Account security is a big concern for many people who play games online. Find out how an authentication device can make your World of Warcraft account much more secure.

One of the biggest problems with most World of Warcraft accounts is security. There are people who are trying to log into your account for their own financial gain. Your items will be stolen from your account to resell the gold for real money. With such a strong incentive to steal your account information, there are many who have very creative ways of obtaining this information from you.

Many people have their accounts hacked mainly because spyware programs exist that steal account information through a keylogger. This means that when you type your information in the login area, this keylogger can steal your keystrokes and reveal your information to the person who wrote the spyware program. While using anti-spyware techniques will help, you never know.

This is where an authenticator will help you considerably. This type of device will have a random password that will be reset every minute. This means that if someone ends up stealing this temporary password, there is no way they can actually get into your account as the password is constantly changing. These devices make digital security a lot easier as you need a physical device in hand to see what the new password is.

World of Warcraft offers a few different types of these devices for you to use. You can buy one from the company it will be mailed to. It is quite cheap and worth the small investment to obtain it for the security of the account.

There are also those made for mobile phone platforms. On the iPhone, for example, there is a free application that can become your authenticator. This is a great way to protect your account and it is also cheap if you already own an iPhone.

If you want to protect your account, take this extra security step to make sure yours is never hacked so there are no issues with virtual theft.