EVE General Discussion

They've been spamming the forum with keyloggers for so many years I can't even remember when they started. Did someone at CCP just forget that message was there or what?

I'm talking about the message when you click a link that leads outside the forum.

The warning isn't actually true. I've never even heard of anyone ever getting a keylogger from the forum. It's certainly not happening anywhere near frequently enough that it can be called spam. That's a terrible analogy. I've been touching that spot on the machine daily since beta without so much as a paper cut. The message makes it sound like there's an ongoing invasion by Lizard Squad or whoever flooding the forum with dozens of keylogger links constantly. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with having a warning, but it at least shouldn't be an absurdly hyperbolic one.

PS: And it's funny that you'd use warning labels as an example. The US has such a broken legal system that our warning labels are notoriously massive overkill because everyone is terrified of frivolous lawsuits.

Now, now, Loyd, you're just being paranoid.

Let OP not have the warning. Then, when he does get a keylogger, we can all point out that he could have been warned, but he thought the one extra click of a mouse was too much effort.

2 things:

1. The warning isn't about getting a keylogger from the forum per se. It is a warning that by following a link outside of the forum there is a possibility of being infected.

2. It is a CYA ("Cover Your Ass") legal message from and for CCP.
By stating there is a risk in following a random URL outside of the forum and you choosing to ignore it (by selecting "YES" and going to said link), CCP absolves itself of any responsibility on what is on the other end.


Basically, there is no good reason to remove it. It does what it is supposed to; warn you of a potential risk.

And yes... there is a risk. There is always a risk.
If memory serves me right, there was a keylogger that infected computers that visited the Superbowl website some years back. They keylogger was specific for World of Warcraft and it resulted in quite a few accounts being compromised.

Well... there was this time when someone ironed one of those iron-on stickers on his t-shirt...


...while wearing it.





But yeah that message *is* annoying.

"Caution: Contents may be hot!" on the side of mc donalds( everyone does it now) coffee cups cause some lady sued mc donalds when she spilled hot coffee in her lap out of one of the cups. If you order a coffee you would assume its hot, no?

Btw, that lady got $2.7 million because she suffered 3rd degree burns to her pelvic region from spilling the coffee in her lap. she was 79 years old.

do you always wear your space suit with closed helmet (you know: anything can happen and you'll find yourself in open space!)?

Oh.

I don't even pay attention to those.

Also, have you noticed how some sites are excluded?


Yes, that was a horrible period on the forums.

A couple of years ago the forum got spammed like mad with all kinds of shady links and whatnot, that's when they put it in.