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03franny
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Joined: 23 Jul 2008
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Location: Wisconsin, USA
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 Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:56 pm Post subject: Hijacker attack on this site |
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| When trying to post an inquiry this morning I suddenly got an alert from my virus protection of a hijacker attack attempt. I was signed into waytorussia and am just returning after doing complete scan of computer. Is anyone aware of this problem? |
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Ender
WayToRussified
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Posts: 302
Location: Ural mountains
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:23 am Post subject: Re: Hijacker attack on this site |
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| 03franny wrote: | | When trying to post an inquiry this morning I suddenly got an alert from my virus protection of a hijacker attack attempt. I was signed into waytorussia and am just returning after doing complete scan of computer. Is anyone aware of this problem? |
I use Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 and it looks like there is no problem. |
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03franny
Just Starting
Joined: 23 Jul 2008
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Location: Wisconsin, USA
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:29 am Post subject: re:hijacker attack |
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| Thanks for your response. I use Norton virus protection which worked this time but was surprised and wondered how often this occurs and will occur in using this site. |
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Ender
WayToRussified
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Posts: 302
Location: Ural mountains
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:34 am Post subject: Re: re:hijacker attack |
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| 03franny wrote: | | wondered how often this occurs and will occur in using this site. |
With KIS it never happened. |
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mister_wizzz
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Joined: 27 May 2004
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It never happened to me.
Attacks can occur if you visit such site like astalavista or warez but Waytorussia... |
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jo jo 7
Lounge Wizard
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
Posts: 3200
Location: Louisville,Kentucky
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 2:02 pm Post subject: Re: re:hijacker attack |
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| 03franny wrote: | | Thanks for your response. I use Norton virus protection which worked this time but was surprised and wondered how often this occurs and will occur in using this site. |
I have to reply to this one. I am a Network Engineer and this forum has been hacked several times in the past year or so, WTR usually takes care of it immediately when this happens, no need to worry. I have traced hackers all the way back to their house and IP address. My firewall can trace a hacker anywhere. Remember this is a Russian website so too expect anything less of this sort of thing would be naive. Hackers are getting more advanced so when a websites firewall gets out of date then that is when things like this occur, but it usually gets updated immediately. These hackers are mostly idiots who are trying to find personal information or a IP address, but if you have a good firewall or antivirus program it has privacy protection already with it. You can turn it off or on. Make sure it is on. |
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Paul Holmes
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Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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| They had a veru serious hacker about 3 years ago . |
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Ender
WayToRussified
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Posts: 302
Location: Ural mountains
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:35 am Post subject: Re: re:hijacker attack |
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| jo jo 7 wrote: | | I have to reply to this one. I am a Network Engineer... |
Wow. Colleague! I'm a programmer. |
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gomer
WayToRussified
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Ender
WayToRussified
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Posts: 302
Location: Ural mountains
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:44 am Post subject: Re: re:hijacker attack |
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There are pleny histories when hackers from Russia/Ukraine/China/USA/GB/Germany/insert your country name... (maybe except from Zimbabwe  ) hacked someone. This history just one of many. Just use antivirus programs. This happens not because they are so smart and dangerous, this happens because they use weak points of a system. There are pleny of weak points. My expirience shows that 99% of all cases infection/hack/information theft were possible either because of complete absence of anti-virus protection or because of negligence of technical staff or because of carelessness management staff which knows that security measures are weak but doesn't want to do anything about it.
Moreover even after major hack with lost data and money some of them doesn't change their politic about security. Eventually they will be hacked again.
Coreflood backdoor known from 2003 by major antivirus providers. This particular guy just has woken up.
Here is another case of international group: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9111670&pageNumber=1 |
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