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The name ''Warden'' has not been publicly acknowledged by Blizzard to be the correct name of the tool. It was inferred by hackers who noticed the string WardenClient.cpp in the WoW.exe file. It is believed that The Warden is named after Maiev Shadowsong , because the string "Maiev.mod" is also present in Warden-related code (it is encrypted in WoW.exe, but not ''Warcraft III's'' Game.dll). Simple reverse-engineering of '' Warcraft III '', '' StarCraft '', and '' Diablo II '' indicates that these games may also use The Warden. The Governor is a program that reports to the user what data The Warden is sending to Blizzard. As of November 24 th, 2005 there have been no reports of anyone being banned for using The Governor. Also, in November 2005 , it was proven that the XCP Rootkit secretly included with Sony Music CD s in North America for the purposes of Copy Prevention could be used to disguise cheat programs from The Warden. Blizzard has said that ''The Warden'' does not gather any personally identifiable information about players, only data about the account being used. It also states that that the data collected is only used for finding evidence of illegal programs. Despite the slight invasion of privacy, many gamers seem happy to accept its role in keeping '' World Of Warcraft '' free of exploits. |
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