Is memory reading bannable?

[Fearsoldier]

Basically the title says it all. I just want to know if reading memory from WoW, not writing memory and not injecting any code, is bannable on any level.

[Cypher]

Depends what you mean by 'bannable'.

Does reading memory violate the ToS? Yes (unauthorized 3rd party program blah blah). So in the strictest sense, it is. However if your tool is private (and probably even if it's public) it's unlikely to get you banned if all you're doing is reading memory.

[Fearsoldier]

Yeah I didn't think it would since it's just reading, but I'm worried about attaching to the WoW process. Is that sort of thing scanned for since reversing programs do pretty much the same thing?

[Cypher]

Wtf are you talking about? What do you mean 'attaching to the WoW process'? You're not 'attaching' to anything, all you need to do to read memory is open a handle to the process, something which obviously can't be flagged as illegitimate.

[Fearsoldier]

Wtf are you talking about? What do you mean 'attaching to the WoW process'? You're not 'attaching' to anything, all you need to do to read memory is open a handle to the process, something which obviously can't be flagged as illegitimate.

Haha, alrighty then, that's what I needed to hear.