Hipforums was hacked..

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  1. drew5147

    drew5147 Dingledodie

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    Thats why the site was down for most of the day.


    Skip said they spent all day cleaning the damage up.


    And couldnt let the site be up as it was.


    I think it might have been trojans, so virus-scan your computers.


    Also, a warning message may pop up on your browser.

    Click "This is not an attack site," if you can.
     
    drew5147, Jan 29, 2010
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  3. Rudenoodle

    Rudenoodle Minister of propaganda Lifetime Supporter

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    Thanks for the information and the warning.
     
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  5. Death

    Death Grim Reaper Lifetime Supporter

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    hmmm. I think it has something to do with stopbadware.org
     
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  7. .you.make.my.heart.happy.

    .you.make.my.heart.happy. Member

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    That warning scared me!! Lol. Thanks for posting this thread! :)

    Nikki
     
    .you.make.my.heart.happy., Jan 29, 2010
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  9. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    Yes, anyone who logged in to the site today should run an antivirus/trojan remover.

    My Zone alarm spotted a nasty trojan in one file. The sites mentioned in the google notice are russian, and obviously not hosted here. So one can only guess what they want. They're probably hunting for Credit Card #s, and fortunately we don't take any on our sites, so I don't think it's a danger to ppl, but be safe and run an antivirus.

    I was actually impressed that ppl who have firefox got the message, and the message was informative. They tracked down the offender, but they want to make sure we clean up the sites first before they pull down the message. That's a good thing. Imagine google protecting us from the big bad russian mafia!

    I got it! Instead of saying the usual Thank God...

    Let's say Thank Google!
     
    skip, Jan 29, 2010
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  11. EnergyofInfinity

    EnergyofInfinity Member

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    Thanx you guys for posting this, it took me awhile to get rid of the warning page, it also said something about MJ.com. Glad its back :D
     
    EnergyofInfinity, Jan 29, 2010
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  13. stinkfoot

    stinkfoot truth

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    Oddly enough I assumed this was a problem with my antivirus when it fist happened so I scanned, uninstalled and replaced with another program then rescanned- before I realized that the problem was a result of a hack. Good thing though... I had about two weeks left on the Avast! trial.
     
    stinkfoot, Jan 29, 2010
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  15. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    Dont worry about it out running out...when it does just Thank Google for registration codes :rolleyes:
     
    SpacemanSpiff, Jan 29, 2010
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  17. stinkfoot

    stinkfoot truth

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    Yeah well I got AVG free now and this ain't a trial period so it's all good.
     
    stinkfoot, Jan 29, 2010
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  19. dan1701d

    dan1701d Member

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    Both Google and Avast warned me about this site, since Aast caught it dont think I got a virus, but will run thorough scan anyway.
     
    dan1701d, Jan 29, 2010
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  21. deleted

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    picture albums are messed up. I suppose that will be resolved soon ? ..
     
    deleted, Jan 29, 2010
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  23. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    I'm finding my BIG investment ($25) in zone alarm suite has more than paid for itself a number of times.

    I recommend ppl PAY for this protection. It's one thing we need these days. I think we no longer have a choice, unless Windows 7 is some miracle...
     
    skip, Jan 29, 2010
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  25. stinkfoot

    stinkfoot truth

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    Every time I pay for antivirus and firewall software my hardware craps out anyway within the year.
     
    stinkfoot, Jan 29, 2010
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  27. weeattoes

    weeattoes what will be, will be

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    Thanks for the warning.
     
    weeattoes, Jan 29, 2010
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  29. simplistic

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    It's enabled by default. Most people (thankfully) don't go poke around trying turn it off untill after they have read the message... You can't log into the site with it turned on.

    The downside is people forget to turn it back on again after they log out.
     
    simplistic, Jan 29, 2010
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  31. NotDeadYet

    NotDeadYet Not even close.

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    I knew something was up yesterday when I tried to upload a picture and got a blank white screen. A few minutes later my Symantec/Norton antivirus program said it had successfully blocked an online attack.

    This morning the scanner found and removed three trojans. The albums here are still acting strangely.
     
    NotDeadYet, Jan 30, 2010
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  33. Rudenoodle

    Rudenoodle Minister of propaganda Lifetime Supporter

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    Fuckin' Russians, some things never change.

    I'm guessing they're looking for money to buy American blue jeans, Russians love American blue jeans...
     
    Rudenoodle, Jan 30, 2010
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  35. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    Photos should be back now. Might've lost a few uploaded today tho...
     
    skip, Jan 30, 2010
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  37. M4N14C42O

    M4N14C42O Cannabis Connoisseur

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    M4N14C42O, Jan 30, 2010
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  39. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    The sites may be up and down over the next couple of days till we remove all traces of the hack. The hackers may come back for an encore too. So be patient, and make sure you got your anti-virus going.
     
    skip, Jan 30, 2010
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