Posted by GM TartanTerror on October 29th, 2007 7:21 PM | Permalink

… but Lil Rusty has had a hiccup again.

We do appreciate that this is very frustrating for you, but please bear with us and all will be returned to normal as soon as possible. Our techies are beavering away to try and bring the bingo back as soon as they can.

Regards

TT

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Posted by Techdr on October 29th, 2007 1:06 PM | Permalink

In a perfect world, we would be free of PC viruses, spyware and Trojans. But given we don’t, we’re fortunate enough to have tools and resources to help keep our PCs squeaky clean.

5 Easy Ways to Keep your PC Safe

For today’s post, I have asked our TechDr Billy to share with us, his 5 top spyware removal tips:

Without further ado, I introduce you to our guest blogger, TechDr. Billy.
-Stu.

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Billy - TechDrHi All, since the MSN Virus has been going around, I thought it would be a perfect time to share with you some additional tips to keep your PC spyware-free and running smoothly.

Hope you find this post helpful and if you have any questions, please leave me a comment below.

1 – Microsoft Windows Security Updates
First order of the day is ensure that your machine whether it be a desktop, laptop, notebook, tablet or even a windows mobile device, is to keep up to date with regular Microsoft Windows security updates. These updates are available on the second Tuesday of every month. By default your machine should be configured to download and install these updates for you. If this is not the case please use the URL shown below and follow the simple instructions.

http://www.update.microsoft.com/

Once you have all the latest security updates, you’ll want to remove the dreaded spywares on your system – this way, you’ll enjoy faster internet speeds while browsing the web or playing bingo online.

Now, how to get rid of spyware? Plenty applications are available. These are my top picks:

2 - Lavasoft
http://www.lavasoft.com/software/adaware/

3 – AVG Anti-Spyware
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/us/frt/0

4 – Super Anti-Spyware Removal
http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html

5 – SpyBot Anti-Spyware Removal
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

These applications are easy to install and use, and require updating from time to time to keep abreast of new evil elements on the World Wide Web.

Last but not least, the IM’s (instant messengers) — please be careful, various nasty viruses are taking advantage of some loop holes in these applications imitating friends in your contact list trying to have you accept files that were not legitimately sent by that person. Please be sure to check who you are receiving files from, type a txt message to verify it was sent by them. Plus make sure your anti –virus software is up to date. This will give you added peace of mind. The internet is an amazing world, please follow these steps to ensure a wonderful and enjoyable experience.

Let me know if you have any questions.

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Posted by GM TartanTerror on October 24th, 2007 4:02 PM | Permalink

Hi All,

As quite a few of you are probably already aware there is a nasty virus circulating on MSN.  This virus sends out one of the following messages with a file named image.zip (image is generally followed by a number eg. image08.zip)

Wow i think i found your pic on myspace!
hah I think I found an old pic of us!
haha lets hope your parents dont see this picture of you :D
hey did i ever show you this picture of me?
is it ok if I add this pic to my new slideshow?
can i up some of these pics of ya to my myspace profile?
you care if i put this pictuer of you in my new album?
sry about the messup i fixed the pic! Try it one more time pz
is this pic tooo sexy for photobucket??
wow I just dyed my hair… You will never believe the color it is now. lol And dont laugh
my crazy sister wants u to see these pics for some reason… take a look
OMFG!!!!!!!! :D
wow! look at this old picture i found….
wanna see this pic of my Boobs?
Can i put this pic of you into my new myspace album?
Take a look at the new pics already! :p
I cant believe they wanted me to upload this picture to facebook lol. Its terrible. Like my outfit tho?
Lmfao hey im sending my new pictures! Check em out!
I’ve been editing some pics you should def see em loL! accept :)
Can you believe somone actually wears this size bra? I could use it for a Tent.
haha, this guy up my street just slammed his $90k car into a telephone pole! I got a pic of it with my cellphone
dude i just got these pictures off my digital for you! Gimme a moment to find em and send
Wanna see my pics before i send em to facebook?
do you think this picture is too kinky for Myspace?
OMG just accept please its only some pics!!
Hey accept my pictures, i got a bunch from when i was like a toddler :X
I think this picture is terrible. but my friends on myspace want to see it. please dont show noone.
Hey just finished new myspace album! :) theres a few kinky ones in there!
OMG, i found ur pic on cuteornot.com! Check it out!!!
Have you seen me Naked Yet :D
ok, I DO NOT like my new hair color.. but people on facebook do. what do you think? And no laughing! lol
hey you got a myspace album? anyways heres my new myspace album :) accept k?
do I look dumb in this picture? I want to put it on myspace.
hey man accept my pics. :( i just edited it to look maad funny..
Dude i found your picture on hotornot.com! Take a look!

If you accept the file by accident you are still safe as long as you dont unzip the file and run the file inside. If you do recieve the file please delete it immediately.

If you are unfortunate enough to have already opened and run the file then instructions of how to remove it can be found on the following website:

http://www.cisrt.org/enblog/read.php?170

Once the virus is active on your PC a bot will then procede to send out the file with a message to all of your MSN contacts.

Please note that the strain of the virus has changed several times and some of the instructions may not work depending on which form of the virus you have. If you manage to locate the image file on your PC and delete it but you are unable to locate the other files mentioned on this website then doing a system restore to one of the days before you got the virus could possibly work. Also the website I provided has a forum and the people on there will help you get rid of it if you are having problems.

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Posted by Stuart on October 22nd, 2007 1:45 PM | Permalink

Today is the beginning of a new week, a new day and a perfect time to shake off the effects of this past weekend’s downtime.

With that note, I’d like to share with you this little musical from Annie - “The Sun Will Come out Tomorrow”.

