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Security-Measures:

Principaly all the Online Casinos make a great effort, to give your Play the greatest Security and to prevent all types of play manipulation or cheating. However there are certain Tricks from Cheaters, in wich they try to manipulate play. Therefore you should take note of the following Tipps to minimize Risk in playing Online.

1. Virus-Check!

With a Virus or a Trojan Data from your computer may be Compromised! Watch Out that, you have a good Anti-Virus-Software with a  Firewall. The Firewall protects you from unwanted Hacker Attacks. The Antivirus-Program scans your Computer, your E-Mails, Downloads and Software for Viruses, before they can do damage to your Computer.
Watch that, the Antivirus-Program is automatically updated at regular intervals. Every day there are new Viruses, that the program can only recognize, when it is up to date.
With Antivirus-Software there is a big difference in Quality & Price, where tests have shown, that a good Programm doesen’t have to come at a high Price. We reccomend McAfee AntiVirus & Firewall, these have Tested to have the highest Security Standards while still remaining in a low price category.
Links to Providers of Antivirus Software can be found in our Security-Download-Area

2. Gaming-Software-Security

Don’t play with Gaming Software from a CD-ROM, when you are not completely certain, that it is an Original-CD-ROM, that you recieved Directly from a Casino-Provider. CD-ROM-Software may be manipulated as it is copied and may contain Viruses or Trojans, that may show your Play or your Cards to third persons.
To be absolutely certain, that you have the Original-Software from the Provider, Download the actual Software directly from the Casino-Provider. pokerchecker.com has collected the most popular Providers for you and they can be found directly in Links for Download. Here you can be Guaranteed to receive the Original-Software from the Provider.

3. Entering Private Information on the Internet

Only enter your Personal information like Passwords, Credit Card Numbers, EC-Pins or other such information, when it is a well known and trustworthy Provider. As you do this watch that, Before you enter your Data, that you have not entered the Site over a Link in an E-mail or another Site, but that you have entered the addresse of the Provider directly into your Internet Browser! (this also goes for Banking, Onlineshops, etc…)
Recently Swindlers have sent over real Links (like in an E-mail) identical copied Entry Pages, over wich you can actually reach your final goal, however the information that you have entered, like your Password, will also be seen by third parties.
Basic Rule: Only log on, when you have entered the Internet addresse of the Provider directly into your browser and not over a redirected page.

4. Shareware/ Free-Software/ Downloads

Don’t use Shareware and Free-CD-ROMs or Free-Games on your Computer. There is a Great Danger that ther are hidden Trojans in the Program, that, without to your knowledge, makes the Data on your Computer visible to Third Parties.

5. E-Mails with Attachments

Recently ther have been Millions of E-mails sent, that contain Viruses and Trojans and have been sent from seemingly Trustworthy persons. E-mails with titles like “Containing the changed Password” or "You have a Virus, here is the passing Anti-Tool” are conspicuous. When you are not expecting an E-mail and it has an attachment contact the person either over the Telephone or Personally to be certain that they sent the mail. Don’t open the mail if it is a sender that you have never heard of, without first checking that the Data is in order!

Dangerous Endings: .com, .exe, .zip, .pif, .rar, etc. (Self Extracting Files, that don’t have to be opened with another Program, but work on their own accord).

6. Self Opening Confirmation Windows in Mails or Internetsites

If you do not trust a Site100%, no matter in what area you find yourself, and a window opens that requests you to click „OK“ (or to Confirm sometihing), allways click on “Cancel” when you are not completely certain what’s happening. It is quite often that with clicking on “OK” a Program or Tool will be installed onto your Computer!

7. Saving Passwords:

Passwords and Personal Information should never be Saved on your Computer, even when it is annoying to enter it manually. Saved Passwords are allways a Security Risk.
 

If you follow the Tipps and the information on our Prevention Site, you can play relatively Safe in the Internet.A good  Anti-Virus-Program and a Firewall should allways be active while you are Playing, tha makes it hard for those who try to gain access to your Compuer and Manipulate the Game. Security makes Playing fun!