Gambling Federation Malware

[jetset]

This is starting to look as if it is endemic to GF software and not confined to just one of their sites.

I wonder how the three blocked casinos were selected by whoever is responsible for this? Royal Dutch is DDS software, I'm not sure about theblackjacktable and casinoxo.

I think GF is based in Canada, which explains (timezone difference) why they are not responding yet.

[Casinomeister]

This is starting to look as if it is endemic to GF software and not confined to just one of their sites.

I wonder how the three blocked casinos were selected by whoever is responsible for this? Royal Dutch is DDS software, I'm not sure about theblackjacktable and casinoxo.

I think GF is based in Canada, which explains (timezone difference) why they are not responding yet.

IGC is already looking into this.

theblackjacktable belongs to http://www.casinosystems.com/ which is some no-name brand software (I believe) coming out of Costa Rica.

casinoxo is merely a directory sitting on a porno/casino server ULTSEARCH.COM. And we know about Royal Dutch already.

Apparently these three sites pissed off someone at GF (that's my guess). Good thing I didn't piss anyone off there, they could have added Casinomeister.com to their list and anyone who would have downloaded GF software would have been blocked out of here.

[Casinomeister]

Maybe Royal Dutch Casino threatened to report Gambling Federation to the US Office of Homeland security?

[Casinomeister]

Please note, this list is not exhaustive; I'm sure I missed some. If you have ever downloaded this software, please check your "host" file for modifications:

http://www.acecasinocity.com
http://www.allpokergames.com
http://www.blackjackclub.com
http://www.casino-alhambra.com
http://casinofreedom.com/
http://www.casinogrande.com
http://www.casinometropolitan.com/
http://www.casinozonline.com/
http://www.classic-online-casino.com
http://www.dazzled.com/egyptian
http://www.commodorecasino.com
http://www.goldenballs.com
http://www.grandslots.com
http://luckygatecasino.com/
http://www.majorslots.com
http://www.maxslots.com/
http://mickeysclubcasino.com/
http://www.mr-casino.com
http://www.nightdaycasino.com
http://www.neokazino.com
http://www.platinumslots.com
http://pureslots.com/
http://www.rocklandcasino.com
http://www.royalcitycasino.com
http://www.sizzlingslots.com
http://www.slotsexpress.com
http://spinningslots.com/
http://www.pinkladycasino.com
http://www.vegasparadise.com
http://www.videopokersaloon.com
http://www.winnersonlinecasino.com
http://www.videopokerclassic.com
http://www.videopokergrand.com

[Casinomeister]

Admin note: renamed the thread to ...Malware, since this is not "Spyware"

[jetset]

I'm through to the Montreal headquarters of GF.

They're now aware of the issue and are investigating before responding, hopefully later today....

[Kitty_23]

Hi Brian,

We are in EST -5 Time zone, so I just got your 3 posts. We are currently looking into the situation and we'll get back to you today.

We recognize the seriousness of these allegations so please rest assure that we will respond shortly.

Thank you
Talia *

[Casinomeister]

Hi Brian,

We are in EST -5 Time zone, so I just got your 3 posts. We are currently looking into the situation and we'll get back to you today.

We recognize the seriousness of these allegations so please rest assure that we will respond shortly.

Thank you
Talia *

Hi Talia,

Thanks! But please bear in mind that these are not allegations but actual findings. You can download the software and check it yourself. In fact, I'm probably driving a lot of traffic to your sites by people just wanting to see for themselves

[Kitty_23]

Casino Meister and fellow posters,

First off, please allow us to extend our apologies for this major issue. We owe all of you an explanation regarding this.

A few months ago, we received several spam complaints from our players being sent by the domains you found in your host file. At first we tried to calm our players down, stating that we had nothing to do with these properties and were not responsible for their actions. However, the issue repeated itself several times within a short time span, causing us a mass influx of complaints.

We decided, albeit foolishly, to resolve this issue by blocking the domains which cause our players grief through the software. We did not intend to ever block any one else, nor impair revenues for affiliates. We now realize that this was not the right way to go about this problem. We will be issuing a fix for this very shortly and we will correct this problem within 24 hours.

We sincerely apologize,
Talia
Gambling Federation PR Manager

[555YY]

i have submitted the app to our company's default antivirus and malware vendors, symantec and A2, for further review and scrutiny