Online Poker Community Fears Of Virus Attack
Online poker players need to be cautious because a virus may hit their computer while playing the online poker games. The Trojan virus has infected the Cryptologic network. The news was released by Betfair Poker.
The way virus attacks the computer system is that the players are requested to visit BBC website for employee fraud and the player finds after clicking that he doesn’t reach the BBC website, but a downloadable .exe file appears on the screen that is the actual virus containing file. Some of the players closed the browser after they didn’t find the BBC website that was requested to visit.
The Trojan virus gain access of the computer particularly that are using internet. A hacker gains the control of player’s account numbers, his passwords, as well as other relevant information that is quite secret to the player only.
Online poker community has seen this kind of incident for the second time. In recent past, poker players have been deprived of almost $30,000,000 from their online poker accounts in total. That was surely an alarming sign for the players as well as the poker websites who are very much worried about their repute in the industry. This theft incident was of Landbrokes poker site, however, the website has ensured the players of not any such fraud.
For all online poker players, it is a point of great caution. Before joining any poker website, check its repute. The players’ count also plays a very important role in determining the credibility of the website.