anyone know what's wrong with the usa forum?

[dc2k08]

if you search for e-cig forum and click on the link for the usa forum you get a fake "your computer has a virus" alert and directed to a page that pretends to scan computer.

does anyone who uses the usa forum know what's up with that ? The last date something was posted over there was nov 11.

speaking of forums, if we didnt have enough already, there is a new one now at hxxp://ecigforum.net

from their title, color scheme and njoy section, it looks to be assoc with ooh know who.

 

[shawnp1]

i would say that it is associated with the u know who's. but that is just my edumacated guess lol

 

[MagusSteele]

I can get to the front page and the forum, but if i hit a section link, i go to one of those generic pages you see as a place holder, when the site is not there.

I got a fake scanner the other day, but not sure if it was from there or not.
IF i made a guess, id say the server lost half the files, and no one has been to it to fix it yet.

 

[CaSHMeRe]

I unleashed the Ebola Virus on them ... simply for trying to compete with THEE ECF FORUM !!!! ... hehe

 

[Bertrand]

Loads of forums seem to get hacked. Not sure why. Probably they don't install the security updates because they have so heavily modded them it's a pita to upgrade.

 

[dc2k08]

cash you dastardly fiend !
seriously though, anyone ever in contact with one of the mods and can shoot them a mail to see if they haven't all been nicotine poisoned ?

Loads of forums seem to get hacked. Not sure why. Probably they don't install the security updates because they have so heavily modded them it's a pita to upgrade.

wonder if there is a connection to ooh know hoo's latest foray in marketing.

ps, cash batten down the hatches can you ? there's a lot of gold on this ere forum.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Whatever has happened it tries to infect your PC with the AntiVirus2009 malware, so take care. Probably been hacked. I saw this happen to another site recently.

 

[Frankie]

I am also not completely sure which of the opened windows caused it, but I was browsing e-cig links only yesterday and got three of these Avira events:

Virus or unwanted program 'JS/Agent.1366 [virus]'
detected in file 'C:\Documents and Settings\Frankie\Local Settings\Temp\opera\cache\opr059SM.
Action performed: Delete file

Might be from there. I was looking at that empty forum, too. I thought they were just starting and that was why no messages were there yet.

 

[Mr.Darcy]

one of the main european forums has also been infected and shut down...

 

[dc2k08]

which one darcy ?

 

[dc2k08]

Whatever has happened it tries to infect your PC with the AntiVirus2009 malware, so take care. Probably been hacked. I saw this happen to another site recently.

yeah it got something on mine, but im not sure if its all good. there's a file in my virus vault that was put in my temp files called "virus found fakealert" content.ie5\jhr40kr8\freescan[1].htm

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Hopefully your anti virus got it. Malwarebytes Anti Malware (MBAM) is pretty good for removing trojans and things like that if you want to be sure, and its free.

I use Firefox with the Noscript plugin which stops any malicious pages like that in their tracks, by blocking Javascript routines. But it can be a pain as you have to manually whitelist the sites you want to allow to run scripts.

 

[Mr.Darcy]

which one darcy ?

freE-smokers...i suppose thats why Yo hans been spending more time on this forum...

 

[dc2k08]

Hopefully your anti virus got it. Malwarebytes Anti Malware (MBAM) is pretty good for removing trojans and things like that if you want to be sure, and its free.

I use Firefox with the Noscript plugin which stops any malicious pages like that in their tracks, by blocking Javascript routines. But it can be a pain as you have to manually whitelist the sites you want to allow to run scripts.

i use avg and that got it i think. it put it in its vault anyway. i usually browse with no script but recently i've been using chrome for its speed and use Fx more as an application for work. I have so many add-ons, it runs slugish. the last up-date was poxy too. hope chrome allows no script soon enough. its the only way to browse safely it seems.

freE-smokers...i suppose thats why Yo hans been spending more time on this forum...

i wonder if yo han can give us the low down ?
2 e-cig forums in the same month..co-incidence or conspiracy ? scooby doo, where are you ?

 

[dc2k08]

Your right darcy, the site now directs to a page that gives a little info as to what happened but not much.
here it is.

 

[taz3cat]

When I try to access the link I have book marked I get one of these screens thet you get when a site is our of order.

The day before it went down a very aggressive supplier had their threads( not in suppliers threads) deleted and may have been banned. they could not post without advertizing his/her product, how wonderful it's and how bad others were.

Think they got hacked.

 

[taz3cat]

I was talking about the USA forum.

 

[leaford]

I really don;t think it was that, Taz.

 

[taz3cat]

Leaford, hope you are right. Somthing bad happend that is for sure.

Kingsmoke I believe would have told everyone if it was going to be shut down for other reasons.

 

[leaford]

I'm not ruling out the idea of hackers, I just don't think it was that banned supplier. She was rude, not malicious.