Sorry for the downtime...

**Shaggy** · 03-26-2008, 02:52 PM

FF got hacked and I had to do a backup on it, so posts that were made a few days ago are not there anymore.

I also updated the forum version. I think thats how they got in.

Sorry again, at least we are up

Bryan

amypicot · 03-26-2008, 03:01 PM

i am pleased you are up and running again, i was trying like mad to get on

it4lian · 03-26-2008, 03:43 PM

O that sucks =(. Lol I was trying to find a post I made on dwarf cories and I was goin mad cause I knew I made it but couldn't find it.

flamingo · 03-26-2008, 04:57 PM

I thought the picture of romeo and juliet was pretty snazzy.

karazy · 03-26-2008, 05:32 PM

it scared me!

Knight~Ryder · 03-26-2008, 06:25 PM

People will hack anything these days, even fish forums.... my goodness.

**Shaggy** · 03-26-2008, 06:36 PM

Just becarefull. The site was hacked but it was also downloaded a trojan on to your computers. Make sure you are not infected.

Obsidian · 03-26-2008, 07:00 PM

I was gonna say, I don't think I want chat back so bad that you have to kill the site trying to repair it :P

Any idea if the trojan was in any specific place? Or basically if here at all then it was being downloaded?

Obsidian · 03-26-2008, 07:02 PM

I was gonna say, I don't think I want chat back so bad that you have to kill the site trying to repair it :P

Any idea if the trojan was in any specific place? Or basically if here at all then it was being downloaded?

Okay I just got an error message... very weird. It says: "This forum requires that you wait 30 seconds between posts, Please try again in 29 seconds."

I know it took me more than 30 seconds from responding to a PM and responding here. I just don't type THAT fast!

NICE.. then it puts it up as a double post!!!!!!!

Obsidian · 03-26-2008, 07:06 PM

Shaggy I think something weird is still going on.
First it would not let me post my above post saying I had posted too soon (within 30 seconds) and to try again in 29 seconds.

Then I added that information to the above post and when I posted it there was a double post.

Then when I edited that post to say that it had then made a double post, it got rid of the second post all together when I asked it to save.

I am in Fish Forums Twilight Zone! (I can't wait to see what happens to this post).

emc7 · 03-26-2008, 08:26 PM

My antivirus caught a script. Its one of these.
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/defau...id=108&langid=

**Scuba Kid** · 03-26-2008, 08:30 PM

Did something happen to the layout of the site? Everything is centered and lined up weirdly.

**Shaggy** · 03-26-2008, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scuba Kid

Did something happen to the layout of the site? Everything is centered and lined up weirdly.

Yea the skin is not working well with the new vb upgrade. I will be getting a new skin soon

**Osiris** · 03-26-2008, 08:51 PM

Hmm, how do i run virus scan on my cell phone? lol i have full web browser on my cell, and went on here, wonder if cell phones can get viruses.

Buggy · 03-26-2008, 09:39 PM

Oh my! I just had to completely restore my computer today! It crashed yesterday and I thought it was the Norton I installed on it. Maybe it was something I got here instead?

shade2dope · 03-26-2008, 09:42 PM

I had too restore too.

emc7 · 03-26-2008, 09:52 PM

It looks like the hijacked site runs a vb script to put a trojan on your hard drive. Get your anti-virus software up-to-date, scan and enable firewall defenses too. If the hacker got our e-mails and IP addresses, any of us could be the next target.

karazy · 03-26-2008, 10:00 PM

:O

this hacker is a big dink!(ofr lack of better words)

Buggy · 03-26-2008, 10:18 PM

I just got a good tip from a buddy of mine that is a computer whiz....

"when you are not on it for a long period of time disconnect the wire. because if you don't, the hacker needs an achor to work from and if your system is on it can be used as an anchor."

"Can they hack me if I'm active on the computer? or do they have to wait til there is no internet activity?"

"yes unfortunately they can while you are on. But most hackers will realize when they do that your system starts acting funny (like it did before all this happen, but not neccessrily been hacked)"

I hope this info helps.

trashion · 03-26-2008, 10:41 PM

Boy, am I glad I've got a Mac! Sorry you guys who were affected.

