Mar 24, 2012 5:15 AM
Heads up warning... malicious shenigans that could get all your stats reset..
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Theres a "thing" doing the rounds in game that CAN lead to you finding that all your stats have been reset
obviously i wont say what it is exactly or how, but word of warning if you are in alobby and anyone you dont know/trust ect tells you to view a video in their vault be very careful , if you do watch a video in someones vault MY ADVICE WOULD BE TO DASHBOARD STRAIGHT AFTERWARDS... and don't accept random game invites from people you dont know or trust.
dont say you werent warned
if anyone here does know what im on about please dont be an idiot and post a how toi or a link to any videos about this, it needs to be shut down asap
and yes miss bancandy has been informed as have the devs directly
So it's one of those things where people glitch you back to start? I'm guessing it's like the Black Ops thing where you viewed someone's picture and it kicked you offline, but worse.
Luckily, I have my communications set to private. I don't want or need to speak to anybody that isn't on my friends list. This being one of the reasons.
HI mate can you PM me how this works and how to stop it thanks
Is it a hack? A trojan horse? A little more info?
Thankyou
I've got some cool theater recordings of me using shields. Anyone want to watch?
Cant find a single thing about it ???????
Point noted, thanks for the heads up.
Wow, I know what Mac is talkin' about......I was playing with the group of guys I usually play with and we were beating the snot out of this clan over and over again and they kept inviting us and following us from lobby to lobby and sending us messages trying to get us to check out game clips in their vault to join their clan......one of the randoms we had recently picked up (was doing rather well and we needed a 6th, besides the point) fell for it and checked it out. He sent us a message later on saying his stats were reset, and blaming it on us for playing with us!! We are all legit! Crap my w/l is like 45% cuz I usually play solo unless I play with my group who are all under 20,000 with 2 under 500 and 2 5000 and i'm like 44,000. My overall k/d is like .80 from rushing/cappin/leveling up shotguns/lagging/whatever. But yea, word of advice be wary, we all knew better not to check it out, something was def fishy.
I think this is stupid for people to do but I will say not the average person can do it. Your vault is server side so somehow they placed malicious code in their vault on the server side and it basically has access to the program they use to reset people. This is a professional and if caught Activision can seriously persue criminal charges against the person. This means the server can be compromise and this could lead to servers being down for a while. It probably was from someone who has a jtagged Xbox and felt the punishment they are handing out isn't just. I hope they don't slack on this.
No offence to anyone who asked on here or the peeps who pm'ed but i have absolutely no intention of telling anyone how it works,past warning and telling you how to protect yourself that all the general population needs.. now we just need to twiddle our thumbs till its fixed
Credit to you for informing correctly btw. Very honorable and smart because you know someone would be stupid enough to do it and then spam forums how they was banned and don't know why.
maccabi wrote:
No offence to anyone who asked on here or the peeps who pm'ed but i have absolutely no intention of telling anyone how it works,past warning and telling you how to protect yourself that all the general population needs.. now we just need to twiddle our thumbs till its fixed
I totally agree, If you tell one person, chances are they tell another and it's a snowball effect..
There's no need to know how this is done, your warning is more than sufficient.![]()
Are we talking something similar to ip booting? BTW, never go into a unknown chat, I've heard scrubs in game chat saying they do ip booting all the time.
maccabi wrote:
Theres a "thing" doing the rounds in game that CAN lead to you finding that all your stats have been reset
obviously i wont say what it is exactly or how, but word of warning if you are in alobby and anyone you dont know/trust ect tells you to view a video in their vault be very careful , if you do watch a video in someones vault MY ADVICE WOULD BE TO DASHBOARD STRAIGHT AFTERWARDS...
dont say you werent warned
if anyone here does know what im on about please dont be an idiot and post a how toi or a link to any videos about this, it needs to be shut down asap
and yes miss bancandy has been informed as have the devs directly
Can you please PM me the details. I would appreciate it just to know what it is. And possibly how it works if you know.
