Deactivation.

Draconis-Wyrm 10/12/10
DameGreyWulf 11/12/10
cottonhill 12/12/10


As you may have heard, some members have been Drac'd (deactivated and hacked, coined at forum.deviantart.com/community… ).


Yes, there is a cracker or script kiddy. Get ZoneAlarm now and change all of your passwords to something random. Also, www.qfxsoftware.com/download.h… (the personal one). Also, get a good anti-virus and anti-spyware. Also. comments.deviantart.com/18/154…

Also, disassociate your email. Make an email ONLY for your dA and do not relog back into it unless you need it FOR dA. This way, a keylogger has no info to work with.


The problem now, though, is that the deactivation process is flawed. Keylogger or no, if someone gets into your email, they are only a few clicks away from permanently destroying everything you have saved.

All of your art is gone.

All of your friends' list is gone.

All of your favourites, your watchers, your everything.

If you have a subscription, it's useless and can't be transferred. Same for any points you have.


You are essentially blocked from every member of dA and have no way of contacting anyone.


It is surprisingly easy to do this, because the only thing stopping someone from doing this is your email. If they get in, they reset your password. They then use the new password to deactivate, and use your already stolen email to confirm. Even faster if they got your dA pass and change the email to one they have control of.

Poof. Gone.

It's not even the owner who agreed to deactivate, so it should not be valid. No safety nets of any kind. No personal questions, and no way to recover.



Or so they say.

Everything is still there, but as I am finding out, they are refusing to give it back SO HARD to the point that they are actually deleting art. I had found a link to a piece that was still viewable, to myself and others. Checked later, it was gone.


This is ridiculous, and the way R^2 is treating it is ridiculous. Read more:

forum.deviantart.com/community… nannairb.deviantart.com/journa… news.deviantart.com/article/13… comments.deviantart.com/4/1343… nannairb.deviantart.com/journa…
comments.deviantart.com/4/1454… comments.deviantart.com/5/3685… comments.deviantart.com/2/1379…



The whole feature is flawed and easily abused. This is something the staff - and especially members of dA - should know about.