03-26-2008, 02:52 PM	#1
Shaggy Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Behind the Wheel of FishForums.com Age: 32 Posts: 1,051	Sorry for the downtime... FF got hacked and I had to do a backup on it, so posts that were made a few days ago are not there anymore. I also updated the forum version. I think thats how they got in. Sorry again, at least we are up Bryan __________________ ClassicRockForums -- Talk about anything Classic Rock! FFNET.net -- A Final Fantasy Forum.

03-26-2008, 03:43 PM	#3
it4lian Soccer God =P Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dallas, Texas Age: 16 Posts: 106	O that sucks =(. Lol I was trying to find a post I made on dwarf cories and I was goin mad cause I knew I made it but couldn't find it. __________________ 12 Gallon Fake Plants 1 Male CT Betta 6 Zebra Danios

03-26-2008, 05:32 PM	#5
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03-26-2008, 06:25 PM	#6
Knight~Ryder Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Age: 26 Posts: 192	People will hack anything these days, even fish forums.... my goodness. __________________ -Activated my first freshwater tank Nov 25/07 -Emperor 280 biowheel filter -Visi-Therm 100 Watt Heater -Whisper 60 Air Pump (Tetra) 38G/144.4L {Size 36 x 13 x 20} 9 Cherry Barbs (6 Female, 3 Male) 6 Cardinal Tetra 5 Rummy Nose Tetra 3 Black Skirt Tetra 2 Head and Tail Tetra 2 Otocinclus Affinis suckermouth

03-26-2008, 06:36 PM	#7
Shaggy Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Behind the Wheel of FishForums.com Age: 32 Posts: 1,051	Just becarefull. The site was hacked but it was also downloaded a trojan on to your computers. Make sure you are not infected. __________________ ClassicRockForums -- Talk about anything Classic Rock! FFNET.net -- A Final Fantasy Forum.

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03-26-2008, 03:01 PM	#2
amypicot Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 24 Posts: 78	i am pleased you are up and running again, i was trying like mad to get on

03-26-2008, 04:57 PM	#4
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,897	I thought the picture of romeo and juliet was pretty snazzy.

03-26-2008, 07:00 PM	#8
Obsidian Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Arizona Age: 37 Posts: 999	I was gonna say, I don't think I want chat back so bad that you have to kill the site trying to repair it :P Any idea if the trojan was in any specific place? Or basically if here at all then it was being downloaded? __________________ Obsidian 20 gallon 1 Dwarf Gourami; 6 Cherry Barbs 4F 2M; 8 Black Neon Tetras; 3 Peppered Cory's; 1 Bristlenose Pleco 10 gallon 5 Zebra Danios 5.5 gallon Betta 100 gallon 8 giant danios; 4 Rosy Barbs, 2 German Blue Rams, 5 Julie Cory cats, 2 Burmese Loaches

03-26-2008, 07:02 PM	#9
Obsidian Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Arizona Age: 37 Posts: 999	I was gonna say, I don't think I want chat back so bad that you have to kill the site trying to repair it :P Any idea if the trojan was in any specific place? Or basically if here at all then it was being downloaded? Okay I just got an error message... very weird. It says: "This forum requires that you wait 30 seconds between posts, Please try again in 29 seconds." I know it took me more than 30 seconds from responding to a PM and responding here. I just don't type THAT fast! NICE.. then it puts it up as a double post!!!!!!! __________________ Obsidian 20 gallon 1 Dwarf Gourami; 6 Cherry Barbs 4F 2M; 8 Black Neon Tetras; 3 Peppered Cory's; 1 Bristlenose Pleco 10 gallon 5 Zebra Danios 5.5 gallon Betta 100 gallon 8 giant danios; 4 Rosy Barbs, 2 German Blue Rams, 5 Julie Cory cats, 2 Burmese Loaches

