Patrick Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Hello,As you may have noticed, KarateForums.com was down for nearly 2 days. The server that we are on was breached with someone redirecting traffic to a site where you would get infected with a virus. So, if you visited and you were forwarded/got a popup window and you were not protected, you now have a virus. For this, you have my apologies. I got the virus myself. It is easy enough to clean up. If you have a virus scanner, just update the definitions and run it. If you don't, I recommend the AVG Free Edition as that is what I use. Download it, update the definitions and run it. You should be good.We should be back up now (besides a few minutes possibly). Welcome back. Thank you for your patience. Patrick O'Keefe - KarateForums.com AdministratorHave a suggestion or a bit of feedback relating to KarateForums.com? Please contact me!KarateForums.com Articles - KarateForums.com Awards - Member of the Month - User Guidelines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertigo Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Phew! I thought it was just my computer acting up! Good to see we're back up and running, Patrick. "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." - T. S. Eliot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Mike Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 so that is where taht came from...man, that was an exercise in patience...stupid viri. When a man's fortunate time comes, he meets a good friend;When a man has lost his luck, he meets a beautiful woman.-anonymous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiji fajin Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Virus? What's a virus? God I love Apple computers. Fetch Daddy's blue fright wig! I must be handsome when I unleash my rage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenadier Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 It was a trojan that also hid in your Java folders. Easy to remove, since the trojan.downloader virus, and its partners, were easily detected and the files can be safely deleted. The virus itself was a rather old one, and should be easily detected using any of the more modern virus detectors with updated definitions. Thanks for taking care of this, Patrick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian_guy Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Ah, ok nice to have everyone back.I was protected so I receved a virus notice and the popup was blocked. I will run a virus scan anyway.Btw I noticed that something was lost. I have recently made a chance in my profile and I had to re-insert it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kicks Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 For those who tried to access KF from work...You're in trouble now!!! when you create the world's largest trailer park, you're going to have tornadoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanton Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 not if you work for an institution with full AV filtering at proxy level, woohah! https://www.bwku.co.uk British Wado-Ryu Karate Unionyakusha.homeofmuppets.co.ukEnglish/Japanese Karate Technique Translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karatekid1975 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 I love my virus scanner. We just recently bought a new one (because we did have a virus that AVG couldn't get rid of). It catches just about everything. I checked the reports (it scans every night) and I didn't see anything, so I guess it caught it or I didn't get the virus Oh, I wouldn't know if I get pop-ups, because we also got a new blocker Laurie F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted April 15, 2005 Author Share Posted April 15, 2005 Yes, it is possible that there are few posts and others changes that were made right before it started, during, etc. that may be lost.Thanks. Patrick O'Keefe - KarateForums.com AdministratorHave a suggestion or a bit of feedback relating to KarateForums.com? Please contact me!KarateForums.com Articles - KarateForums.com Awards - Member of the Month - User Guidelines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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