Halo: Bastards hacked my PC

[imported_Lucifer]

Hello,

I have Halo on my PC. I was on a game server last night. The server I joined was full of those hacker kids. I could tell because all they were talking about in the server was hacking computers. Well, I didn't want them to do any hacking on my PC, so I did not say a word.

So here is what happened. I am playing, and I am first place, because I am whooping all of their asses. It seemed they were getting pissed off, and started calling me stupid names. I really didn't care of course, I just ignored. After the match was over, a new game started, and once it started, one of the "hacker kids" said "watch this." And about 5 seconds later, Halo quit. When it quit, a window came up saying "Expanding Contents." Not sure what it was, I immediatly closed it. I clicked the globe for the Norton Internet Security to see if I can maybe catch their IP address. But i could not find it. And the thing is, my Norton protection is on the HIGHEST level. I don't know how they were abe to hack through it, but they did.

Is there any way I can keep hackers on Halo from hacking my PC? Or some kind of app that will catch their IP so I can get a little "revenge" on them?

Thanks!

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Probably just exploiting some bug in Halo to cause a client crash and nothing more. Might be a known issue?

They probably just downloaded the hack somewhere.

 

[AdamSnow]

haha this thread is funny

They didnt 'hack' your PC man... relax.

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Well, get ready to laugh some more. I am a Mac user.

I hardly know anything about PC's. Halo is the only thing I use it for.

But is there a way to stop it? The updates for Halo are fully up to date.

 

[thelanx]

First of all, do you have a firewall up?

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Originally posted by: thelanx
First of all, do you have a firewall up?

Yes, the Norton Internet Security is the firewall. The settings are at Highest.

 

[bananakingdom]

he could have been an admin and shut down the server, causing weird things

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Originally posted by: bananakingdom
he could have been an admin and shut down the server, causing weird things

I don't think so, because after I restarted Halo, the server was still running, with the same amount of people there was before. I did not rejoin it though.

 

[bananakingdom]

admins can run command scripts on other users, thats the only thing i can think of

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Any way to stop these command scripts from affecting my computer?

 

[Nocturnal]

Make sure you have the latest patch, if there are any, for Halo.

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Make sure you have the latest patch, if there are any, for Halo.

Before you can even join any servers, Halo automatically searches for new updates and patches. Nothing comes up, so I know all the patches are installed.

 

[thelanx]

Run some virus scans just to be safe. A good firewall should keep most wannabe hackers out. As mentioned above, they probably took advantage of some kind of exploit in Halo to crash your client. I know CS:S had a bug initially where if you change your name to a certain character, you could crash other people's clients.

 

[Malak]

Sounds like something you can't protect yourself from TL.