Weird non ban but got reported

[thalord]

Hey,
so i saw (thanks to buddycon) this morning that some jackass has reported me (was questing, cava profiles).
I usally let my bot "play" like 2 hours when i go to sleep (+ 4-6 hours when im at worked or at the university).
So first thought "SHIIIIT"! Then i want to login to bnet (to cancel subsription, mabe if im lucky its ending today or tomorrow). And i got the message that my hole bnet account was locked and i was informed with a email => WTF?
So some looking in my mail account ... nothing.
Wait like 5 minutes -> TADA
"acount closed to suspicious actions" ... you dont say.
So reset my pw and can login in my account (also in my wow acc).

So no ban ... did i just got lucky?

(Will stop botting on that account for some days and then start with some hours when i can look on him.)

Btw need to add warining to buddycon when a player is around longer that 2 minutes...

 

[Croga]

A questing profile will most likely not get you that warning.
There is, however, a good chance that someone has your password and logged in to the account from some far-off place. That will usually get you a block like that. You might want to scan for malware and change your password *after* removing anything suspicious.

 

[thalord]

A questing profile will most likely not get you that warning.
There is, however, a good chance that someone has your password and logged in to the account from some far-off place. That will usually get you a block like that. You might want to scan for malware and change your password *after* removing anything suspicious.

TBH dont know what stupid thing he had done -.-
And i know that (a friend just got one from using a ***) with the far off thing.
Have changed the pw on another pc and started the whole anti-* program.

Only thing im wondering is this a part of the usual ban process from blizz (only lost one account and that was like a year ago and then i think it was different)

 

[wozoki]

This happened to me as well.
I has nothing to do with boting or being reported.

I reported it to a GM and got this response
"I also looked for reasons this may be happening and I couldn't see anything that would be causing issues."
I guess I'm not the only one that was auto-locked by mistake.

 

[thalord]

This happened to me as well.
I has nothing to do with boting or being reported.

I reported it to a GM and got this response
"I also looked for reasons this may be happening and I couldn't see anything that would be causing issues."
I guess I'm not the only one that was auto-locked by mistake.

Hmm strange. If im not banned tomorrow i think it was only a mistake.

 

[Makkli]

Hey,
so i saw (thanks to buddycon) this morning that some jackass has reported me (was questing, cava profiles).
I usally let my bot "play" like 2 hours when i go to sleep (+ 4-6 hours when im at worked or at the university).
So first thought "SHIIIIT"! Then i want to login to bnet (to cancel subsription, mabe if im lucky its ending today or tomorrow). And i got the message that my hole bnet account was locked and i was informed with a email => WTF?
So some looking in my mail account ... nothing.
Wait like 5 minutes -> TADA
"acount closed to suspicious actions" ... you dont say.
So reset my pw and can login in my account (also in my wow acc).

So no ban ... did i just got lucky?

(Will stop botting on that account for some days and then start with some hours when i can look on him.)

Btw need to add warining to buddycon when a player is around longer that 2 minutes...

As others have stated this is not related to botting. This is the standard procedure for password oddities or other questions of unauthorized account access. The number 1 cause is logging in from a different IP address. Its a safety precaution when Blizz isn't sure there's a problem but doesn't want you as the customer to get screwed. So it locks the account and sends an unlock method to the authorized email account. This is their way of ensuring that despite whatever caused the suspicion the correct person is logging in. Its a small roadblock that you can self resolve. And it saved my account....twice. This means that using a V P N can cause this to happen if you vary locations. Using an authenticator set to always will stop the issue since the authenticator is your proof.

If you aren't logging in from different IPs, your password or authorized email may be compromised. Take the standard security precautions and change everything.

If you were suspected of botting and locked because of it, you wouldn't be allowed to self resolve.

 

[Jentlebe]

if someone reports me , do i get a message? or do i get a message only , if its to late and im banned?^^
someone wrote to me: Aaaaa the botter again. I didnt write anything back, was on university and professor will rage me out,if i use my telephone.

 

[thalord]

if someone reports me , do i get a message? or do i get a message only , if its to late and im banned?^^
someone wrote to me: Aaaaa the botter again. I didnt write anything back, was on university and professor will rage me out,if i use my telephone.

