Question: Does going out of WoW focus get you detected/banned?

[Markovmodel]

Hi there!

I have a short question: If, when you are botting, you switch the focus from the main windows (to go see some videos on youtube or write an E-Mail), will Blizzard detect this and, based on the fact that you are still playing despite having no focus on the main game windows, conclude that you are botting and ban you?

Thanks

 

[buzzerbeater]

No.

 

[CodenameG]

botting while wow is in the background is safe.

 

[chinajade]

I have a short question: If, when you are botting, you switch the focus from the main windows (to go see some videos on youtube or write an E-Mail), will Blizzard detect this and, based on the fact that you are still playing despite having no focus on the main game windows, conclude that you are botting and ban you?

No.

Hi, Markovmodel,

Buzzbeater is right about this. The only thing that is kind of dangerous is if you try to minimize the WoWclient and let the bot run. Honorbuddy prevents this, so you're good.

cheers,
chinajade

 

[zcrucifix]

Hi there!

I have a short question: If, when you are botting, you switch the focus from the main windows (to go see some videos on youtube or write an E-Mail), will Blizzard detect this and, based on the fact that you are still playing despite having no focus on the main game windows, conclude that you are botting and ban you?

Thanks

While Windows XP has the built in utilitity to determine which window is active, it requires admin permission to do so.
In windows 7, all windows are treated as active. That is how the preview function for the taskbar operates. That is why I always use win 7 for online training . They can't tell if I even have the window minimized.

 

[divorcecourt]

hey folks, im a new user to HB and was wondering if there is any way to make it so you can minimize the game and still have it running?

 

[randomstraw]

hey folks, im a new user to HB and was wondering if there is any way to make it so you can minimize the game and still have it running?

put the game in a Virtual Machine (VM)

no, i am not explaining more. google got all you need.

 

[Markovmodel]

Hi there!

Thank you all for your replies. They were very helpful and really set my mind eat ease, since I thought after all the going out of focus I was doomed...

Cheers!