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not sure thats enough info to say with certainty that a MGS property is responsible for the malware. It is however very suspicious …
Dean –
Can you send me the key info, values, etc? Casino name as well… then I can take a look at it. We certainly don’t need spyware installed on people’s machines – but we also don’t need Adaware giving out false alerts either, so got to get to the bottom of this quick.
Hi Spear,
I have PM’d the member in question for the further info…agreed, this needs to be gotten to the bottom of pronto.
I get the same thing when I use Adware
Possibly, have pm’d Spear the other screenshots and am reluctant to post the MG’s that may have produced this until it has ben looked at thoroughly.
Yes it is, and most people end up removing them.
I have even heard players tell each other Microgaming was implanting spyware.
Some other spyware removers also define it as malware.
It’s not a cookie, it’s a registry entry. It doesn’t appear to be harmful, either.
I have asked Dean to see if he can obtain a bit more information – but from what I have seen so far (which isn’t much) I’m betting it’s not Microgaming or the MGS software which is causing this.
Dom – precisely which spyware removers have defined whatever it is as malware? And do you have links or more info on this?
Well, I think it was Casinomeister who had a thread on it. You may want to search there. I can run my spyware stuff tonight – I better go pop by a microgaming casino then and make sure I am cookied.
I know adaware had it defined as malware, and I think maybe aluria also.
I think we should all run our various spyware programs and see – I use adaware and aluria.
Could it be a registry key to remember you banking info and password? When I removed the microgaming item that showed up on my ad-aware scan, I opened up my poker software and my user id wasn’t filled in.
it shows up on spyhunter and adaware, two that I have.
I don’t think its any one casino; I think wuf might be right.
I have similar experience when I remove the microgaming stuff using my spyhunter.
These programs should be contacted and made aware it isn’t spyware if that is the case.
if it were anybody but microgaming; this would seriously do them damage.
Microgaming is big enough that i think the more experienced players would see that and dismiss it as I have.
I am in the process of sending Spear a bunch of registry shots from the member’s PC.
Explaining to a novice pc user how to get into registry keys is like trying to explain how to tie a shoelace. It took a while and he was a willing and able student.
As soon as we know what is what, this does need to be sorted. Seasoned users may be willing to leave some spyware on their pc but novices have no idea if something is harmless when a program is telling them it is.
Oh I totally agree.
if its truly spyware stuff then that’s one thing, but I imagine its harmless in that respect, whatever it is.
And therefore it shouldn’t have such labels hung on it.
if it were anybody but microgaming; this would seriously do them damage.
Well, I don’t know what it does, but for all I know it affects US if people remove these things from their computers. We do need to get to the bottom of this.
