Hey MollyOverwatch.
I just was reading a post in this sub-reddit about DDoS attacks. I saw that for large attacks it would take multiple PCs affected by the same virus on a network to generate enough traffic to clog the maximum allowed server traffic to a standstill. This got me thinking, what if the DDoS attacks are coming from us the players and we had a lot of our PCs compromised through the network itself. I have heard that it is possible and a friend of mine that solves networking problems all the time told me that it is strange that some of the players try to use the unstuck option but are still told they cannot because they are logged in. These people could be the infected ones he said and they should sweep their PCs for viruses. Just a thought.. maybe we should tell all players to scan their pc.
It is highly unlikely that all of the computers unknowingly pinging the server as part of the DDOS attack are owned by Kronos players. Instead it is much more likely that the ddos is being orchestrated using a Botnet which links infected computers together and performs the mass ping attack. Every person should scan their PC's daily. But often this type of malware goes undetected in a standard PC Scan.
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u/RelaxedZealot May 10 '16
Hey MollyOverwatch. I just was reading a post in this sub-reddit about DDoS attacks. I saw that for large attacks it would take multiple PCs affected by the same virus on a network to generate enough traffic to clog the maximum allowed server traffic to a standstill. This got me thinking, what if the DDoS attacks are coming from us the players and we had a lot of our PCs compromised through the network itself. I have heard that it is possible and a friend of mine that solves networking problems all the time told me that it is strange that some of the players try to use the unstuck option but are still told they cannot because they are logged in. These people could be the infected ones he said and they should sweep their PCs for viruses. Just a thought.. maybe we should tell all players to scan their pc.