Page 1 of 1
Calandar spam?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:22 pm
by Bulletdance
I started a lowbie blood elf monk and he isn't even in a guild yet I'm getting spam events in my calendar for a gold seller. Is anyone else getting this? I'm worried it might be a virus or something though I haven't gone to any new websites or opened any questionable mail. I'm running a full scan now.
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:35 pm
by SetsunaChan
I've gotten one of those today too.. My friend was telling she was getting invites for "raiding" the other day only to see it's gold spam.
So it's not just you.
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:49 pm
by Azunara
Yeah, happened in the guild calender for us as well. I personally never saw it, but one of the people mentioned it. What I want to know is how would they even manage to pull that off? I guess someone in the guild would have to be hacked, but that seems kind of weird.
Edit: Except Bullet's monk wasn't in a guild, which means they're really messing something up server side?
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:52 pm
by SetsunaChan
Well I do know you can send raid invite/event things to other people that are not in a guild or in another guild. I used to get them back when I was raiding and another guild would send the calendar invite for the event to sigh up.
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:00 pm
by Bulletdance
SetsunaChan wrote:Well I do know you can send raid invite/event things to other people that are not in a guild or in another guild. I used to get them back when I was raiding and another guild would send the calendar invite for the event to sigh up.
Ah thanks that makes me feel a bit better. I have an authenticator so I was trying to figure out how the heck I got one when I wasn't even in a guild at the time. I checked my main afterwards who is and he had no such messages.
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:16 pm
by SetsunaChan
Ah no problem! I only got one of those today. A fellow guildie has gotten some yesterday and today. So i'm not sure what kind of pattern this new bot spam works.
But I'm going to guess the bots are kinda doing the same thing as that add on that auto sends G invites to guildless toons but instead sends a raid event invites to people. Since trade spamming probably not working aswell as it used to.
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:22 pm
by Nachtwulf
I had a calendar announcement on an unguilded alt just the other day. When I clicked on the calendar though, I saw an event for just a split second before it vanished on its own accord so I thought it was just a bug (I didn't have time to even read what it said.)
But yeah, you can get calendar invites from anyone, so they're probably just mass-spamming them.
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:28 am
by Castile
the most annoying thing is when they do them for the WHOLE year and you have to go thro deleting them/blocking them ergh!
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:16 am
by Makoes
I've been getting that as well...
got to give them credit though, it is creative...even if it is annoying
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:27 am
by Lisaara
I've been getting them too. They've been posting one on each month and it's pissing me off. >/
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:35 am
by Smyelmdar
I've also had this happen many times. And it's very annoying that they invite you for a whole year.
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:12 am
by GormanGhaste
Here's a reply I received from customer service:
Blizzard wrote: I fully understand your concern with the calendar spammers, and I’m very sorry for any trouble they may have caused. This is an issue that just recently began where gold sellers and other exploitive parties found a way to send out mass invites through a bug that we hope to have corrected very soon. That said, I can assure you that this does not affect the security of your account in any way, and we're actively addressing the accounts responsible. As for the pending invites, we do have a few options to remove them.
First, try right-clicking on the event and selecting “Report Player.” If this works, you are done! However, if you are met with the error “Internal Calendar Error,” you can remove the invites using the script below:
1.) Make a new macro by selecting the macro option from the game menu or typing /macro and hitting "Enter".
2.) Copy and paste the following code into the macro window:
/run for i=0,99 do for y=1,31 do t,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,_,iB =CalendarGetDayEvent(i,y,1) if iB=="" or t=="TITLE" then CalendarContextInviteRemove(i,y,1) end end end
*Important: Replace TITLE in the script above, with the name of the spam event*
3.) Place the Macro on your action bar, and click the Macro. Each click will remove only ONE calendar invite.
4.) The invites should be removed at this point.
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:40 pm
by Lisaara
Awesome. I'll have to make that macro.
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:34 pm
by Silivren
Junrei wrote:I've been getting them too. They've been posting one on each month and it's pissing me off. >/
I've got them every month up until NEXT APRIL! -_-
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:36 pm
by Lisaara
Doctress wrote:Junrei wrote:I've been getting them too. They've been posting one on each month and it's pissing me off. >/
I've got them every month up until NEXT APRIL! -_-
They need to put a 'stab them in the leg' option on the calendar or something.
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:02 pm
by zedxrgal
This is really well known by Blizzard. Hope there's a hot fix soon
There's no need for a macro. Just right click on the even and hit "report player". Boom. Taken care of.
Re: Calandar spam?
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:26 pm
by peanutbuttercup
Hopefully they'll do something to slow or stop this from happening since I've been getting spammed on 2 toons so far.
As far as "Report Player" yeah it's causing an error message for me as well (same "internal calendar error") so I'll be trying that script out next time, if there is a next time. Thanks for posting it!