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Regularly tools from 3rd parties (nor MindArk neither Planet Partners) are advertised or mentioned somewhere. These tools offer assistance in game or even promise to generate PEDs for you. Some of these tools are [[wikipedia:Malware#Grayware|Grayware]]/[[wikipedia:Malware|Malware]] that in the worst case could destroy all your data and could make your computer inaccessible. | Regularly tools from 3rd parties (nor MindArk neither Planet Partners) are advertised or mentioned somewhere. These tools offer assistance in game or even promise to generate PEDs for you. Some of these tools are [[wikipedia:Malware#Grayware|Grayware]]/[[wikipedia:Malware|Malware]] that in the worst case could destroy all your data and could make your computer inaccessible. | ||
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Entropia Universe unfortunately also has a history of scams, exploits and similar unpleasant incidents. This guide introduces various methods and how to best avoid to become a victim of them.
Sources for this guide:
Exploiting, scamming, and similar unethical behaviour
Exploiting
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Scamming
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Other
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General advices
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- file a support case
Summoning into lootable PVP
How it's done:
Entropia Universe has a feature that enables owners of specific vehicles to "summon" other players from any place onto the vehicle. If that vehicle is located in a lootable PVP zone the summoned player can be killed and items in his inventory can be looted.
How to prevent it:
A summon message looks like this:
Never ever press the green check mark button if you don't know and absolutely trust the person sending the message. Since displayed names can be changed please make sure you know the combination of person sending the message and name of the vehicle to be summoned to.
Whitelist - Trustworty space transportation services:
| Service name | Ship names | Link |
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| EntropiaTransport | ??? | http://entropiatransport.com/ |
| ... | ... | ... |
Blacklist - Known "pirates":
Wormhole into lootable PVP
How it's done:
Entropia Universe has a feature that enables so-called "wormholes" that allow a group of people to travel from one place to another. Wormholes can only be opened by players and need one player on each "side" of the wormwhole. When you enter a wormhole you cannont see where it will take you to. Players might abuse wormholes to send players into a lootable PVP zone where they can be killed and items in their inventory can be looted.
How to prevent it:
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Malicious 3rd party software
How it's done:
Regularly tools from 3rd parties (nor MindArk neither Planet Partners) are advertised or mentioned somewhere. These tools offer assistance in game or even promise to generate PEDs for you. Some of these tools are Grayware/Malware that in the worst case could destroy all your data and could make your computer inaccessible.
How to prevent it:
Never ever install tools from 3rd parties that are not explicitely recommended by trustworthy members of the Entropia community.
Blacklist - stay away from these:
Links, references, contributors, categories
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Contributors:
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