Of course dont take candy from strangers but I am just curious. I would like to know so in case I get PMed by one of those creeps.
starbuckfrack wrote:
maccabi wrote:
Theres a "thing" doing the rounds in game that CAN lead to you finding that all your stats have been reset
obviously i wont say what it is exactly or how, but word of warning if you are in alobby and anyone you dont know/trust ect tells you to view a video in their vault be very careful , if you do watch a video in someones vault MY ADVICE WOULD BE TO DASHBOARD STRAIGHT AFTERWARDS...
dont say you werent warned
if anyone here does know what im on about please dont be an idiot and post a how toi or a link to any videos about this, it needs to be shut down asap
and yes miss bancandy has been informed as have the devs directly
Can you please PM me the details. I would appreciate it just to know what it is. And possibly how it works if you know.
Of course dont take candy from strangers but I am just curious. I would like to know so in case I get PMed by one of those creeps.
sb, no offence but nope please see my other comments about this, only people ive told are the devs and sent a video linky to the always on the ball miss bancandy and its staying that way.
Apart from the devs noone "needs" to know how it works , they just need to know its out there and how to protect themselves
maccabi wrote:
starbuckfrack wrote:
maccabi wrote:
Theres a "thing" doing the rounds in game that CAN lead to you finding that all your stats have been reset
obviously i wont say what it is exactly or how, but word of warning if you are in alobby and anyone you dont know/trust ect tells you to view a video in their vault be very careful , if you do watch a video in someones vault MY ADVICE WOULD BE TO DASHBOARD STRAIGHT AFTERWARDS...
dont say you werent warned
if anyone here does know what im on about please dont be an idiot and post a how toi or a link to any videos about this, it needs to be shut down asap
and yes miss bancandy has been informed as have the devs directly
Can you please PM me the details. I would appreciate it just to know what it is. And possibly how it works if you know.
Of course dont take candy from strangers but I am just curious. I would like to know so in case I get PMed by one of those creeps.
sb, no offence but nope please see my other comments about this, only people ive told are the devs and sent a video linky to the always on the ball miss bancandy and its staying that way.
Apart from the devs noone "needs" to know how it works , they just need to know its out there and how to protect themselves
No problem. I understand.
I posted that BEFORE I saw your "not going to tell you" post anyway ![]()
Thank you for the information.
It is a shame that there are people out there who put effort in to doing something destructive.
Eh, the old reset stats gltich that people used in BO eh? Or at another variant of it using the theater now with a bad video saved to vault that causes an error or some strange effect.
Hey at least you are trying to warn people about it. Plus I never watch vidoes of game clips from peoples vault. Hell I do not even use theater in this game myself and think it should just go away.
Eh, the old reset stats gltich that people used in BO eh? Or at another variant of it using the theater now with a bad video saved to vault that causes an error or some strange effect.
Hey at least you are trying to warn people about it. Plus I never watch vidoes of game clips from peoples vault. Hell I do not even use theater in this game myself and think it should just go away.
And nah, no need to tell anyone otherwise people would try to see if it works, or to use it against others, that made them mad after a match. So thanks and good job Mac.
Wow dude, really ?? Fanatasize much ??
I assure you this is real. Happened to some one I know, I came here to post something for the devs to see and Maccabi had beat me to it, I don't know the techy details but what I do know about it I won't say. Maccabi is right beyond knowing how to protect yourself that's all people need to know. I hope this gets fixed soon, it's disturbing to say the least.
Maccabi is a well respected member of the community as far as I am concerned. So I can say that he MORE than likely speaks the truth. So to you I will say this...if someone sends you one of these messages, go ahead and do it. You will be back on the forums wondering what happened in no time.
i wouldn't mind having my stats reset back to zero.
knowing what i know now maybe i wouldn't have such a shite w/l and k/d because of poor map knowledge, gameplay and weapon choices.
You can do it legit with a token when you hit 10th ![]()
Talked to ban candy about this and yes this is a real problem (soz for my doubt) but they do know about it and a fix is on its way.So just be careful about anyone over keen for you to watch their vault.
smokesdope wrote:
Talked to ban candy about this and yes this is a real problem (soz for my doubt) but they do know about it and a fix is on its way.So just be careful about anyone over keen for you to watch their vault.
