WA really needs to make sure these things never happen in the first place. This is just going to encourage Blizzard to limit add ons even more and restrict more and more features.
It is funny that people blaming weakauras. If you get a virus from downloading a torrent, would you blame Microsoft? Weakauras is just a "logic" representation, now if you go and import whatever you find from the internet, you should blame your self.
Here is what I could piece together from the discord that was posted in the linked reddit thread.== To check if you are about to be hit by it: ==1. Get to the SavedVariables folder for your wow account:a. click cogwheel next to 'play' on the launcherb. navigate through the folders: _classic_\WTF\Account\\SavedVariables2. Open WeakAuras.lua with a text editor. Preferably one with a search function.3. Look (or search) for the aura named zzzSleepTimer====I believe that this aura does not appear in the in-game option menu for WeakAuras. So potential victims can't use that to check for it.I also believe that it removes itself after executing. So victims can't confirm that it was this aura.It appears that the WeakAura developers may have already pushed a fix to prevent this aura's spread make it visible. Update your addons if you haven't already.
It was fixed about eight hours before the post. Now people might stop using it waiting for a fix when it's already out.
I for one appreciate the info.So thank you to the poster also i do know how to not import random code from random internet user.
I love how its 2021 and the whole rule of 'don't click an untrusted link/download from an untrusted source' is still not common sense.
It's things like this that really makes me wish Blizzard would say the addon API was a mistake and close 90% of it. It would suck for a while, yes, but people would have to think for themselves again instead of relying on add-ons. It's %^&*ed up retail wow so badly that they design crazier and crazier encounters because they figure everyone is using a boss mod addon anyway so it will tell them. And even in classic/TBC like the article says Weak Auras are used for tons of things
lol