Kol.2.0.34.exe
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kol.2.0.34.exe is a phishing scam sent via email to many players of the Kingdom of Loathing. If you received such an email, do not follow the link.
Message
- Dear [username],
- Try the new version of "Kingdom of Loathing". The new KoL looks cool! Download and run the installer ([address removed]).
- KoL is, and always will be, free to play.
- If you have received this message in error, please ignore it -- you will not be contacted again.
- Thanks,
- Jick
Notes
- It's a scam.
- Jick explained what happened, and what you should do, on the forums.
- When logging in, if you have not yet changed your password, you will see the following message:
| Please change your password. |
| Early in the morning of September 26th, KoL suffered a serious security breach. Details can be found in this forum thread.
Please change your password at your earliest convenience. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we're not just saying that. Seriously, we are extremely sorry that this happened. Jick |
- After changing your password for the first time, you will receive the following message:
| Results: | ||
| Password successfully changed.
If you are currently in the chat, click here to reload it with your new credentials. Please take some of these phish sticks by way of apology for this whole fiasco.
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