I think it fits how Little Rusty might be feeling right now.

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Posted by Stuart on October 21st, 2007 7:08 PM | Permalink

I apologize for all of the down time recently. I know how much of an inconvenience this must be to many of you. However, rest assured that we are not going out of business or going away but rather will be on entirely new servers at a new ISP within 2 weeks.

The past few days have been very stressful for everyone here at the BingoMania HQ and equally so to you, our valued members. Our hard working Tech team managed to get little rusty together and we came back up Saturday.

We plan to schedule free games for everyone - will organize the details and send out an invite to all of our members. We’re thinking four (4) hours of free games. But we want to make sure we plan this free roll right so little rusty doesn’t go down again. Will work out the plan tomorrow and provide you further details…so please stay tuned.In the meantime, to make it up to you, we’re crediting all of our members account with 10 pounds free. So any member that has funded at least once in the last 3 months, will see a free 10 pound in their account.

THE FREE CREDIT SHOULD BE IN YOUR ACCOUNTS BETWEEN 9:00PM-10:00PM TONIGHT - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21ST – Please note – the credit will be awarded upon login. So around 9pm, logout and log back into your bingomania.co.uk account.

Once again, my apology for not communicating earlier…

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Posted by Stuart on October 19th, 2007 4:20 PM | Permalink

Our apology if you’ve tried to access BingoMania.co.uk today - we’re currently experiencing some downtime and are working hard to make the site available to you in the shortest time possible.

Again we’re very sorry for the inconvenience.

We know how frustrating this is to you and we plan to make it up to you as soon as we’re back up with at least four (4) hours of free games.

Fortunately our blog is up and running and we will be posting updates for you here.

Thank you for your patience and we look forward to making it up to you.

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Posted by Jordan on October 12th, 2007 7:43 PM | Permalink

Hi All,

Jordan here again – remember me, the guy without an official title : ) … I wanted to let everyone know that I’ve scheduled the Bingo Party games in the Little Britain for you.

Hope you enjoy the games and best of luck with the prizes.

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Posted by Stuart on October 9th, 2007 9:46 AM | Permalink

Shame on us – we’re a day late with this week’s Friday Party poll. Our apology!

My Bingo Party

Without further ado, here are this week’s bingo party sessions:

Option A - Little Britain – 90 Ball

  • 6 x £200 guaranteed
    Any line £20 | 2 Lines £30 | Full House £150
    12 Tickets Max, 75p
  • 6 x £10 starting + wager on Full House
    12 Tickets Max, 15p
  • 3 x £50 guaranteed any 2 lines
    12 Tickets Max, 25p
  • 3 x £50 guaranteed any 1 lines
    12 Tickets Max, 25p
  • 3 x £30 Free Games
    Any line £10 | 2 Lines £10 | Full House £10


Option B- Madhouse – 75 Ball

  • 12 x £25 starting pots
    10 card max | 15p/card | single part
  • 6 x £100 guaranteed games
    10 card max | 50p/card | 3 parts - Any line £20 * 2 Lines £30 * Full House £50
  • 3 x £250 guaranteed games at 1
    10 card max | £1/card | 3 parts - Any line £20 * 2 Lines £30 * Full House £200
  • 3 x £30 quid free
    5 card max | free | single part

So here’s how it works:

  1. You and your fellow maniacs vote on your preferred session
  2. We’ll keep the poll open till Thursday night. The bestest session with the most votes will play on Friday night.

The event will either take place in Little Britain or Madhouse at 8pm to 11pm on Friday, October 12th.

Let us know what you think by selecting your preferred special. And if you have any suggestions for the following Friday Maniac party, leave us a message. Thanks!

Which Session Would you like to Play on Friday, October 12th?
View Results

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Posted by Jordan on October 5th, 2007 4:10 PM | Permalink

Hi All,

This is Jordan and I’m one of the staff here at BingoMania HQ – I don’t have an official title – but I do a little bit of game programming, website updates, and help on the technical side of our blog : ) … As you can tell, it’s quite difficult to sum that up in a traditional title. But I’m open to suggestions : )

I wanted to let everyone know, I’ve programmed the bingo party games.

Here are the details for each hour:

Game 1 - £20 Quid Free Game*
Game 2 – High £65 Low £30 Martini 10 card max | 25p/card
Game 3 - £200 Guaranteed Game** | 10 card max | £1.00/card
Game 4 - High £65 Low £30 Wine | 10 card max | 25p/card
Game 5 - High £65 Low £30 Play Bingo | 10 card max | 25p/card
Game 6 - £200 Guaranteed Game | 10 card max | £1.00/card
Game 7 - High £65 Low £30 Headstand | 10 card max | 25p/card
Game 8 - High £65 Low £30 Block Party | 10 card max | 25p/card

The above lineup will repeat again at 9pm and 10pm. Hope you enjoy the party and good luck!

Room: Madhouse

Time: 8pm, 9pm and 10pm sessions

Friendly Reminders

* for the £20 Quid Free Game, you’ll have to select 5 cards and confirm.
** for the £200 Guaranteed Game - I’ve scheduled these games as 3 parts. Part 1 £5, Part 2 £10 and Full House £200

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Posted by Stuart on October 4th, 2007 12:20 PM | Permalink

Busy day here on the ManiaStu blog, the votes are being tallied for Friday’s bingo party, our server, little Rusty decided to join the blog discussions and I’ve been down as a result of not being able to deliver 100% up time to you.

Today, I’d like to share with you an inspiring video and probably one of the greatest love stories of all-time. It’s the story of a dad and the love for his son.

I think you’ll enjoy it.

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