Someone has whispered me like "you are a bot" or something like that

 

[Malloot]

This is not for botting, i just had EXACTLY the same (kicks profile tho).
What did happen is that the honorbuddy system got hacked 2 days ago (the 3rd of november) and they stole account email adress information. I gues they tried to log into our account from the other side of the world (IP from China logging into a EU account all of a sudden for example) and blizzard blocked your account to help you! not to ban you

Just reset pass through email and continue botting, nothing to worry about if you didnt use the same password for email/wow/other important stuff as you did for anything on this site

The announcement
http://www.thebuddyforum.com/buddy-bots/announcements/83528-important-notice-security-breach.html

 

[Makkli]

What did happen is that the honorbuddy system got hacked 2 days ago (the 3rd of november) and they stole account email adress information. I gues they tried to log into our account from the other side of the world (IP from China logging into a EU account all of a sudden for example) and blizzard blocked your account to help you! not to ban you

Just reset pass through email and continue botting, nothing to worry about if you didnt use the same password for email/wow/other important stuff as you did for anything on this site

The announcement
http://www.thebuddyforum.com/buddy-bots/announcements/83528-important-notice-security-breach.html

Wow, nice story bro. There's no way that the compromise on November 2 caused someone's account to be breached on or prior to October 26. Use your head...and a calendar if necessary. Furthermore, if you read the breach notice, unless someone is stupid enough to be using the same email and password here as they do on their WoW account AND the hackers managed to break the encryption for the forum information, that isn't going to happen either.

Stop making drama where there is none.

 

[Makkli]

if someone reports me , do i get a message? or do i get a message only , if its to late and im banned?^^
someone wrote to me: Aaaaa the botter again. I didnt write anything back, was on university and professor will rage me out,if i use my telephone.

You do not get a message as a direct result of someone reporting you. The person reporting you may or may not whisper you and say whatever they please. Some may whisper you and say they are reporting you and never do so. The two functions are unrelated. Choose wisely when and if you decide to respond to a "OMG you botter" whisper. My response, though its only happened once and I wasn't even botting was "huh?" I got back "oh, nm, lol". Please consider you are never required to answer anyone's whisper, even a GM's (though I recommend you do answer those).

The player whisper system, the GM whisper system and the reporting system are all independent. And, as far as the exact process from report to decision, no one knows for sure and I'm confident that even Blizz doesn't always do it the same way every time.

 

[thalord]

This is not for botting, i just had EXACTLY the same (kicks profile tho).
What did happen is that the honorbuddy system got hacked 2 days ago (the 3rd of november) and they stole account email adress information. I gues they tried to log into our account from the other side of the world (IP from China logging into a EU account all of a sudden for example) and blizzard blocked your account to help you! not to ban you

Just reset pass through email and continue botting, nothing to worry about if you didnt use the same password for email/wow/other important stuff as you did for anything on this site

The announcement
http://www.thebuddyforum.com/buddy-bots/announcements/83528-important-notice-security-breach.html

Interessting theory but .. wrong mail address

 

[Jentlebe]

You do not get a message as a direct result of someone reporting you. The person reporting you may or may not whisper you and say whatever they please. Some may whisper you and say they are reporting you and never do so. The two functions are unrelated. Choose wisely when and if you decide to respond to a "OMG you botter" whisper. My response, though its only happened once and I wasn't even botting was "huh?" I got back "oh, nm, lol". Please consider you are never required to answer anyone's whisper, even a GM's (though I recommend you do answer those).

The player whisper system, the GM whisper system and the reporting system are all independent. And, as far as the exact process from report to decision, no one knows for sure and I'm confident that even Blizz doesn't always do it the same way every time.

thanks, i thought i will get a message about a report.

 

[Makkli]

thanks, i thought i will get a message about a report.

Only if Blizz does something about it and even then you won't know that it was caused by a player report.

 

[Hawkiz]

well, if you use that.. far remote wow thing..
and login via you're phone from the uni. or somewhere else, you're wow acc WILL get locked ;D

otherwise, scan ur pc for malware.. as said in the first post..

 

[justinbie]

Actually makkli, a friend of mine were using the same profile and he got hacked yesterday and spent 3 hours on the phone convincing blizzard it was his account, it later revealed someone has been online on his account, and an authenticator was added to it.