There is a thread in CI for this. It is an ad that has been flagged for malware, not the site itself. You should be okay browsing the site freely but we highly suggest you turn on an ad blocker.
So expired, if we use adblock, we have a greater safety in regards to this I assume from your statement?
Yes, but in this case it appears ads have already been killed sitewide as an emergency countermeasure.
The danger of malware was from a bad ad. While you should still get the warning until we get an official clean bill of health, the emergency removal of ads sitewide should make it safe to browse the site while we address the specific malicious ad provider by our ad host.
To be clear: when not in such dire circumstances, I encourage you to not use adblockers on MTGS. We cover our server costs by ad revenue and every little bit helps. This specific situation necessitated drastic measures.
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Is there any truth to the claim that a currently banned member of this forum contacted you and warned you of a possible third-party attack against the site, and has Hannes responded to your informaton, if so?
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Is there any truth to the claim that a currently banned member of this forum contacted you and warned you of a possible third-party attack against the site, and has Hannes responded to your informaton, if so?
Yes, and she is here right now! I relayed that information to Hannes as soon as I was told. What he has done, did, or will do with that information is unknown to me.
Yes, and she is here right now! I relayed that information to Hannes as soon as I was told. What he has done, did, or will do with that information is unknown to me.
Why?
I am just ensuring that all possible information has been passed on. It was a "trust, but verify" kind of thing with another person.
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I am just ensuring that all possible information has been passed on. It was a "trust, but verify" kind of thing with another person.
I will be the first to admit my own shortcomings when it comes to the tech side of things. When I get anything that so much as smells like a problem I report it to the appropriate people. Unfortunately, Hannes is not around that often and I feel like:
Okay... let's keep the spam down. If you have helpful information post, but if what you have to say is already here please refrain. If and when Hannes goes through this I would like the information be as concise as possible. Thanks!
Considering it has to do with the advertisements and not the site itself, there is very little that could be done in order to prevent Chrome et al. from flagging the forums as a distributor of malware. When a crawler goes through a site, it doesn't check to see if it's the advertisements that cause the issue or the site itself. If something malicious happens, it flags the original URL of the site as the distributor for a few hours, even if the site itself is legitimate.
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I'm on Safari (which uses the Google blacklist) and received lots of reports earlier today. As of 1:46PM central I'm no longer receiving warnings when I visit the MTGS forums.
Had this issue happening from 8:34 AM EST to just now, I was safely able to get back on here, every other time I had attempted to get on the forums, it was giving the Malware warning, thank goodness the problem's resolved for now.
I just googled Modern Destructive Force to get some ideas, and google is saying Malware has been inserted onto the Salvation Forums, is anyone else getting this?
It says the Malware is from milenkoastrom,org
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The danger of malware was from a bad ad. While you should still get the warning until we get an official clean bill of health, the emergency removal of ads sitewide should make it safe to browse the site while we address the specific malicious ad provider by our ad host.
To be clear: when not in such dire circumstances, I encourage you to not use adblockers on MTGS. We cover our server costs by ad revenue and every little bit helps. This specific situation necessitated drastic measures.
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Is there any truth to the claim that a currently banned member of this forum contacted you and warned you of a possible third-party attack against the site, and has Hannes responded to your informaton, if so?
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Yes, and she is here right now! I relayed that information to Hannes as soon as I was told. What he has done, did, or will do with that information is unknown to me.
Why?
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I am just ensuring that all possible information has been passed on. It was a "trust, but verify" kind of thing with another person.
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I will be the first to admit my own shortcomings when it comes to the tech side of things. When I get anything that so much as smells like a problem I report it to the appropriate people. Unfortunately, Hannes is not around that often and I feel like:
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
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Considering it has to do with the advertisements and not the site itself, there is very little that could be done in order to prevent Chrome et al. from flagging the forums as a distributor of malware. When a crawler goes through a site, it doesn't check to see if it's the advertisements that cause the issue or the site itself. If something malicious happens, it flags the original URL of the site as the distributor for a few hours, even if the site itself is legitimate.
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How is it possible that Malware is left unchecked for 4 whole months?
If the owner doesn't care to cater about this site anymore, why doesn't he delegate the task on someone who is actually around?
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Clearly no one but Hannes will be able to answer that one for you.
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Why has the techs forsaken us? 4 whole months? Will the Curse takeover hopefulyy stop this? is our information safe? We need answers!
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I just googled Modern Destructive Force to get some ideas, and google is saying Malware has been inserted onto the Salvation Forums, is anyone else getting this?
It says the Malware is from milenkoastrom,org
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