Hacked Computer

[gerry5421]

Have forwarded the messsage to Mary and the others i have managed to find on FB only one i cant find is Dave Green

Gerry  

Thanks Gerry..really sorry have only just regained control over my FB account.. so far i have had a dozen new friends added that i dont know personally.. all added have mutal friends that are poker players.. getting ridic not alot i can do, so frustrating.. apologies again to you and any other APAT members who get requests  

No worries Carl , is very strange , and i cant see how they can hack from adding a friend , but maybe there are ways am changing FB password as a precaution anyway

[gerry5421]

just got a friends request now from Stuart Ward.

If you read this appoligies but not going to take any APATERS till this is sorted

just to be safe

[duke3016]

I really think that accepting a friends request is not the problem - michievious malarky

clicking on a link from that hacked FB account is, but that is true of any suspicious link.

[gerry5421]

I really think that accepting a friends request is not the problem - michievious malarky

clicking on a link from that hacked FB account is, but that is true of any suspicious link.

Have to agree , thats why i couldnt work out why they were adding friends , for what benefit to a hacker? other than gaining info on a person maybe and there FB email address

[Fatcatstu]

just got a friends request now from Stuart Ward.

If you read this appoligies but not going to take any APATERS till this is sorted

just to be safe

sigh, not overly sure i have sent any friends requests....

scanning go

[Fatcatstu]

ok used that hitman pro thing ger recommended, found some tracking cookies, but nothing else

[CincinnatiKid]

Pretty nasty story and hope all of you will solute this problem soon.

Maybe another approach: Anybody customer on sharksope.com? I"d read that the site was affected these days by a trojan named Trojan.Gen.2. This trojan seems to be a drive-by-download (Computercode) and is a software-bug which use browers. I"m not a  specialist in this things but maybe it will help. Good luck and nevertheless a good New Year"s Eve to all of you !

http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.sharkscope.com%2FSharkScope%2FUserLookUp%3FUserNamesCategory=X~%257C%257C~SHARKSCOPE~%257C%257C~XA~%257C%257C~SHARKSCOPE~%257C%257C~XAM~%257C%257C~SHARKSCOPE~%257C%257C~XAMM%26ShowUserNames=false~%257C%257C~SHARKSCOPE~%257C%257C~false~%257C&ulang=eng

[fandango]

I really think that accepting a friends request is not the problem - michievious malarky

clicking on a link from that hacked FB account is, but that is true of any suspicious link.

Dunno if you want to warn junior mate he accepted request today that I never sent.

[Des]

What are Facebook saying?  Sounds like there are serious issues there.

[duke3016]

I really think that accepting a friends request is not the problem - michievious malarky

clicking on a link from that hacked FB account is, but that is true of any suspicious link.

Dunno if you want to warn junior mate he accepted request today that I never sent.

No problems Carl, IMO accepting friends is not a problem - clicking on links from people is - but then that is an everyday consideration anyway.

Usual security precautions that you employ (or should) while on line should keep you safe. We run the risk of rampant paranoia here. Hackers are a fact of life and sensible actions reduce the risk of infection. Strong passwords that are different on every site is a must (you can get encrypted software that stores them for you).

If your facebook keeps getting battered check

Account settings>Security>active sessions>edit and deactivate all sessions that are not your current one.

Edit: Oh and when you change your passwords choose a random word from an email or something and cut and paste it into the new password field - stops key loggers picking it up. However if you still have not found the trojan you might have to consider wiping your disk and reloading from scratch...........

[Laxie]

Whoever has hold of Carl"s account is sending out friend requests to everyone on my friend list at the minute.  Family in America getting them too.  No odds to us as they"ve all been told to just decline it, but thought ye might want to know so you can keep an eye on non-poker playing people who wouldn"t know what was going on. 

Until it"s all been sorted, I"ve hidden my friend and family lists from everyone except family.  

[gerry5421]

He"s a friend of mine but the person at his account isn"t him. They"re looking for your email address for a start to see if it"s something they can hack into. From there, they"re hoping you"ve an account on Poker Stars they can get hold of. With that, they try to gain access to your online payment methods and then having a field day spending.

Think this hits the nail on the head here Dawn

[lukybugur]

I"ve just had a Friends request from Carl and moments later, a "Forgot User ID" from PokerStars Support.

Prob doesn"t help matters but thought I would let it be known.

[lukybugur]

To some of you guys who have had problems with PokerStars accounts, there is an option within Cashier > Fast Deposit options. Fast deposit can be turned off and an option to "Remove this stored deposit information" exists bottom right of same window. I suggest Carl and any others select this. I just did.

[fandango]

I"ve just had a Friends request from Carl and moments later, a "Forgot User ID" from PokerStars Support.

Prob doesn"t help matters but thought I would let it be known.

I have contacted FB and have asked them to decline any friend requests sent this was a couple of hours ago.. So hopefully no more will be accepted