac address, they wouldn't give a rats ass, because they still would be able to read it. (The ToS allow them to read hardware information, and you agreed).
Also they could easily create a Hardware profile, and still **** you up.
I don't believe they do hardware profiles or MAC reading, because otherwise they would ban way more main accs, and not just the botting accs (as seen every once in a while in the I got banned forum)

IP:
I wouldn't care to much for same IP address because e.g. I live with 3 room mates. Every one of us represents the same IP (as we use same router -> same WAN ip).

So if blizz doesn't create hardware profiles with mac reading, you won't have anything to worry about.. If they do, than ur screwed anyways..

so long
rho

 

[Beetlebomb]

What I currently use changes the display in my cmd prompt as well, so I'd think it does a pretty darn good job of it. Not sure that they can read my hardware profile unless they're doing something illegal. I'm sure with the ToS they're able to request the information, but not look at one MAC address and go "That's FAKE! We have to find the right one!".

Is this all speculation or do you have knowledge in this through experience/proof? I just want to be sure I'm not following something that could potentially be just assertive opinion.

--Beetle

 

[rhomb]

Well of course it changes ur mac in cmd, but that doesn't tell you anything, there are more ways to request a mac...

anyways.. nobody knows excactly how they create hardware profiles (if they do), it's just the way I see it.
You change the software mac address.. and if a software can change it, another software can read it anyways, if it doesn't use the 100% common ways.

Like I said, u'll just find speculations. But I believe that the way I stated earlier is true: If they wanna fu** you up, you can't do anything about it.

 

[Beetlebomb]

Well of course it changes ur mac in cmd, but that doesn't tell you anything, there are more ways to request a mac...

anyways.. nobody knows excactly how they create hardware profiles (if they do), it's just the way I see it.
You change the software mac address.. and if a software can change it, another software can read it anyways, if it doesn't use the 100% common ways.

Like I said, u'll just find speculations. But I believe that the way I stated earlier is true: If they wanna fu** you up, you can't do anything about it.

Lets all hope for the sake of our hobby/jobs that you're wrong. I like to believe there is at least something I can do about it. You could very well be right.

Nice talking to you,

Beetle