Anyone who acts that way and I am PMing their name to Bancandy. Better to be safe then sorry.
I do admit the more people that know about this the more chance those "hackers" will get banned. Hopefully console banned.
Doing this would be a straight console ban and I may be wrong but messing with servers etc is that not criminal they could get a chap on the door from the police ![]()
are the people doing it going to be punished?
sounds like some hackers getting even. they released some infections that could be spread by downloading a vid from there vault. and after being reported.....it was patched 14 hours later
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yeah right troll, whateva.
Guys I have a knife throw in my vault that is sick... after viewing it tap X 4 times and you'll get a look at my secret vault.
So your telling me that someone who is a respected member of the community is telling you to be careful when someone asks you to check out a video is trying to troll us? Looks to me he is trying to help everyone in the community out.
No that's not what he's saying at all, allow me translate for you seeing as I speak fluent douche.
"Well, I think I'm clever don't I?.
Obviously I don't know wtf this is about but I'm gonna pretend I do because I think that makes me witty and cool also I think it's funny to insinuate I might be a hacker ...PAY ATTENTION TO ME! ... PLEASE!?"
I hope that clears up any confusion for you.
Ignorance is bliss.
Yip you can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink lol AND once again this is REAL I asked ban candy about this and she said she knows about the "HACK" going around and they are working to fix it.So if you fall prey to this hack its going to be your own fault as youve been warned.
LuCiD_OmEn wrote:
yeah right troll, whateva.
Guys I have a knife throw in my vault that is sick... after viewing it tap X 4 times and you'll get a look at my secret vault.
This is a prime example of a kid who needs banishment based off of the level of stupidity he types on his screen.
Labeling Mac as a "troll" is the most idiotic thing that has ever been said on these forums.
Call Wiggy a troll, but Mac only serves the people to help them, don't want his help, then troll elsewhere little person, or perhaps you can check out a clip or two yourself. That way, when you return, you can have a "I was reset, help me" thread for us to giggle at.
Wiggy knows he will.
*deskpalm*
You're a troll Wiggy. ....you said I could say that![]()
CowboySr wrote:
You're a troll Wiggy. ....you said I could say that
Indeed Sir, indeed...
lol ^
CowboySr wrote:
You're a troll Wiggy. ....you said I could say that
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That depends on which Wiggy is in control right now. ![]()
LuCiD_OmEn wrote:
yeah right troll, whateva.
Guys I have a knife throw in my vault that is sick... after viewing it tap X 4 times and you'll get a look at my secret vault.
Anyone wanna bet that this guy does it to spite Macs post and a day later he blames IW for losing all his stats ?
LuCiD_OmEn if your trying to impress someone then try posting something intelligent. It doesnt work here.
Unless you are trying to impress a girl here on the forum. But I warn you. Once you meet her you will find that good looking picture she emailed you is an outright lie and probably a guy.
dont you think if something like this could be done then it doesnt really matter if you go to theater or not, the exploit is still there and it can be manipulated just like anything else right?
and few days later the derank/reset news is all over twitter, People who doubted me it's ok i know you're not probably not decent enough to apologie ![]()
I know exactly what you point towards, and I am not surprised that many was eager to join into that, silly silly.
Welp, i got reset before i read this post, go figure I read this 5 minutes after being reset and i didnt even know i was reset yet, but I do have proof of being a higher prestige, In my SnD Leaderboards, it still says my original level + prestige. If ANY of you get reset, DO NOT play every game type as a level 1 or whatever because then you have NO proof that you were higher, because it does'nt reset your leaderboard stats till you play it at your current level.
Ex: 14th prestige level 80 plays SnD, then prestiges and doesnt play it, it still says he is 14th prestige in his Leaderboards. Im hoping activision actually helps the people who were effected by this before activision knew what was up, if not, i've lost all faith and trust in this company, and many others will probably agree