Thursday, February 6, 2025

Maybe I've Been Phished By Poker All This Time

So I've been trying to do my daily free slot machine spin at Zynga Poker, but my antivirus software, which I have had for the laptop I use for several years now, suddenly is preventing me from playing it.  The software gives me a warning box saying the game is a potential phishing site.  Has it been, all this time?  I don't think nefarious people have been able to get my personal information only because I've been playing online poker ... have they?

I find it odd this has cropped up now, tonight/Wednesday night, after years of playing this.  I think the software has been in use protecting my laptop all this time.  With that said, I got an e-mail earlier yesterday/Wednesday noting that my automatic payment renewing the antivirus software came through.  And now, in the nighttime, I can't play Zynga Poker.  Maybe it's coincidence, maybe it's not, but I am not going to evade my software just to play fake poker.  We'll see how if this continues and whether the antivirus drops its defenses, or something.  But right now, I will trust that it is looking out for me.

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