| This is a discussion on UltimateBet site virus ... ?? within the online poker forums, in the Poker Rooms section; Went to load Ultimatebet today so I could register for the GGE games this weekend (3/5-6) Got a virus warning when I went to load ... |
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| UltimateBet site virus ... ?? Went to load Ultimatebet today so I could register for the GGE games this weekend (3/5-6) Got a virus warning when I went to load my standard shortcut to Ultimatebet site .... ub-virus.jpg (http://www.cardschat.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=36359&d=1298670708) So... I uninstalled all of Ultimatebet and went straight to U B.com to download, bypassing any links, etc.... Have tried twice now and all I get once Ultimatebet starts it's download is... ub-virus2.jpg (http://www.cardschat.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=36360&d=1298670708) I have no other sites/tabs (in WindowsXP) open except the Ultimatebet for download and Cardschat. Anyone else having a problem or has Ultimatebet installed enough malware and spyware that my security suite will not allow Ultimatebet to operate/open on my computer... ?? ************************** |
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| I just got the updates for Ultimatebet (it took a while, I haven't played in over a year!) and no viruses were reported. Often a virus will run and attach itself to some other application. If a virus is attaching to a poker app, my guess is that it came from some type of poker site or poker tool. Also, I think Ultimatebet utilizes Internet Explorer. I don't know if that has any implications, but when I clicked on something in the Ultimatebet app, IE popped up and I *never* use IE, so I don't know what's up with that. Good luck to you. Maybe contact Ultimatebet and find out if anyone else has had a problem. Maybe one of their advertising pages has been hacked and people are being infected through the use of IE. |
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One of the reasons I went directly to the UB main site to download. HMmmm... just one more reason not to play on UB. Hate to just give up the BR there ... |
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| After reading this I loaded UB on a laptop (Windows Vista) that has state of the art security and had no problem, nor have I had any virus alerts on my desktop (XP) which is where I play poker primarily. I was at UB for a number of hours tonight because that blasted BBJ is so high right now. I use IE8 on both systems. Hmmm...what version of IE are you using, Nick? |
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Tried again tonight and it loaded fine this time and got regged for the Saturday game. No idea what caused the original problem... maybe a glitch of some kind at the time I tried earlier. Now all I have to do is remember to play a game on a site I don't usually go to... |
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| re: UltimateBet site virus ... ?? poker Quote:
If you do a full scan of your system and nothing comes up and you don't notice any other odd behavior on your system, then you are probably OK. Just keep your eyes open over the next few days. Glad to hear you are back in business! -Dave |
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