Re: trackandfieldnews.com | malware issue [fixed]

[Flumpy]

It's doing it to me again now.

Am I fine just overiding it?

[Pego]

It's doing it to me again now.

Am I fine just overiding it?

I think so.

[Tuariki]

Quavioura, SormChoomma, Alloreviera, noipirSors and Nollatirl.

These rogue posters are a threat to this site. I hope ADMIN can do something to stop them.

[guru]

Quavioura, SormChoomma, Alloreviera, noipirSors and Nollatirl.

These rogue posters are a threat to this site. I hope ADMIN can do something to stop them.

Besides being annoying, they're no threat to the site

[fourjz]

I got hit on my cyberworld last year from the T&F NEWS Malware.Emails were being sent out to all my people regarding all types of things.I was deeply concerned about someone sending out porn,and even more disgustingly child porn or something.I had to change passwords,etc.And try to warn,and tell my people that I did'nt sell the general spam sales pitches etc that were sent without my permission.Looks like it is finally fixed.Thank God.

[lonewolf]

Several years ago, I returned from a trip to discover my email account had been frozen because someone had sent 10,000 pornographic spams using my screen name. It took a while but I was finally able to convince my carrier it warn't me..

[polevaultpower]

Quavioura, SormChoomma, Alloreviera, noipirSors and Nollatirl.

These rogue posters are a threat to this site. I hope ADMIN can do something to stop them.

Just don't click on their posts, and if you accidentally do, don't click on any links in it and you'll be fine. They can't do anything to you unless you click a link, the message board software doesn't give them the capability to inflict any real harm unless you go to their links.

[gh]

unfortunately, the spambots are getting smarter...

[gh]

go here to see the latest Google report

http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diag ... tput=embed


if you're still getting malware notifications, it's because there's cached comment either on your computer or somewhere on Google's many servers.

[bushop]

go here to see the latest Google report
http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diag ... tput=embed
if you're still getting malware notifications, it's because there's cached comment either on your computer or somewhere on Google's many servers.

Thanks to everyone at T&F News for clearing this all up so quickly.

[Friar]

Still getting it with Firefox though not IE (I tried clearing the cache).

[gh]

we have one office machine that keeps getting it in Firefox, but not other machines or other browsers. Haven't discovered the cache-removal secret yet.

[26mi235]

My machine rebooted (via Microsoft) last night and when I clicked on my short-cut for the Home Page and the Forum I got the warning page. I clicked the 'ignore' and went right to the page, then clicked the Home Page link and did not get the warning page. I have not gotten the warning since the firs fix and run Firefox.

[guru]

Last two times I've visited letsrun Norton blocked this beauty...

http://www.symantec.com/security_respon ... asid=25701

[gh]

why google might be jumpy:

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01 ... -the-wild/

[tandfman]

Might that have anything to do with the fact that bots seem to be posting on the Message Boards with greater frequency recently? Or is that another problem?

[gh]

I believe they are totally different things. The arstechnica article is about hackers stealthily placing malware on servers, which isn't the same thing as spambots trolling for addresses.

[shivfan]

Glad this has been sorted out....

I was getting this message too, and it frightened me away. I was getting withdrawal symptoms!

[guru]

This Java issue is serious, with the Dept of Homeland Security recommending everyone disable their java software. I deleted it completely from my computer. One day later I haven't missed it.

[tandfman]

Thank you, guru, for adding to the list of things I need to be worried about. Having read the Homeland Security material, and a couple of websites referring to it, I see that I should probably be doing something, but I haven't the slightest idea of what I should do or how I should do it. I don't even know whether I have Java on my computers and, if so, what versions.

[Conor Dary]

What browser do you use?

If Firefox, go to tools at the top of the browser, then options, then content. And then unclick java.

[guru]

tandfman - On Windows -

Control Panel > Programs > Uninstall a program

Once your program list populates look for anything under "Java" or "Oracle". Delete it - chances are these days you really dont need it anyway.

[tandfman]

Aha! Thank you, guru. I'm on my laptop now and I see that I have Java 6 installed. But from what I've read, the problem seems to be with Java 7 and later versions, so I'm going to do nothing. I'll check my desktop later, but that computer is even older than my laptop and probably does not have Java 7.

[guru]

Aha! Thank you, guru. I'm on my laptop now and I see that I have Java 6 installed. But from what I've read, the problem seems to be with Java 7 and later versions, so I'm going to do nothing. I'll check my desktop later, but that computer is even older than my laptop and probably does not have Java 7.

No, no, no! Java 7 fixed a Java 6 security threat, before it had it's own issues. If you have Java 6 you're doubly exposed.

http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/11/ ... 7-blocked/

Update 6 and below had been blocklisted already due to other vulnerabilities.

[Pego]

Aha! Thank you, guru. I'm on my laptop now and I see that I have Java 6 installed. But from what I've read, the problem seems to be with Java 7 and later versions, so I'm going to do nothing. I'll check my desktop later, but that computer is even older than my laptop and probably does not have Java 7.

No, no, no! Java 7 fixed a Java 6 security threat, before it had it's own issues. If you have Java 6 you're doubly exposed.

http://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2012/11/ ... 7-blocked/

Update 6 and below had been blocklisted already due to other vulnerabilities.

I listened and got rid of it.

[KDFINE]

The Malware nonsense is back at it again.

[bushop]

It's back.

Last time this happened I continued on to T&F News discussion threads dozens of times with no ill effects.

[gh]

what's back? a google warning?

[jamboy]

Yes(google chrome). I chose to ignore it but it told me to enter at my own risk.

[gh]

hmm... I'm not getting on my Mac w/ either Safari, Firefox or Chrome.

[Pego]

I got it twice in a row, closed it and after returning 1/2 hr. later, no more.

[bushop]

what's back? a google warning?

Yes... Macbook Pro in Chrome.
No longer seeing it.

[jeremyp]

Meaning??