Sunday, September 20, 2015

Hackers use viruses to Show Hole Cards on PokerStars and Full Tilt – Pokernews

In recent times, many specialty websites have spoken of a trojan , supposedly called “ Win32 / Spy.Odlanor “, which is the spread of camouflaged form. The software is to pass through the Tournament Shark, Poker Calculator Pro, Smart Buddy, Poker Office and through software like Daemon Tools and mTorrent .

Once installed on the victim’s computer, the virus sends screenshots of PokerStars windows and Full Tilt that are open to the hacker.

Once sent these the images hackers can follow the players to the tables and continue to use this technique to see the cards of their opponents.

According to a ESET security expert, “there are several versions of the malware on the loose.” The first appearance of the virus have been detected in March this year and the number of injured already amounts to hundreds

The data revealed by the same expert pointed out that most of the injured are located in Eastern Europe. – Russia (36%), Ukraine (35%), Kazakhstan (11%) and Belarus (10%).

Countries Affected graph, courtesy ESET

There were also detected problems with players in the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. ESET points out that those who use the PokerStars and Full Tilt should take extra care that is not affected.

While online poker is in dwell period in our country will be better than your anti atualizes viruses and that do scans to your regular system. The virus is called “Ronaldo”, written backwards and if for you find happiness something strange with this name in your system, you know what to do.

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