03-26-2008, 07:06 PM	#10
Obsidian Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Arizona Age: 37 Posts: 999	Shaggy I think something weird is still going on. First it would not let me post my above post saying I had posted too soon (within 30 seconds) and to try again in 29 seconds. Then I added that information to the above post and when I posted it there was a double post. Then when I edited that post to say that it had then made a double post, it got rid of the second post all together when I asked it to save. I am in Fish Forums Twilight Zone! (I can't wait to see what happens to this post). __________________ Obsidian 20 gallon 1 Dwarf Gourami; 6 Cherry Barbs 4F 2M; 8 Black Neon Tetras; 3 Peppered Cory's; 1 Bristlenose Pleco 10 gallon 5 Zebra Danios 5.5 gallon Betta 100 gallon 8 giant danios; 4 Rosy Barbs, 2 German Blue Rams, 5 Julie Cory cats, 2 Burmese Loaches

03-26-2008, 08:26 PM	#11
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 2,902	My antivirus caught a script. Its one of these. http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/defau...id=108&langid=

03-26-2008, 08:30 PM	#12
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 4,163	Did something happen to the layout of the site? Everything is centered and lined up weirdly. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

03-26-2008, 08:51 PM	#14
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,693	Hmm, how do i run virus scan on my cell phone? lol i have full web browser on my cell, and went on here, wonder if cell phones can get viruses. __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

03-26-2008, 09:39 PM	#15
Buggy Room Mother Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Oklahoma Age: 42 Posts: 700	Oh my! I just had to completely restore my computer today! It crashed yesterday and I thought it was the Norton I installed on it. Maybe it was something I got here instead? __________________ Fish are people too! My animal family Dixie - Boxer/Lab Peanut -Chihuahua Cali - American Short-hair Cat B.B. - Parakeet Flower - Western Ornate Box Turtle Newly Aquired Cosmo - Rescue kitten Loki - White Ferret Odin - Brown Ferret Aquariums 55 gal tropical Fresh Water -14 various fish 29 gal tropical Fresh Water - 4 various cichlids 20 gal tropical Fresh Water - 5 skirt tetras, 8 zebra danios, 2 cherry barbs, 1 glass catfish, 1 rosey minnow, 1 corydora, 1 ghost shrimp.

03-26-2008, 09:42 PM	#16
shade2dope Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 19 Posts: 371	I had too restore too. __________________ 3 Aulonocara Sp Maleri 2 female Two eletric blu ali 1 male 1 female,Clown Pleco,abn,Yellow Lab Two Haplochromis ruby green and some juvies, two flame backs one female, compressicep,Fancy Guppies Goby Dragon,Jack Demsey,Altolamprologus calvus (Chaitika)

03-26-2008, 09:52 PM	#17
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 2,902	It looks like the hijacked site runs a vb script to put a trojan on your hard drive. Get your anti-virus software up-to-date, scan and enable firewall defenses too. If the hacker got our e-mails and IP addresses, any of us could be the next target.

03-26-2008, 10:00 PM	#18
karazy bammin like salmon Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 563	:O this hacker is a big dink!(ofr lack of better words) __________________

03-26-2008, 10:18 PM	#19
Buggy Room Mother Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Oklahoma Age: 42 Posts: 700	I just got a good tip from a buddy of mine that is a computer whiz.... "when you are not on it for a long period of time disconnect the wire. because if you don't, the hacker needs an achor to work from and if your system is on it can be used as an anchor." "Can they hack me if I'm active on the computer? or do they have to wait til there is no internet activity?" "yes unfortunately they can while you are on. But most hackers will realize when they do that your system starts acting funny (like it did before all this happen, but not neccessrily been hacked)" I hope this info helps. __________________ Fish are people too! My animal family Dixie - Boxer/Lab Peanut -Chihuahua Cali - American Short-hair Cat B.B. - Parakeet Flower - Western Ornate Box Turtle Newly Aquired Cosmo - Rescue kitten Loki - White Ferret Odin - Brown Ferret Aquariums 55 gal tropical Fresh Water -14 various fish 29 gal tropical Fresh Water - 4 various cichlids 20 gal tropical Fresh Water - 5 skirt tetras, 8 zebra danios, 2 cherry barbs, 1 glass catfish, 1 rosey minnow, 1 corydora, 1 ghost shrimp.

03-26-2008, 10:41 PM	#20
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,163	Boy, am I glad I've got a Mac! Sorry you guys who were affected. __________________ current setup: 5.5 gallon low-light planted tank -1 dwarf puffer named Beep. for reference: my name is Julie

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