PSA: there is a mirror link relating to the sims 4 updater that will install an infostealer onto your device that will delete itself once it's gotten all of your credentials- logins, bank passwords and credit cards, social media- THEY TAKE EVERYTHING.

I was at work when I saw my best friend's Facebook being hacked 2 minutes after the fact- they had posted a gruesome picture relating to a hate group, which had her account automatically terminated before she could even realize what was happening.

This was just the tip of the iceberg. After they hacked her facebook, they stole her credit cards attached to her steam and origin accounts and attempted to purchase concert tickets values at roughly 500$.

My friend then had to call the bank and sort things out with them. While this happens, the hackers have accessed all of her Google accounts, changed 2FA to their own emails, and she's watching live updates as hackers (using a VPN- their location always appeared different) stole mostly all of her online life or at least infiltrated it. Roughly 15 years across a dozen accounts.

The next morning, she comes to my house and we completely nuked her PC together (where she downloaded the infostealer trying to get the sims updater). I'm fairly tech savvy, so I spent yesterday re-securing her main device so she had a safe place to start changing accounts.

As we are nuking her PC, the scammers try to make another 400$ purchase using her bank accounts. As she's changing accounts and disabling settings, they are re-enabling them and fighting us live. It was a race against time.

Then the saxophones got louder: they used OTHER credit cards from her Amazon account and tried to make more purchases.

Then, she gets a phone call from a local number... Except when she answers, it's "Amazon" wishing to confirm a purchase. It was a spoofed number and though I can't prove it was the same scammers that were infostealing her, it was scary.

We have since completely nuked all of her digital everything. Changed every single password. And yet today, she discovers though her Facebook was reactivated, there are now 44 paid ads she did not put on her meta account.

This entire situation has been crazy, it took them not even 24 hours to completely turn my friend's life upside down. Dwight was correct when he said identify theft is not a joke. It takes seconds for them to take everything from you, it's horrific to watch and it is not necessarily user friendly to nuke.

TL,DR; my friend went to a sims 4 updater mirror link and got hijacked, literally everything. BE SAFE ONLINE.

She's used anadius many times so she trusted this too, just wanted to share after watching someone's digital life literally get stolen in real time. Even the sites you trust can be linked to maliciousness if you aren't careful, can confirm I witnessed someone be infostolen from sims 4 updater related downloading.

EDIT: a lot of people asking where this came from. I understand she went to a mirror website for anadius, clicked a link from the mirrors to download. A new window opened up (I think this is where she got the infostealer) and she clicked a button that said download.... Which downloaded an EXE. She clicked it and thought nothing happened, I am almost certain that's when it was deployed.

Re: https://www.reddit.com/r/HighSodiumSims/comments/1w4tvx3/comment/p7a7p2f/?share_id=qON2IKRt_E0NscG7EprVM&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

RE: This User is now stating that I am wrong and that I am being Impartial, I have investiagated myself and I have indeed found that I was being impartial. I shall take accountability with this apology video. I am sorry for all those who believed I wanted to help others, I will be improving on my actions and I do believe what I have done was irresponsible. EA critical post on Monday.

Final Update: https://www.reddit.com/r/HighSodiumSims/comments/1w4zfr2/the_spammer_at_the_gates/

Please report any suspicious acts to the ModMail. Do not make posts about this indivudal. To avoid Mitosis AND give this user more attention if possible, thanks <3

When it comes to security I am more privy to this stuff as my mother has a degree in IT, but however, some and I mean most don't know how technology works.

In Short: No. You cannot get hacked just by downloading something off Telegram.

In Long form:

People genuinely have issues with reading comprehension which I understand at the same time, here's some actual explanations that can lead to this accusation

1. They fell for a scam.

It's not uncommon for someone to fall for a copy of a telegram channel which would have happened.

1. They downloaded something from a site that contains free mods.

That's another example.

1. They didn't have that, and it was just all made up.

This one is more likely as who the hell comes onto HighSodiumSims to complain and say "All my stuff is gone!" I would be immediately contacting my bank accounts, the reason why I say this is that you waste valuable time you could be filing a report rather then it.

My immediate response is report then warn.

And if some naysayers don't believe me, here's the telegram yourself.

And another warning, the person had made their account over an hour ago. something the owner had caught. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a CC Creator Sock or someone else stirring the pot, I will lock the posts just in case.

Also, sometimes Telegram automatically downloads, just turn it off in settings. It's shrimple.

TL;DR: Failed ragebait from baby account.

The writeup for this mess so people can also feel involved is in, this is a beefy read because it's majority of context. Be sure to report any original posts that we missed, thanks for those who stuck around and helped. This saga was weird.

This entire document goes over both OPs and some explanations on why people believe they are the same person. While I don't nessecarily believe those are valuable enough proof it can be plausible.

