World of Warcraft bots developer to pay a fine
The programmer Michael Donnelly, who is the developer of the popular Glider program, according to the preliminary conclusion of the court, will be obliged to pay Blizzard a fine in the amount of $ 6 million. Millennium Copyright Act. The exact amount of the fine and other controversial issues have not yet been determined, and the trial will last at least a few more months.
The Glider program allows you to control the actions of the game character at a time when the player is absent near the computer. It automates many routine actions (for example, killing monsters), automatically typing "exp" and, thus, "pumping" the character. The program does not use any undocumented functions and does not change the game files, but simply moves the mouse and presses the buttons in the absence of the player, carrying out the task set by him.
True, with the wrong settings, the program may accidentally kill other innocent animals (because they look like monsters), but the bot never attacks other characters first. In the case of an attack, he responds, but in PvP mode, he fights very badly. So the hunt for bots in WoW is also a good business (there are mechanisms in the program for finding other characters in the vicinity to hide in time).
Blizzard is constantly hunting for players using Glider (for this purpose, the WoW client software scans RAM, hard disk, window titles, etc.) and blocks their accounts for a period of 72 hours to infinity. However, Michael Donnelly is also well-placed: he warns users about possible dangers and has developed a number of technical countermeasures that impede the detection of a program.
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At the same time, Blizzard is constantly updating client software and applying all new detection methods, so Michael has to spend a lot of time on reverse engineering and patching.
According to preliminary estimates, Michael Donnelly and his company MDY Industries sold about 100,000 copies of the program for $ 25. Actually, you can buy the program now.
The Glider program allows you to control the actions of the game character at a time when the player is absent near the computer. It automates many routine actions (for example, killing monsters), automatically typing "exp" and, thus, "pumping" the character. The program does not use any undocumented functions and does not change the game files, but simply moves the mouse and presses the buttons in the absence of the player, carrying out the task set by him.
True, with the wrong settings, the program may accidentally kill other innocent animals (because they look like monsters), but the bot never attacks other characters first. In the case of an attack, he responds, but in PvP mode, he fights very badly. So the hunt for bots in WoW is also a good business (there are mechanisms in the program for finding other characters in the vicinity to hide in time).
Blizzard is constantly hunting for players using Glider (for this purpose, the WoW client software scans RAM, hard disk, window titles, etc.) and blocks their accounts for a period of 72 hours to infinity. However, Michael Donnelly is also well-placed: he warns users about possible dangers and has developed a number of technical countermeasures that impede the detection of a program.
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At the same time, Blizzard is constantly updating client software and applying all new detection methods, so Michael has to spend a lot of time on reverse engineering and patching.
According to preliminary estimates, Michael Donnelly and his company MDY Industries sold about 100,000 copies of the program for $ 25. Actually, you can buy the program now.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/41467/
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