Has this forum been hacked?

CageDemon · February 9th, 2014, 17:24

Since logging on to this forum today I have been getting bombarded with ads and spam almost every time I click a link or picture!

Can admins scan everything because it all looks very dodgy to me.

** Since posting this comment I viewed it seconds later and the actual word "hacked" turned into a hyperlink trying to sell me some crap to make my computer faster!!! Then checked again and its disappeared again!

Please sort this out ASAP. I'm away until the spam disappears-I have a hard enough time keeping crap like that from attacking my computer anyway.

**This is a screen dump of what the blue hyperlinks look like and you can see not only does it have a "Speed up you internet" link, it has also opened a 2nd tab inthe back ground advertising "Work from home"rubbish! :

themasterkavar · February 9th, 2014, 19:35

I had something similar happen, but I doubt it's from this website. If it's what I had, something downloaded an ad extension onto your computer. I use safari on a mac so I'm not sure how you would go about changing it on your computer, but somewhere in your browser there should be an area to see what extensions you are running (and disable them).

Snowstormbanana · February 9th, 2014, 22:20

I think i had something like this once too. As themasterkavar said, go to "tools" in google chrome and then click "extensions" i believe it is called. See if disabling those work

dendrin · February 10th, 2014, 05:07

If disabling the suspicious browser extensions doesn't work then you definitely have some malware. Download Malwarebytes, do a full scan, and remove what it recommends.

CageDemon · February 10th, 2014, 18:37

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Originally Posted by dendrin

If disabling the suspicious browser extensions doesn't work then you definitely have some malware. Download Malwarebytes, do a full scan, and remove what it recommends.

Thanks Dendrin,

That MalwareBytes programme is pretty impressive-it found 108 separate Malware programmes on my PC!

Crazy/scary but it cleaned them all up and everything seems fine now.

Cheers mate.

Chaza · February 24th, 2014, 20:15

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Originally Posted by CageDemon

Thanks Dendrin,

That MalwareBytes programme is pretty impressive-it found 108 separate Malware programmes on my PC!

Crazy/scary but it cleaned them all up and everything seems fine now.

Cheers mate.

You really should use an adblock to restrict the stuff that infects through popups. (Note: disable it on this site and partner sites though of course)

#Contribute

dp · February 25th, 2014, 18:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaza

You really should use an adblock to restrict the stuff that infects through popups. (Note: disable it on this site and partner sites though of course)

#Contribute

Aside from Taylor's banner, there are no ads on this forum, so adblock should not make any difference here.

phoneman · February 26th, 2014, 00:54

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Originally Posted by dp

Aside from Taylor's banner, there are no ads on this forum, so adblock should not make any difference here.

Just to clarify, Mistress Taylor has a banner since she hosts this entire web site. We have been able to last 5 years here and grow through her generosity.

February 9th, 2014, 17:24	#1
CageDemon VIPOS Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 718 : 0 For This Post 1,650 Total	Has this forum been hacked? Since logging on to this forum today I have been getting bombarded with ads and spam almost every time I click a link or picture! Can admins scan everything because it all looks very dodgy to me. Since posting this comment I viewed it seconds later and the actual word "hacked" turned into a hyperlink trying to sell me some crap to make my computer faster!!! Then checked again and its disappeared again! Please sort this out ASAP. I'm away until the spam disappears-I have a hard enough time keeping crap like that from attacking my computer anyway. This is a screen dump of what the blue hyperlinks look like and you can see not only does it have a "Speed up you internet" link, it has also opened a 2nd tab inthe back ground advertising "Work from home"rubbish! : Last edited by CageDemon; February 9th, 2014 at 17:34.

February 9th, 2014, 19:35	#2
themasterkavar VIP Honored Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 504 : 1 For This Post 1,114 Total	I had something similar happen, but I doubt it's from this website. If it's what I had, something downloaded an ad extension onto your computer. I use safari on a mac so I'm not sure how you would go about changing it on your computer, but somewhere in your browser there should be an area to see what extensions you are running (and disable them).

February 9th, 2014, 22:20	#3
Snowstormbanana VIP Honored Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 227 : 1 For This Post 342 Total	I think i had something like this once too. As themasterkavar said, go to "tools" in google chrome and then click "extensions" i believe it is called. See if disabling those work

February 10th, 2014, 05:07	#4
dendrin Administrator Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,007 : 1 For This Post 11,032 Total	If disabling the suspicious browser extensions doesn't work then you definitely have some malware. Download Malwarebytes, do a full scan, and remove what it recommends.