2024 Note on Registrations

Dark · 2014-11-01 13:49:45

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Hi.

Avg alerted me to a possible flash link exploit running on the forum attempting to redirect me to a fake upgrade site. I have alerted Sander, just to check the code, but I advise people to be careful and make sure of antivirus etc.

it might just be Avg being paranoid, but I prefer to be safe on this one.

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Socheat · 2014-11-01 14:26:43

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Hi Dark,
Hmm, I'm sorry to hear this.

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Aprone · 2014-11-01 16:31:37

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Thanks for the heads up.

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Dark · 2014-11-01 16:55:30

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Hi.

As I said, it is possible Avg is just being paranoid, though usually it doesn't come up often with link exploits. I tested several times and it occurred on a couple of them, it was also specific to this forum and didn't come up elsewhere (so I know it is related to something here not to something on my end), I think it might be one of the Google adds, though fortunately it didn't download anything nasty, indeed I think it was more a potential than active nastiness. Still as I said I've alerted Sander and he'll take a look just to make sure nothing bad is going on with the forum.

With our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we! The glory about us clinging Of the glorious futures we see,
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)

Sebby · 2014-11-01 18:56:23

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Well, the forum itself isn't listed in Google SafeBrowsing yet, because I can still reach it. Then again I have adblock installed and it's likely that the code itself is residing on some known-bad domain, so I would neither see nor be warned about that.

Just myself, as usual.

Ethin · 2014-11-01 21:39:29

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What you moderators need to do is get rid of the advertisements. It would protect thousands of us because 99 percent of advertisements are viruses or trogens, and I'm not gambling with my computer because of advertisements. Just remove the Google ad sense extension, or remove the extension that creates the ads. It would make this forum a lot less dangerous to those who are unprotected (like myself.)

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Phil · 2014-11-01 21:48:33

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Hi Dark,
I have a pop up blocker on, so I didn't even know there were Google Adds on the site.

Sebby · 2014-11-01 23:32:11

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Just one small problem: ads are how the site makes money, so you can actually visit and participate and stuff.

If you don't want ads, join me and the other anarchists and install an ad-blocking extension, and experience this forum the way it was meant to be experienced, clean and unspoiled. But I don't think turning off the ads is an option, unless people start volunteering money.

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Dark · 2014-11-02 04:42:02

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The adds are as minimal as humanly possible, and indeed only come up on a very few pages and only at the very bottom, indeed usually I forget they're there.

I've turned on some avg block functions for now until Sander has checked things completely.

With our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we! The glory about us clinging Of the glorious futures we see,
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)

Dark · 2014-11-02 08:33:39

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Well Sander has checked the site with some serious antivirus software and not run across anything, neither have I browsing the site this morning so it is possible either Avg was being paranoid about a particular add, or that Google have stomped on the add and removed it from their panel.

If anyone encounters anything, let me know where and on what page and I'll pass that on to Sander.

With our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we! The glory about us clinging Of the glorious futures we see,
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)

2024 Note on Registrations

Possible virus on forum

Posts: 10

#1 Topic by Dark 2014-11-01 13:49:45

#2 Reply by Socheat 2014-11-01 14:26:43

#3 Reply by Aprone 2014-11-01 16:31:37

#4 Reply by Dark 2014-11-01 16:55:30

#5 Reply by Sebby 2014-11-01 18:56:23

#6 Reply by Ethin 2014-11-01 21:39:29

#7 Reply by Phil 2014-11-01 21:48:33

#8 Reply by Sebby 2014-11-01 23:32:11 (edited by Sebby 2014-11-01 23:35:36)

#9 Reply by Dark 2014-11-02 04:42:02

#10 Reply by Dark 2014-11-02 08:33:39

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