fred8033 1575 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Just curious what happened to the forums over the weekend. I'd post this in the forum admin site, but I don't have permission there. Link to post Share on other sites
FScouter 24 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Periodic required maintenance. Link to post Share on other sites
fred8033 1575 Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 Cool. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
ScoutNut 147 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 The site was hacked. I was attacked every time I tried to open it. Link to post Share on other sites
eagle90 125 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I still am getting a message from Norton saying it is an "Attack Page". Link to post Share on other sites
ScoutNut 147 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Yep, it just started that with me too. Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle732 27 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Mine keeps saying malware is present. Link to post Share on other sites
JoeBob 606 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Got an unwanted pop-up lower left corner that tries to open despite my blockers. Pesky varmit! Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle732 27 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 No warnings using Firefox but Safari sure doesn't like this site since the shut down. Wonder why? Link to post Share on other sites
AZMike 173 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 A new banner ad that I haven't seen before the reboot shows pictures of older women with the tagline, "We don't want younger men...we want YOU!" Given the context that this is a forum devoted to scouting, that's kind of creepy. Link to post Share on other sites
NJCubScouter 1389 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I also am getting the message "Reported Attack Site!" I do not have Norton, I believe the message is coming from Firefox itself. I had to go past a big warning screen to even get here. I hope I made the right decision. Mike, as for "We don't want younger men...we want YOU!", I first saw that one several weeks ago and posted about it in Issue and Politics, I believe. It is just an ad, although I suppose you (or at least I) could classify it as "malware" (meaning bad ware) in the sense that it is one more reminder that I am no longer a "younger man." I agree with you that it is kind of odd to see that kind of ad on a Scouting site, but as has been explained in the past, the site owner has nothing to do with the ad selection. I was also told by someone in this forum that I was getting that ad because of sites I have visited, but I really don't think so. I don't go on dating sites, much less upper-middle-aged women looking for upper-middle-aged men. Hmm, if my wife saw that last sentence it might create some misunderstanding. I don't go on dating sites. Link to post Share on other sites
Kahuna 172 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 My warnings were coming from Firefox. I had to override to get into the site. My other anti-spyware hasn't picked up anything. Link to post Share on other sites
CalicoPenn 729 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Google is also warning that the site may be harmful to your computer. Checking the details, they mention an issue from September which was cleared and say there were no current attacks, which makes no sense - if there were no current attacks, why warn now? Link to post Share on other sites
Nike 94 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Opened right up for me in Chrome just now with no warnings. Link to post Share on other sites
koolaidman 110 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 JoeBob, Regarding the annoying popup. I too was getting a pop-up in the lower left hand corner. The conents of the pop-up was getting blocked by my anti-virus. I used an anti amlware tool called Hitman Pro, and it seems to have worked. It should be available on your favorite shareware site. ***I'm not an IT professional. Just reporting my experience*** Link to post Share on other sites
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