Ok, Jokes over.. now something serious..
Mon, 02 Apr 2012
Phishing scams in Second LifeThere has been an increase in Phishing attempts in the last couple weeks and a lot of people have fallen for them and lost their Second Life Accounts.
Phishing in SL is mainly the act of tricking a user into giving their login and password information through fake yet convincing Second Life login webpages.
Here is how it works.
- Someone posts a link and sometimes text to entice you to click it, sometimes this can be a friend or someone you know (because they've already had their accounts hacked).
- You click the link and it takes you to what looks like a Second Life Login screen.
- You log in using your SL Username and PW.
- You've just been Phished and given someone your SL Login information. They can now log into your SL account, take your money, destroy your SL Property, delete your inventory.. etc etc etc.
How to avoid being Phished
If you have clicked a link, and it takes you to a login page of some kind, no matter how much it looks real... DO NOT LOG INTO IT YET!
FIRST, look at the URL very carefully. The Linden Lab Login URL is
https://id.secondlife.com/ .
If it does NOT start with https://id.secondlife.com/, then it is not a real Second Life login web page. Do not log into it, and DO file an abuse report on the person who sent the link. From the Help menu, Report Abuse.
If you are unsure, go to http://secondlife.com and click on the "LOGIN" at the top right. That will take you to the legit login page which starts with https://id.secondlife.com. Log into that page, then follow the link.. if the link still takes you to a log in widget.. it's totally a scam.
If you've already been Phished
Immediately
- Go tohttp://secondlife.com
- Click the LOGIN link at the top right and enter your login information.
- On the right is a link called "Account" click it!
- Then click "Change Password" and change your password right away.
Please, protect your accounts. Think 3 times before entering your login information. Always check the URL.
Sincerely,
Jessica Lyon and the Phoenix/Firestorm Team
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April 1st, 2012
Sun, 01 Apr 2012
Firestorm Rocks You Band!We here at the Phoenix project have all gotten the music bug! So much so that we've decided to quit viewer development and start a back up band for the famous in world song artist; Mankind Tracer!
We recognize that music bands in Second Life are rare, yet extremely important so we feel we can better improve the user experience by playing silly musical instruments than we can with viewer development! Below is a photo link of our first performance with the legendary Mankind Tracer!
We are looking forward to performing wonderful music for you going forward. Now, if we could just find some decent guitars that have good music scripted into them....
P.S. Happy April Fools Day!
The Phoenix/Firestorm Team.
;)
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Phoenix AND Firestorm releases!
Tue, 20 Mar 2012
For the first time ever we are releasing two viewers at the same time. We'll talk about Firestorm FUI first.Firestorm FUI Beta 4.0.1.27000
Firestorm FUI Beta has a completely new interface which is a hundred times more flexible than previous versions. We've even included an incredible V1/Phoenix skin which hasn't been seen on any V2 viewer until now. We also feel it has better performance and stability than our previous Firestorm builds and hope you enjoy it!
Check out the video first!
We made a video to give you an idea of what you can do with this new interface and especially encourage Phoenix users to have a watch of the video before you update your Phoenix viewers. We think you just might want to switch to this Firestorm FUI after watching it. http://youtu.be/QYaf2NZZmIE
Change log can be foundHERE
Important Phoenix Viewer Update 1.6.1.1691
This is a VERY important update!
Most important in this release and a reason you really all need to update is because in version 1600 we missed a very important inventory folder icon for Direct Delivery. LL will be enabling this feature on March 21st and without this update you're inventory window will become "Visibly" broken.
As well as falling into compliance with LL's new Policy changes, this update goes out with some very important changes, fixes and improvements including the V2 inventory fetch system which makes inventory fetching much faster and more reliable.
Change log can be foundHERE
Support note:Please be aware that because we are releasing TWO viewers at the same time our Support team is going to be extremely busy. If you have problems please search our wiki for answers before contacting support. Most of the answers you get from support can be found on our wiki.http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com
Sincerely,
The Phoenix/Firestorm Team.
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