I bet Blizzard is thanking you for telling people how to subvert the security they put in place to protect you. Just so you can avoid one extra mouse click. Brilliant!

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I am surprised about this. Not only yesterday did you post on 'Forum of the Day' about the dangers of keyloggers and clicking on links in the forums, but now you are going to post about how to circumvent the forum measures to protect users?

Tsk tsk.

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BECAUSE RIGHT-CLICKING IS HARD

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Great work. As if we haven't seen enough keylogger posts lately. Way to make it easier for keyloggers to get more accounts. Do you guys even think any more?

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If people are 'hurt' in any form by a click I want them to never use the internet again.

Also, not only was there just a forum post "ZOMG Keyloggers gonna get ur info from forums", there's an alarmist "zomg WoW pedos" post right under this post about getting around one of the most basic security features.

Mmmmm irony.

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omg i just turnd off mah firewall cause i hate its annoyin warnins

tks wowinsidur

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Eliah, thank you for this.

While I'm not a frequent user of the official message board, I do appreciate people posting helpful tips.

I do tire of the slamming and bashing that happens here. Many people constantly criticizes the writers, but I rarely see a commenter posting anything useful or insightful.

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Firewall - extra security
Interceptor - extra security

TaDa!

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is it the kiddies bed time yet? you people are seriously immature about this kinda shit. all he did was give a helpful hint to avoid something incredibly annoying. can you right click the link instead? sure. but who gives a shit. hell, i even learned something new. "pening a link in a new tab (middle-click) works in most browsers" i never knew i could open a new tab by middle clicking. so, stop being whiney emo bitches over nothing. Eliah, thanks for the helpful hint and keep it coming. you people need to grow the hell up, seriously.

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Yeah, that interceptor only shows up when you click a link. If you click it, you want to see the contents of the link. If the Interceptor had a thumbnail preview of the website, it might be more useful as a bit of protection. As is, if you click a link, you click past the interceptor by default to see the site.

I doubt anyone's been saved from keyloggers on the wow forums because of the interceptor. The Interceptor's been there for a long time, and keyloggers are still a problem, so obviously the Interceptor doesn't help.

So stop complaining about this Greasemonkey script helping Keyloggers.

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Firewall = Extra Security
Interceptor = Something that gets in the way of reaching the link you clicked on anyway

The little warning doesn't do anything other than warn you about something you already knew, otherwise you wouldn't have clicked on the link in the first place.

Seriously, how many people click a link, reach the interceptor and then think "Hmm, perhaps I should not have clicked that link. Perhaps I should not go there!"

No, you saw the link, you clicked the link, you meant to go to the link, you know the risk, end of story.

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I love how Eliah tries to jump in here between every 2 posts or so, trying to defend himself.

The Interceptor is there for a reason. People need to be protected from themselves. Usually people get keyloggers and such by clicking without thinking. Having an intermediary screen come up gives you that extra second to think, "Hmm, maybe I shouldn't be clicking this", and that's why it's there.

Eliah, just admit your mistake and move on.

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Just middle-click the link in Firefox, it opens in a new tab and bypasses the interceptor page, which is nothing but an annoyance to most non-brain-dead people.

Common sense should dictate whether you should visit a link or not.

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#16/MartinC, obviously you're in the minority, not Eliah. The rest of us knows common sense and realize everybody skips the Interceptor. No one reads it. Like I said, we've had the Interceptor for years, and still Keylogger links on the forums have been an issue. The Interceptor doesn't help.

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I just installed and tried this, didn't work. I looked under "addons" and Greasemonkey is active, as is the "Shelter from the storm" script, but I click on a link in the Blizz forums and there's the old familiar blue wall of text.

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Thanks, great suggestion!

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