According to a recent news report the amount of WoW trojans and malware is notably on the rise. Recent trojans have been developed specifically to target games such as Lineage 2 and WoW. In the past, US gamers have been less targeted for scams in comparison to China and more widespread markets.

But with the increased concern in banking and real world business online security its left the markets with weaker security open to exploitation. Wow Gold and items are extremely valuable in today's market with gold trading as high as $50 per 100g. Also recent strikes against Gold farmers by blizzard has taken 2million gold out of the economy and over 59,000 accounts according to some reports.

My advice to you is to be careful when downloading any extensions or warcraft addons. Also be very careful when accepting anything, even images from other ingame players... even if they're in your guild. You're going to see more and more viral trojans, keyloggers, and malware in the near future... mark my word.

-TD