ED forum possibly being hacked by virus

[buddug]

FORLITEA (see below) has now posted four of these trojans or worm things - three have been deleted by admin, but he needs to be blocked. Don't anyone click on his links!

[StraferJack]

slightly alarmist headline for a common occurence

In no way is the forum being hacked - you have justs seen some of the bazillion spam emails that get posted every day. If you follow ANY link to an unknown site then of course you leave yourself open to getting a nasty but that's nowt to do with the forum being hacked

[StraferJack]

Actually are there any links in those posts anyway? They are clearly spam and need to be removed as such but not sure you can even click through to leave yourself open

Although anyone thinking they are going to find anything interesting clicking on a thread called:

"DB-Weave TOTAL CAD/CAM DSV Esteco ASIC MyAnal OpenWorks RFEM DSP56800 Practical BuiltWorks M32C TRAN"

probably does need all the help they can get

[Penguin68]

There are a couple of links there, actually - I wonder whether we are seeing a message from a computer which has itself been hacked - the 'message' is rubbish - I suppose the con is to get someone to click on the link to see what its about. Obviously avoid clicking - and can Admin block the computer ID that is posting the messages - only registered today anyway?

[buddug]

I reported three of them to admin, who took them down immediately and presumably blocked this person. But then half an hour later another one popped up with the same user name, which is why I assumed the forum had been hacked, as blocking him obviously hadn't worked.

It's not alarmist if some forumites' computers are compromised by clicking on the links in the post (they're at the bottom, Straferack) - and you forget that people are by nature curious. I know it took all my strength not to!

[buddug]

Anyway, why is it still up?

[StraferJack]

warning people not to click on suspicious links isn't alarmist, no

Saying that the EDF is being attacked by a virus is

[stacey-lyn]

OK, so the terminology may not be quite right but give the OP a break people.

[buddug]

Thanks stacey-lyn. Well, who knows what it is. The fourth email has been taken down now, and I assume he (she, it?) will be blocked now for good. If it comes back we'll know there's a problem.

[maxxi]

I was more alarmed by 'Robot @ Dulwich Festival' and had all but cemented myself in my well-stocked fall-out shelter clutching my Dan Dare ray pistol before nurse reassured me.