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World of Warcraft: Complete Account Security FAQ Guide

This FAQ Guide will provide you everything you need to know about World of Warcraft Account Security. As a result, we have provided a breakdown of account security in a few categories listed below.

We do our best to protect each account we sell. However, when we deliver the account information to you, we lose our rights to control the account and therefore there is no guarantee that what you do moving forward could not cause complications later. If you still decide not to purchase insurance, then the recommendations we have for complete account security are listed below.

Merging Your World of Warcraft Account
World of Warcraft now requires you to merge your account with a battle.net account in order to play the game. As a result, if you have a non battle.net account, we strongly recommend that you use the same registration that the original owner used when originally signing up to World of Warcraft. You can pick the account email, password and SQA, phone number, DOB, but you will need to use the account holder name and city/zipcode/state/street. Finally, we recommend that you signup for a new e-mail address that has not been used with World of Warcraft before.


Subscribing To The Game
If you are going to use a credit or debit card, we strongly recommend that you use the first & last name of the original owner as well as his zipcode used when he registered a non battle.net or battle.net account in order to pay for monthly subscriptions or any World of Warcraft Paid Service. Using your own identity could cause a temporarily suspension to the account if Blizzard suspects that the account may be unauthorized.

The alternative option is to purchase pre paid game time cards which come in 30 and 60 days time frames when subscribing to the game. This then will allow your identity to remain hidden and not expose your identity to World of Warcraft.


Change Your Characters Name, Transfer To A New Server
One of the most easiest and most effective ways to protect your account is changing your server and characters name. In order to do both for just a $25 fee, we recommend that you create a character with the same name as the toon you purchased on the target server. That is only a dummy character. After the transfer is completed, there will be a popup message the first time you log in game asking you to perform a name change.


Proper Anti Virus Software
Account compromises are usually the result of the registered player of the account sharing his or her login information or playing on a computer that has a virus. Please remember that it is your responsibility to keep your login information confidential. Any account that is purchased may not be shared with anyone except for one minor, of whom you are acting as a parent or guardian. You are also responsible for every use of your login information, whether authorized or not. For your own protection, we encourage you to keep the following security tips in mind when using any computer on which you play World of Warcraft: - Keep current with the latest operating system and other software updates. -

Make use of firewall protection if possible. - Regularly scan for viruses, Trojan files, and key loggers. - Be wary of spoof emails and websites and when downloading new software. For additional security tips and information, please visit the following sites:

• Computer Security: http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/21118
• Account Security: http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/20572
• Unauthorized Access Policy: http://us.blizzard.com/support/article/20460

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