How to Get Hacked in World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft is the most popular Massively Multiplayer Online game (MMO), and it has a serious problem with people getting their accounts stolen, all of their gear sold and their gold stolen. Blizzard does fix the problem when it happens, but accounts don't need to get hacked. If you still want yours to be hacked though, here are the top ten ways to get your World of Warcraft account hacked.

Way to get your World of Warcraft account hacked #1:Buy Gold!
That's right! Go to a gold-buying website and sign up to pay real money for fake in-game currency! First of all, the websites are often not secure. Second, it violates your Terms of Service, so it can get you banned anyway. And third - where do you think these people are getting their gold in the first place to sell to you?

Way to get your World of Warcraft account hacked #2: Reply to in-game messages!
Yes, when that person you don't know whispers you and says "You've won gold! Please send your e-mail and password to ____," that's not real! Furthermore, Blizzard with never ask you for your account password. Repeat that. Make it your mantra. Never.

Way to get your World of Warcraft account hacked #3: Reply to e-mails asking for your account info from Blizzard!
Remember? Never. Blizzard won't ask you for that information. If you get an email asking for it, report it to Blizzard, then report it as spam! Block it! Do not answer them!

Way to get your World of Warcraft account hacked #4: Clicking banner ads!
Yes, World of Warcraft websites get paid to show ads, but can you trust these ads?They might send you to a site that has viruses, malware, adware, and other things that can get your password off your computer. Just don't click! This goes for popups, too.

Way to get your World of Warcraft account hacked #5: Downloading suspicious addons!
If you don't get your addons through Curse or WoWMatrix, then be careful. Scan the file ahead of time, if you can and also look for reviews of the addon online. You don't want to download something that will infect your computer just because that addon sounded cool.

Way to get your World of Warcraft account hacked #6: Entering your account info online!
No, do not give any website your account information unless it's you logging into your account on worldofwarcraft.com. Nowhere!

Way to get your World of Warcraft account hacked #7: Porn!
Yes, that's what the internet's for, but it's also where a lot of viruses come from. Viruses can come in the form of keyloggers, which will remember your password!

Way to get your World of Warcraft account hacked #8: Not having an Authenticator!
An Authenticator is a little device that you can get for $6.50 from the World of Warcraft online store. Whenever you log in it will give you a numerical code, which guarantees that you're you, and won't let someone log in without that code.

Way to get your World of Warcraft account hacked #9: Have a weak password!
Don't use "doggie" as your password. If you're unfamiliar with how to make a password secure, think of it this way. Lowercase letters are one category. Uppercase are another. Numbers are a third. You should have something from each category, and it should be at least 10 characters long. It should also not be a real word, like "George12345." try to make it gibberish, like "1hvc23BB."

Way to get your World of Warcraft account hacked #10: Don't have a virus scan!
Come on, really? If you don't have a virus scan on your computer (which you can get for free, like Avast! Or AVG) then you might just deserve to have your World of Warcraft account hacked.

Happy gaming!