Does League of Legends give you virus?

Otakuguy236·7/22/2018, 12:31:01 AM·1 votes·3,096 views

Somehow my dad's debit card got hacked by some dude in Mexico. MY Dad panicked and deleted lol and Roblox (i don't really play Roblox tho) can someone please help me get league of legends back. ( bring proof if you can) ^^

13 Comments

DrCyanide7/22/2018, 12:48:26 AM3 votes

Sounds like a pretty naive reaction on his part. If League of Legends was leaking credit/debit card information there'd be millions of cards lost and a massive class action lawsuit in the works. It wasn't League.

What was more likely to cause it:

Not paying attention at a gas station pump, and having the bad luck of using the one pump with a skimmer. (The person who set up the skimmer can then sell that information to anyone looking to buy it, including someone in Mexico, or they can make a trip to Mexico then use it.)
A virus on your computer that takes screenshots/logs keystrokes when you're entering your credit card into Amazon (prime days anyone?)
A phishing email disguised as a bill that was mistaken as a real email.
Checking your bank statements on public wifi.
A data breach from some other company that had your debit card info.

Have your dad look into what actual leads to credit card thief before he causes more undo trouble for himself (or worse, has this happen again shortly after getting a new debit card).

aNewMoonIsRising7/22/2018, 12:34:29 AM3 votes

or you took your dads credit card info and blamed it on some poor soul in Mexico. All because you wanted a new skin >.>

destroyer227197/22/2018, 12:52:03 AM1 votes

Tell your dad that 67million people downloaded League and their credit cards are fine. But why does your dad think its league's fault and how did he know it was some dude in mexico? Can you tell us the full story?

Myrmiron7/22/2018, 1:04:23 AM1 votes

Only cancer and AIDS, nothing computer related.

Theorchero7/22/2018, 3:05:13 AM1 votes

No, league does not.

That being said, make sure you aren't using Pando Media Booster. It has been removed/obsolete for years but it had been taken over by a hostile org who were using it to distribute viruses. But unless you installed league and haven't reinstalled it since before 2013 it's unlikely to be an issue.

If you took your dad's credit card then just pony up and pay him back. Be a fucking adult. League is in no way responsible for his identity being stolen.

ééééééééééó7/22/2018, 3:22:06 AM1 votes

i've once played on a league account that had a saved credit card which you could use to buy rp (i didn't)

A Swarm of Koala7/22/2018, 3:30:13 AM1 votes

Well it does log what programs are on your computer and can issue bans if it sees something it doesn't like. Might not be a virus but it's pretty despicable.

Get Ogre Here7/22/2018, 12:34:33 AM1 votes

Send a support ticket and they will hopefully be able to convince him that LoL doesn't give viruses.