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Forum and Website discussion / BUG
« on: January 26, 2007, 09:19:29 AM »
See  http://forums.plakias.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=993

It seems it's a annoying little bugger.

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Gossip / Help requested
« on: December 20, 2006, 03:40:23 PM »
Quote from: MR P
Quote from: boxerlover
I am hoping that someone will be able to help me.  For the last week or so everytime I connect to the Plakias forum my Norton Antivirus  tells me that it has detected a virus on my computer   . It is a trojan horse and the object name is  C:\Document...\adv497[1].htm.  My Norton always detects it and resolves it.
This ONLY happens when I connect to the Plakias forum and no other.

Can anyone advise as to how to get rid of this completly ?

Many thanks

John


The only thing i can think that might help, is to Defrag your computer, i would advise to do this while you go to bed, because when i have started defragging my computer during the day i have been wothout it for the full day, well a couple of hours at least.

Let me know if this is good advise or not

Mr P


Defrag does not fix any computer problems, It ony makes your computer run less slow.
If you do it regularly it will not take very long.

Steven.

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Gossip / Help requested
« on: December 15, 2006, 12:38:58 PM »
I found a little info on the internet, it seems it's a problem with the FORUM software.

Another Forum had the same problem.

http://www.rollingthunderforums.com/index....amp;#entry29115


"Hello All,

Well, as some of you no doubt found out recently our forums here were infected by a virus and it was setting off everybody's virus detection software left and right  

The solution was to upgrade the board software to the latest version and have our hosting company clean things up to get rid of the virus. The board should still pretty much function the same way but let me know if you run into problems, etc. Hopefully the new version will have some nice new bells and whistles once we get a chance to look around a bit. Most importantly it should be more secure in the future.

With regards to the virus we had here. Make sure that your virus software is up to date and run a complete scan of your system as soon as you can just to be on the safe side. It's probably a good idea to clear out your Temporary Internet Files as well (for you Windows guys for sure - not sure about Macs and other). If you are using IE as a browser - use the Tools menu, Internet Options and you'll see a spot where you can delete the Temporary Internet Files. The virus involved a file in Temporary Internet files (adv497[1].htm) so make sure that sucker is gone and that you are getting the current stuff (not something from a cache) when you come here.

If you are using something else and need some technical advice you might start a thread here on the forums and see if anybody else here can help out - this community is pretty good about pitching in together to help and there are a lot of guys out there who are very good on technical issues.


Russ"


"Virus Encyclopedia: Exploit:Win32/Wmfap

http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/virusenc...?virusid=301512

Name:
Exploit:Win32/Wmfap

Type:
Exploit - Generic

Threat:

Medium


What threat level means


This detection flags files that are potentially exploiting the new WMF vulnerability in Windows. Details about this vulnerability are available in the security advisory: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...ory/912840.mspx "


I would suggest to update your windows XP  and internet explorer, Also everyone on this board should do a full virus scan. ( it is a good habit to do that regularly.)

It isn't very new so all anti virus programs should now it by now.

Also I recommend you use a "pop up killer"

Good luck.   teven





















Quote from: boxerlover
I am hoping that someone will be able to help me.  For the last week or so everytime I connect to the Plakias forum my Norton Antivirus  tells me that it has detected a virus on my computer   . It is a trojan horse and the object name is  C:\Document...\adv497[1].htm.  My Norton always detects it and resolves it.
This ONLY happens when I connect to the Plakias forum and no other.

Can anyone advise as to how to get rid of this completly ?

Many thanks

John

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Plakias / Plakias wheather forecast
« on: November 24, 2006, 08:18:27 PM »

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Gossip / virus warning
« on: November 17, 2006, 02:28:49 AM »
Please don't respond to that sort of E mails.
They have been scaring the internet for years now.

Below is some information i found on the internet about hoaxes.
 

Hoaxes  Symantec Security Response uncovers hoaxes on a regular basis.

These hoaxes usually arrive in the form of an email. Please disregard the hoax emails - they contain bogus warnings usually intent only on frightening or misleading users. The best course of action is to merely delete these hoax emails. Please refer to this page whenever you receive what appears to be a bogus message regarding a new virus, or promotion that sounds too good to be true.


 
Virus Hoaxes
 
There are a lot of viruses out there. But some aren't really out there at all. Virus hoaxes are more than mere annoyances, as they may lead some users to routinely ignore all virus warning messages, leaving them vulnerable to a genuine, destructive virus.


Hoax warnings are typically scare alerts started by malicious people - and passed on by innocent users who think they are helping the community by spreading the warning.

Do not forward hoax messages. We've seen cases where e-mail systems have collapsed after dozens of users forwarded a false alert to everybody in the company. Corporate users can get rid of the hoax problem by simply setting a strict company guideline: End users must not forward virus alarms. Ever. It's not the job of an end user anyway. If such message is received, end users could forward it to the IT department but not to anyone else.

How to Recognize a Hoax
Probably the first thing  you should notice about a warning is the request to "send this to everyone you know" or some variant of that statement. This should raise a red flag that the warning is probably a hoax. No real warning message from a credible source will tell you to send this to everyone you know.

Next, look at what makes a successful hoax. There are two known factors that make a successful hoax, they are:

(1)  technical sounding language.
(2)  credibility by association.
If the warning uses the proper technical jargon, most individuals, including technologically savvy individuals, tend to believe the warning is real. For example, the Good Times hoax says that "...if the program is not stopped, the computer's processor will be placed in an nth-complexity infinite binary loop which can severely damage the processor...". The first time you read this, it sounds like it might be something real. With a little research, you find that there is no such thing as an nth-complexity infinite binary loop and that processors are designed to run loops for weeks at a time without damage.

When we say credibility by association we are referring to who sent the warning. If the janitor at a large technological organization sends a warning to someone outside of that organization, people on the outside tend to believe the warning because the company should know about those things. Even though the person sending the warning may not have a clue what he is talking about, the prestige of the company backs the warning, making it appear real. If a manager at the company sends the warning, the message is doubly backed by the company's and the manager's reputations.  

Both of these items make it very difficult to claim a warning is a hoax so you must do your homework to see if the claims are real and if the person sending out the warning is a real person and is someone who would know what they are talking about. You do need to be a little careful verifying the person as the apparent author may be a real person who has nothing to do with the hoax. If thousands of people start sending them mail asking if the message is real, that essentially constitutes an unintentional denial of service attack on that person. Check the person's web site or the person's company web site to see if the hoax has been responded to there.  Hoax messages also follow the same pattern



also have a look at this ste

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/

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Plakias / new pics
« on: August 29, 2006, 10:55:18 AM »
Quote from: harribobs
good pictures steven!  

(the ostraco was certainly rocking!   )


Actually the Ostraco was rather calm,     but she was not.

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Plakias / new pics
« on: August 28, 2006, 11:28:47 PM »

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Where to eat...or not! / Where to eat?
« on: May 27, 2005, 11:50:22 AM »
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Where is that Steven?

Susan
[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=3399\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]

The picture on the left is Lysseos, I love the taramo salat.

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Where to eat...or not! / Where to eat?
« on: May 26, 2005, 06:14:53 PM »
You 'll find me here

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Plakias / Doughnut man
« on: May 26, 2005, 06:06:08 PM »

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Plakias / Doughnut man
« on: May 26, 2005, 06:02:41 PM »
He looked like this last year.

More pictures on http://www.xs4all.nl/~steefbez/

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