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02-14-2007, 06:29 PM
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Re: *sigh* hacked, where do I go from here?
i am not trying to be an @ss but am being serious. I play poker on my poker machine and that is it. No web browsing, no email, no AIM chatting, no porno, and no nothing except poker. I have firewall turned on, anti-virus (nod32) and windows updates set to automatic. It would suck to lose 50k because I am to cheap to purchase another computer.
cheers Boon 
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02-14-2007, 06:35 PM
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Re: *sigh* hacked, where do I go from here?
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There HAS to be a way to just make your primary computer un-hackable. [/ QUOTE ] Never turn on. Not what you wanted to hear, but it's true. You will never be hack safe when playing online poker. I would be careful what I download from what source and watch how they install the files. Don't download everything and anything off of file sharing apps. You got these but good to review, virus checker (scan real time all files, not just certain extensions), firewall (this is okay, but not required as a virus checker is), pick hard to figure out passwords (have letters, numbers, symbol combination), lock computer after you use it, do not let others on the same account, I create a different user account that has very limited access to files on my computer, never write down your password on paper or in a document that isn't encrypted (there are even better ways to do this). I would change passwords at least once a year if not more. Hopefully at least somethings to think about.
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#13
02-14-2007, 06:36 PM
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Re: *sigh* hacked, where do I go from here?
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sighs...this is why you buy 1 computer and lock it down and do nothing on it except play poker. You do not surf the web, you do not check email you do nothing but play poker. So lets do some math. A new cheap computer to run 4 tables of poker = $700. You lost $6300. $6300 - $700 = $5600 you would still have now. Maybe now you will learn and buy a separate computer. cheers Boon [/ QUOTE ] Wow you're a dick. Could you be any more condescending and snobbish? Was that tone really necessary?
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#14
02-14-2007, 06:46 PM
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Re: *sigh* hacked, where do I go from here?
So no one has really addressed my question of, is it ev+ to try going to the cops like the Eurolinx CEO suggested I do? Has ANYONE ever done this over a hacked online poker account? How did it turn out?
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02-14-2007, 06:55 PM
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Re: *sigh* hacked, where do I go from here?
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So no one has really addressed my question of, is it ev+ to try going to the cops like the Eurolinx CEO suggested I do? Has ANYONE ever done this over a hacked online poker account? How did it turn out? [/ QUOTE ] In the current political climate, it would almost seem to be the equivalent of complaining to the cops that someone stole your weed (although we know that's not true). I don't know. I'd be curious to hear the reaction you get from the authorities.
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02-14-2007, 06:56 PM
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Re: *sigh* hacked, where do I go from here?
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So no one has really addressed my question of, is it ev+ to try going to the cops like the Eurolinx CEO suggested I do? Has ANYONE ever done this over a hacked online poker account? How did it turn out? [/ QUOTE ] it can't hurt if it's legal in your area to play. it may give you a chance to find out who was using the IP (though it's probably a cyber cafe or something similar).
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#17
02-14-2007, 07:01 PM
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Re: *sigh* hacked, where do I go from here?
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[ QUOTE ] Maybe now you will learn and buy a separate computer. cheers Boon [/ QUOTE ] This kind of makes sense for people w/ unlimited space, but for a lot of people, nearly everyone I'm guessing, having 2 computer setups just isn't feasible. There HAS to be a way to just make your primary computer un-hackable. [/ QUOTE ] VMware is your friend. Your physical computer would do nothing but run virtual machines. You confine casual web surfing and such to one virtual machine, anything related to money in a different virtual machine, and finally a virtual machine for poker. Or use Linux and just run Windows as a virtual machine on top of Linux solely for poker playing. Jeff
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02-14-2007, 07:10 PM
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Re: *sigh* hacked, where do I go from here?
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VMware is your friend. You confine casual web surfing and such to one virtual machine, anything related to money in a different virtual machine, and finally a virtual machine for poker. [/ QUOTE ] This sounds interesting, can anyone who has used it comment on this program?
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#19
02-14-2007, 07:14 PM
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Re: *sigh* hacked, where do I go from here?
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[ QUOTE ] sighs...this is why you buy 1 computer and lock it down and do nothing on it except play poker. You do not surf the web, you do not check email you do nothing but play poker. So lets do some math. A new cheap computer to run 4 tables of poker = $700. You lost $6300. $6300 - $700 = $5600 you would still have now. Maybe now you will learn and buy a separate computer. cheers Boon [/ QUOTE ] Wow you're a dick. Could you be any more condescending and snobbish? Was that tone really necessary? [/ QUOTE ] and was he really above 11% to get hacked? costly insurance policy.
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