You seem to have been hacked!!! FAO SW!!!!!!!!

by **Surfing-Innovation** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:55 pm

OK - please check this site because over the past 12 hours or so, certain actions (trying to access PMs, trying to read 'new posts' etc) have invoked some sort of scam 'your computer is infected' BS, with an active-x control trying to run to install some sort of software (thankfully my OS and AV programs detect and stop this sort of stuff from launching)

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by **surf patrol** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:34 am

I am pretty sure that it is not a hack. I have looked for signs of a change and cannot find anything.
I think more likely a dodgy advert has been put into the ad cycle and this is causing the problem.

Is the ad appearing in the top header / bottom header? or is it somewhere else?

When it appears again could you take a screenshot of the ad and then send me the page source code so I can have a look for anything out of place.

This sort of ad (if it is an ad) should not show on this site.

Anyone else having this problem?

by **isaluteyou** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:04 am

some types of ads can cause an active x bar to appear its your browser getting confused then your antivirus assumes its a virus. Nothing to be concerned about :wink:

well at least thats what i can think it would be :wink:

by **Surfing-Innovation** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:21 am

I don't think it's a rogue ad.

Although it now hasn't happened for a day, when it did occur, it completely replaced the SW window (ie closed it and opened a replacement browser window over the top) it did the fake 'scanning for threats' thing although none of the 'buttons' on the ad had links in them (ie it was just the entire [age that was the hyperlink). The active-x control was to download the software (obviously I didn't click it) but when you clicked to close the window, that was fine (there was no SW window behind, hence me thinking it isn't a pop up from an ad).

Anyway - my AVG didn't pick anything up, neither did AdAware, so it wasn't either of those kicking in.

It was definitely a rogue 'something' ...............

by **surf patrol** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:30 am

If anyone sees anything like this please let me know.

by **tomcat360** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:25 pm

Anybody else not able to log in last night? I would put in my username and pw and it would do nothing, just send me back to the log in page, or the main page still not logged in.