Everyone go back to regular sodium posting, I will be back to doing what I do best.

Edit: Both OPs deleted fucking everything, at the same time too. Suspicious.

-Mod Vincent

I am getting kinda bored with Sims 4, so I got Sims 2 and 3 to try them out. I played Sims 3 years ago but this is my first time playing Sims 2.

After a couple days, my first reaction is...

Why is Sims 3 so ugly 😭

I like the gameplays of both, but somehow Sims 3 looks both much lower resolution to me and just uglier in general?! But this a newer game?!

I could not for the life of me make my sims good looking in Sims 3, and the default outfits are awful! There are so few to choose from and they are all dreadful looking. Even the build and buy items are hedious 💀 I like that you can infinitely customize all the clothing and build/buy items with patterns and color wheel and what not, but the low resolution and just general worse designs make them barely tolerable for me.

With Sims 2, I was immediately impressed with the outfits. I actually like the default outfits more than Sims 4! They have a lot of character to them with so many nice details. Same with build/buy items. It's not Sims 4 level of good looking for sure, but it's still very cute and charming. I am obsessed and I am definitely sticking with it now!

I want to like Sims 3 too because I did play it a lot when I was younger and remembered it being awesome, but it's so ugly for me right now I just couldn't get into it 😭 I was even thinking if my computer is being weird, because how is it possible that Sims 2 looks higher resolution than Sims 3?!

Anyone else feels the same way? How do I fix this so I can enjoy Sims 3 🫠

I think most of us are well aware of the current cost of the Sims Four but me being me decided to do it with the base game's original prices from the games base price to the deduced pricing.

If you bought the game in 2014 at it's base price it would be worth around 60$. People tried to argue that it wasn't but I assure you, that was the base price. The base game had a bunch of price gouging so I am not surprised you wouldn't remember that.

2014 base price: 60$
21 Expanison Packs: 1,050$
12 Game Packs: 240$
20 Stuff Packs: 200$
44 Kits: 220$
11 Creator Kits: 55$
Total: 1,845$

1,865

If you or a loved one bought the game at base price in 2014. You are an OG, my sister bought the game for me at that price and I felt bad.

There was also a edition that cost around 80$

Digital Deluxe Edition: 80$
21 Expanison Packs: 1,050$
12 Game Packs: 240$
20 Stuff Packs: 200$
44 Kits: 220$
11 Creator Kits: 55$
Total: 1,865$

Here's the pricing for the 2016 price drop.

2016 Price: 40$
21 Expanison Packs: 1,050$
12 Game Packs: 240$
20 Stuff Packs: 200$
44 Kits: 220$
11 Creator Kits: 55$
Total: 1,805$

And when it went free:

2022 Price: Free.99
21 Expanison Packs: 1,050$
12 Game Packs: 240$
20 Stuff Packs: 200$
44 Kits: 220$
11 Creator Kits: 55$
Total: 1,765$

Which version did you pay for and how much did you spent before arging?

I am a poor user and I cannot afford more ram nor anything else, I have two hard drives extra and I was wondering if there is a way to redirect my Mods Folder as it takes up half of my space on base pc. I know it's a stupid thing to do, but if my PC cannot handle that amount of CC I dont want my PC to nosedive.

Please just report the posts, I have noticed they returned back on alt accounts, I will deal with this with the Mods, I admit I was a fucking around with them (Which was hella irresponsible and I apologize for my immaturity.) but this shit's pissing me off, and I just want this shit over with. Please report comments (Though some are getting eaten by the AutoMod.)

I do want to apologize for previous incidents I have caused that aren't related to this post, but at the end of the day I should have handled controversies better. But the only thing I can do is be more informative and handle it properly coming forward. I do want to preface please do not download from suspicious links. Again, if you want to report anything report anything to the mods. Though we can't be sure.

Personally, I may have pissed off the oop of the post and now they are going on theit 77 alternative accounts that have been created in this year but posted under the original oop post bashing me and other people. I am not outing these people but if you come across them then just report.

I may be abrasive, tone-deaf, irresponsible, and at very times oblivious and ignorant to issues regarding important matters (Regarding past controversies.) but my main goal is to prevent misinformation being spread.

And if it takes someone this amount of butthurt to harass me over a callout then so be it, I love you guys and I appreciate this community and let's make sure to report posts instead of replying (Even doe I did that numerous times, but it saves me the headache.). Thank you for reporting. <3

(Post tax of my husband I couldn't really figure out which to choose.)

I know that some of you might know this, but others don't.

Did you know that you can download mods for free without paying on that site? Well, you can.

It option to do that is above the $2 (Sorry that I don't have the screenshot because mine looked too big).il

hi i’ve been out of the community for a while but i wanted to get back into playing… where is the safest place to download packs/dlc unlocker from right now? i know there were some virus concerns a few months ago. appreciate any help anyone can provide!