IGLOO ABer MAY BE UNSAFE

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  1. mjnskivt

    mjnskivt Level III

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    I just tried to log into my account and found that it had been frozen for "using a cheat or a 'downloadable cheat program'". The only program I have ever used on this account was the igloo aber, which leads me to believe that TNT can detect the use of it. I also think this might coincide with the strange behavior of the igloo lately, i.e. buying one codestone after 53 restocks. If you're using an igloo aber, I would slow down for a while.
     
  2. MCheezie

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    It's not 100% safe. People have been frozen before. You were most likely unlucky, that's all.
     
  3. Icegoten

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    Your saying it takes like over 50 restocks before you get an item? My AB does that too and I always restart it after but I guess I will stop for a while since I have been running it for a week straight and on my main too and I really don't want to get this frozen.
     
  4. MCheezie

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    There are a lot of Igloo'ers and if you are using a high profit list it's gonna take a lot of restocks before you get an item.
     
  5. tharoux

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    I've got some spare accounts and a "normal" igloo list...
    I'll run it for 2-3 days to see and give an update (probably before that)
     
  6. Digitype

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    Yep. I just logged in and found out I was frozen too. Even the accounts I didn't cheat on. :p

    Strange, it took them 2 months to freeze me. XD
     
  7. Adam

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    2 months- Exactly. The igloo is not 100% safe, but id say its around 99.9% safe. There will always be fluked, but generally its almost as safe as legit. Dont worry, The igloo is still safe, you just got unlucky.
     
  8. Digitype

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    Yea. I had treated that account like it was legit. Even got my own RoyalBoy Chomby (RIP). Do you think maybe TNT has updated the igloo and can now know who uses the ABer? It seems a little more than a coincidence that a more than a handful of people have gotten frozen for cheat programs all of a sudden...
     
  9. tharoux

    tharoux Level IV

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    Ok so, I just ran the igloo for an hour and a half
    11 restock - 10 items bought, 0 miss
    Now, let's wait...
     
  10. Virre

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    I can tell you already; there's nothing new from TNT that detects the igloo aber.
    I've been running it on 4 accounts each day for the last two or so weeks. Last time was yesterday, and it didn't take more restocks than usual and I didn't get frozen.
    You probably have unsafe settings, are running cheat programs on other accounts that can be linked to your account through email or ip, or you're not turning th abers off after you've gotten the ten items.
     
  11. II_warlord_II

    II_warlord_II Level III

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    do you generally, use the same ip with your main?
    with that 4 accounts
     
  12. ub0r

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    I ran the Igloo AB'er for the past two weeks as well, and I was completely fine, until today.

    Accounts all iced, even those which were 100% legit but connected by IP!

    BEWARE!
     
  13. II_warlord_II

    II_warlord_II Level III

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    man, you guys are making me scare of Iglooing!
    should i continue or not?!?!?!
     
  14. tharoux

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    Ok, the account is still there this morning ;)
     
  15. pjkamelo

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    i am sorry i know you guys are talking about the igloo autobuyer, but does anyone have AU?

    is it me or is it not buying anything at all, including junk.
    i tested it by putting red hissi plushie, and it still didn't buy me anything [...]
     
  16. tharoux

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    Maybe you missed a setting somewhere !
    There's a lot of thing to configure... Up to now, the AU has been working flawlessly
     
  17. Commy

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    Today I used the AU, and it bought me 10 items from the chocolate shop within an hours time, and 3 from the igloo. Haven't been frozen yet. AU has been awesome.
     
  18. Virre

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    That depends on what youmean by main account.
    I don't play neopets for other reasons than abing so currently one of those accounts is my "main", the account from which I sell all my items and make the most neopoints. And they're all on the same ip.
     
  19. II_warlord_II

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    HEY, GUYS
    I don't think, Igloo Abing is THAT SAFE anymore.
    2 of my Igloo accounts just got ice, they been Igloo abing for about 4months now, never been ice.
    and to confirm that, i created new account last night,
    i use diff ip, at my mate's place.
    Igloo 15k+ profit.
    leave it overnight, the next day, ICED!
     
  20. ceneret0023

    ceneret0023 Level III

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    well when you were iglooing what were your settings? cuz if you have your refresh rate too fast tnt can detect how fast a particular account is changing pages so if your refreshing every like 1 to 2 seconds then that could be your problem but if your refreshing like every 2 to 4 seconds you should be fine and also just use the list that comes with the iglooer... it may not be a 15k list but it works just fine and you get items a lot quicker so you can spend less time iglooing on each account...