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Old 02-06-2012, 06:00 AM
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So as most folks know by now, this forum has been labelled as an "attack site" by Google, and therefore visitors receive a warning when viewing the site in most browsers. But fear not, the problem is already resolved.

What happened is someone used an exploit in the forum's software,which I'm assuming happened because it was out-of-date. They made it so a piece of code would execute on every page load with the intention of having malware installed on user's computers. It seemed like an amateurish job, but if you did visit the site after ignoring the warning, it can't hurt to do a virus scan if you're on a Windows machine.

Like I said though, it's all fixed now. I upgraded the forum software and wiped all traces of the exploit and the bad code. The site is still labelled as an attack site, but that is only because Google needs to manually verify that I've fixed the problem. I've already submitted the request for them to re-check it, so it shouldn't take more than a few days hopefully.

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Old 02-06-2012, 06:02 AM
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:| I hope I have nothing on my computer.. I haven't backed up my files in years..
..this will definitely force me to buy a new flashdrive. -_-
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Old 02-06-2012, 06:04 AM
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A smell a butthurt banned member. Just in case, I think I'll back up and scan.
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Old 02-06-2012, 06:04 AM
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It doesnt effect ipad does it? I hope not.
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Old 02-06-2012, 06:09 AM
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You owe me a new PC David.
Old 02-06-2012, 06:19 AM
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It doesnt effect ipad does it? I hope not.
Ipad/Android should be fine. A virus usually only works on one type of OS.

Thanks for the speedy fix david.
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Old 02-06-2012, 06:40 AM
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Running a scan right now, but if my Security is any good nothing should be wrong
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Old 02-06-2012, 08:00 AM
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I use Chrome OS, but agree with him owing me a new PC because my real computer is 7+ Y/O.

I didn't get infected.
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Old 02-06-2012, 08:10 AM
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I'm glad I didn't ignore the warning then. xD
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Old 02-06-2012, 09:26 AM
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Real-time detection hasn't caught anything in my machine (Windows 7 64-bit). I just ran a quick scan with SUPERAntiSpyware and nothing came up either. Whatever he did, it was superlame. You should update your forum software though...
Old 02-06-2012, 10:32 AM
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Real-time detection hasn't caught anything in my machine (Windows 7 64-bit). I just ran a quick scan with SUPERAntiSpyware and nothing came up either. Whatever he did, it was superlame. You should update your forum software though...
It's all updated. And yeah, I can't imagine this attack was anything well-planned or executed. Google caught onto it almost straight away as far as I can tell.
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Old 02-06-2012, 12:56 PM
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It's all updated. And yeah, I can't imagine this attack was anything well-planned or executed. Google caught onto it almost straight away as far as I can tell.
That's because Google is the bomb. Wait I shouldn't of said that... 3... 1... B000M! *Page explodes and COMPUTER IS MALNUKED!!!*
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Old 02-06-2012, 01:04 PM
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Hacked by Team Animus...
Old 02-06-2012, 07:15 PM
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I just ran a scan with Windows Defender and it didn't pick up anything, so nothing happened.

Thats one really bad hacker
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Hacked by Team Animus...
Rofl, I think it was a certain member who threatened to hack the site when they were banned, lol.
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Old 02-06-2012, 08:12 PM
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Rofl, I think it was a certain member who threatened to hack the site when they were banned, lol.
Danger? I bet it's him because he's so...
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Old 02-06-2012, 10:04 PM
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Well, I am glad to see that it was resolved. I need to scan my computer now when i get home. I'm in computer class, and I need to scan the one at my house.
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goddammit david
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Old 02-07-2012, 02:48 AM
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Woo! I'm glad I'm still using my crappy laptop that can't run Windows anymore.
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the return of barkis
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