Hi elsadog hope your not having a laugh with us.? I dont know what IE is and Hubby is out. plus dont know what card details are on the computer hard drive so phoned and Cancelled all cards. Thanks. Sort it out Monday. better safe than sorry.!!! Posted by logdon
Arrgghhhhh. Don't panic. The first thing is do you use internet explorer? For example when you go on the internet to go to sky is it done via Internet explorer or Safari, Google chrome or Firefox? If it's NOT Internet Explorer you don't have a potential problem. If it is then all you need to do is google ''Safari'' Then click on the link and download it. When it's downloaded exit internet explorer and go onto Safari. In the address bar at the top of the screen type in www.skypoker.com and click the button on the end of the address bar. That will log you in to Sky as normal.
If you are struggling with this pm me and I'll help you through it.
In Response to Re: Internet Security......... IMPORTANT! : I'm only passing on what was on the news. The German government thought it important enough to ''address the nation'' so I take it seriously. Gordon Brown might decide to do the same on Monday after his lunch. Posted by elsadog
I only want to hear one thing from Gordon "I am resigning immediately and retiring to obscurity with my mate Fred the Shred"!
hi elsadog Followed your instructions so I think I'm now logging on through safari, thanks, so does that now mean any cards I use on my computer from now on are safe from this virus. I have started the recorder. ? Annie x Posted by logdon[/QUOT
Yes Annie as long as you are on Safari you are ok.
It is being broadcast on the news channels that there is a serious security flaw with Internet Explorer. Without boring you with the fine detail, it is a security flaw where bye Hackers from China are able to access your computer with a trojan and access your hard drive. This means that all transactions (including Sky, Google etc) are potentially at risk when accessed through IE. The advice is to use a different browser such as Firefox or Safari, Changing your passwords to financial institutions eg. Poker deposits, Internet banking etc. is advised once you are on a provider other than IE. This is not a problem with Sky. The problem is Microsoft IE. My advice is to swap from IE now. Posted by elsadog
this is one particular quote from the bbc news website regarding the security issues :
At present, this exploit only seems to affect 0.02% of internet sites," said Mr Curran. "In terms of vulnerability, it only seems to be affecting IE7 users at the moment, but could well encompass other versions in time."
In Response to Re: Internet Security......... IMPORTANT! : I'm only passing on what was on the news. The German government thought it important enough to ''address the nation'' so I take it seriously. Gordon Brown might decide to do the same on Monday after his lunch. Posted by elsadog
If you switch your OS to Linux, then you're almost entirely immune to viruses, and it runs faster than Windows anyway. And before anyone asks, Sky Poker runs fine on it!
And no-one in their right mind should be using IE anymore, not with Firefox available!
Thanks for your post elsadog, Will now get the father-in-law to have a look at the Computer. I don't understand it all tbh but it has been running a bit slow in the last few days and the kids have been moaning about the playstations not connecting. Don't honestly know if anything is connected to this but I have had a few odd links on e-mails tonight offering loads of free holidays and the chance (for as little as $300) of turning my "member" into something resembling a tin of hairspray with an apple stuck on the end.
There have been exploitable weak spots in every version of IE and to a lesser extent in Firefox (and probably Chrome and Safari - but they're not targeted so much because hardly anyone uses them yet)
The only reason this made the news so much was that it lead to Google withdrawing from China and that it was probably state sponsored hacking.
As somebody has mentioned, as long as you don't do anything which installs the trojan on your machine - and you actively have to do something to enable this - then you'll be fine.
Having said that, IE is the most rubbish browser possible so why anybody would be using it is beyond me.
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At present, this exploit only seems to affect 0.02% of internet sites," said Mr Curran. "In terms of vulnerability, it only seems to be affecting IE7 users at the moment, but could well encompass other versions in time."
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And no-one in their right mind should be using IE anymore, not with Firefox available!