You’ve wandered into an old western town that’s been deserted for ages – or has it? Join us for a party filled with music, dancing, and raffles of rare textures.
When: Saturday, December 2nd, 12-4pm
Suggested Attire: Old West / Cowboy / Cowgirl / Ghost
In Second Life, you may have received a message that looks like this:
Are you tired of paying your Linden Dollars? Well, we have an interesting solution for you! with our SecondLive Viewer, everything is free and open. Unlock unlimited Linden Dollars (L$) for all your virtual adventures. Fly to unlimited heights. Build freely on any land of your choice. And that’s just the beginning. Link: https://urlz.fr/(redacted) We’re grateful to everyone who joins us in our mission to make SecondLife entirely free. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity! Best regards. note: Linden Labs is currently attempting to shut down our site and blacklist the IP addresses used to host our free land. we will not be fooled by a multinational that thinks it can do everything! Here is a direct download link in case our site goes down. https://mediafire.com/file/(redacted)
If it isn’t obvious to you, this is a phishing scam, and it is not a good idea to download the file they point to. Here are a couple of ways you can identify it as a scam. First, the URL shortener urlz.fr is used, this could forward to nearly anywhere, but it probably forwards to a domain the attacker controls. As soon as you visit it, it will know your IP address and other information about your computer. Anything you type into that website, they will get. Second, they make false claims. It isn’t possible for them to do what they are claiming they can do. The servers that track Lindens and control Second Life land are operated by Linden Labs, and they keep those resources secure. A custom viewer can’t get around this unless it is exploiting some vulnerability in the security of the Second Life servers, but that vulnerability can be patched by Linden Labs. What a viewer can do is collect your Second Life name and password and send it to an attacker who can then take over your account. For that reason, you shouldn’t use any third-party viewer that isn’t listed in the official third-party viewer directory. Also, never type your Second Life password into any site that you clicked on from a link. Type www.secondlife.com into your browser, or use a bookmark you made yourself. Someone could make a domain that is like www.secondlife.fakedomain.com. If you go to this site, you are really going to fakedomain.com, and www.secondlife is just a subdomain. If you own a domain, you can name subdomains whatever you want. Third, if they could hypothetically do what they are claiming, it would be crime. It is not wise to place any trust in online criminals or download things they link you to.
Good luck, and be careful out there!
Edit: here is someone who did some analysis on what the download actually does (spoiler: installs remote administration tools). This link is safe to click, you can see it goes to github.com.
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DOUBLE TEXTURE REWARDS – We’ve added many more prize options along the path, as well as double the collectible texture rewards. There are also bonus Soul Reaper textures on intermediate steps, and a crown texture for season completion.
SEASON LENGTH OF SIX WEEKS – The season runs to December 15th, which is only six weeks rather than two months.
15% EASIER COMPLETION – The points total for completion is 35,000 instead of 50,000. That means you’ll get all the rewards, with 15% less time and activities to achieve them.
As usual with Seasons, you will earn points for doing challenges, the points increase a progress bar, and when you reach checkpoints you unlock rewards. Both Bloodlines and Legends activities are included in the challenges. The rewards are a wide mix including but not limited to: Bloodlines Products, Legends Products, Metrics, Resources, Rare Textures and Gift Cards.
The Seasons HUD is available free in vendors at our RP regions.
For full reference information, check out the Seasons Guide.
CURRENT SEASON DURATION
The current season will run to midnight on December 15th, 2023.
Another Zodiac set is out! Again, for ease of keeping track of the releases, we’re attempting to do the new set on the 1st of every month (rather than on the exact dates of the Zodiac calendar) so please keep that in mind. They are in Piper’s Prize machines for Legends Coins now, and the L$ machines are at their respective regions below!
We’ve added a Nightmares texture set to Urns, Vessels, Barrels, and Reapers, as well as updated a few of the tank and iron textures from the set. There are machines at all 5 regions below. This set will be available until midnight of November 30th, 2023 when the machines will explode!
The monsters continued to disrupt your rehab, and now they run the asylum! Join us for a Halloween party filled with music, dancing, raffles of rare textures and gift cards, and nightmarish horror!
When: Tuesday, October 31st, 12-4pm
Suggested Attire: Whatever you want! It’s Halloween.
We’re so pleased to announce the winners and honorable mentions of our 2023 Haunt Tour Contest. There were so many amazing entries this year, it was difficult to make final decisions, but the final choices are listed below. Thanks to everyone who participated! Within the next few days, textures will delivered automatically to your Rare Library, as well as the prizes for the winners.
Thanks everyone for making this event a success! And be sure to visit all the Haunt locations you can before the month is up, to check out all the great decor.
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