Guild Wars 2

As another poster noted for the past several days or so every time I either log into the game or into the forums i receive a message " Waiting to authenticate log-in attempt”. I then have to go to my email and click a link to log in. I made no changes to my account even though the message says i did.

Tonite i received one of those emails with a address located out of China. Obviously i did not click the link, I am not sure if this was a actual attempt by a hacker to log into my account or just a “phishing” /dummy email .

What steps do you advise I take now ?

If you recieved an email telling you someone loged in from a different IP address and it was not you, change your password ASAP. That means the person who logged in has both your username and password. The only thing stopping them from taking over your account completly was that email authentication.

Also, add authenticator to your GW2 account if you have not.

Change your password to the game and email from a seperate computer/network. Not your current one. Then before you log in to the game or forums, do multiple DEEP scans using a few high rated anti virus and malware scanners.