Hacked off!
May 4, 2007
A very apt title this week. As members of the forum will no doubt be aware, it more or less was deleted this week. A hacker had gained access to my account and deleted all the threads and posts. All that was left was the header picture! I found out via a phone call from the bossman asking if I had deleted anything! As it turned out my computer wasn’t even on at the time, but knowing that it was my account that was deleting everyhting, put me into a blind panic. If they managed to get into my forum account, what else did the hackers have access to?
I had been having a load of problems with my computer contracting viruses and stuff and had thought that I had managed to get it all sorted out. Obviously not! It seems as if the hackers had used a key logger to try and access my details but the only passwords that I had entered in the week prior to the attack was my forum details. Which in retrospect was quite lucky.
My wife normally goes into our online banking account every day, but she had been out of the country and I hadn’t bothered checking it. All my poker sites have automatic logins for the most part – well at least the ones I used that week, so I didn’t need to type in any passwords.
Anyways, with all this going on, I felt I had no option but to completely format my hard drive and start from scratch. So this is what I have been doing for the past few days. But, to my horror, I still had a virus after the format. It seems as if the virus has lodged itself in the boot sector of the hard drive so I still have some work to do.
Luckily, me old mate Blagger, had sent me a computer that was set-up and ready to go. So, hopefully I should have no more problems. If only I had set it up earlier in the week…..
On to poker, and obviously with all this mess I didn’t have time to play any these past few days. But the forums’ sit and go league continued as planned on Tuesday and Thursday, with CrazyYorkie, aka Panther, aka Sue, taking down the 1st game for the ‘Black Panthers’ and my very own Varmint team mate Jimplay taking down Thursdays. After 4 games, the league is starting to hot up!
Now that I’m sorted out on the computer front, i’ll be playing again this weekend. So after my unscheduled sabbatical, you all better watch out!
See ya at the tables!
SNG Challenge Game 5/2/07
May 4, 2007
It was almost one week to the day since I played poker last. I left last Thursday for my conference and did not play any poker until Wednesday this week.
Wednesday night was a Skype crew night. I played with Dog and Blagger and had a good time. I had a few beers while I was playing so I am not real clear on all of the details. I ended up with a small profit. I think I only played a couple of sng’s. Mainly, I was there to say Hi to everyone who I haven’t “seen” in a while.
I’m back
May 1, 2007
Just a quick post to let you know I am back from my conference.
I was going to try to get on and play last weekend but I went to see my sister in Florida and I was too busy fishing, drinking beer, and having fun.
Also, we were at their cabin on a river and they didn’t have Internet access so I wouldn’t have been able to get on if I wanted too.
I had a great time and I will post a couple of pics later.
I won’t be on tonight either (5/1/07) to support the SNG League. Today is my 25th wedding anniversary so I think I would get in a little trouble if I spent it on line playing poker.
So, hopefully I will be able to get in touch with the Skype crew on Wed. or Thurs. to get filled in on all of the fun I have missed.
See ya all later!
