Anybody getting virus warnings today?

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Bingowings' avatar
RE: Anybody getting virus warnings today?

Nothing here.

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Bingowings' avatar
RE: Anybody getting virus warnings today?

It's a bit late for me.

I tend to go in through the front door and must have done so about ten or eleven times today already.

Last edited on June 3, 2013 at 10:18 PM by Bingowings

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RE: Anybody getting virus warnings today?

Someone should point Jay over here. I don't even know if he reads the forum aside from the occasional bug report.

TV's Frink's avatar
RE: Anybody getting virus warnings today?

I had a sore throat on Friday.

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RE: Anybody getting virus warnings today?

Not getting enough sleep, Frink?

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TV's Frink's avatar
RE: Anybody getting virus warnings today?

Not even close to enough. :(

Jay's avatar
RE: Anybody getting virus warnings today?

Since AVG's site doesn't seem to define what the threat actually is, it's hard to tell if it's a problem or not. Is it a virus, or is it just a warning against blackhat SEO techniques (which I don't knowingly use and aren't a real threat of any kind regardless)?

I honestly don't think there's anything to worry about, but that's easy for me to say as a Mac user ;)

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RE: Anybody getting virus warnings today?

Jay said:

Since AVG's site doesn't seem to define what the threat actually is, it's hard to tell if it's a problem or not. Is it a virus, or is it just a warning against blackhat SEO techniques (which I don't knowingly use and aren't a real threat of any kind regardless)?

It's a warning that someone else is using blackhat SEO techniques by, presumably, exploiting a vulnerability on ot.com's server to inject those backlinks. Although I don't know what they expect to gain from it as I'm pretty sure Google's algorithms are clever enough to ignore non-displaying links.

I honestly don't think there's anything to worry about, but that's easy for me to say as a Mac user ;)

I also don't think it's anything for end users to worry about, but you should contact your hoster about it.

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TV's Frink's avatar
RE: Anybody getting virus warnings today?

Three of the staff in the same (visible to everyone) thread?  How has the forum not collapsed in on itself?

NeverarGreat's avatar
RE: Anybody getting virus warnings today?

I've been getting those warnings for three days now. AVG just blocks them, and I figure it is being resolved somewhere.

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RE: Anybody getting virus warnings today?

Moth3r said:

It's a warning that someone else is using blackhat SEO techniques by, presumably, exploiting a vulnerability on ot.com's server to inject those backlinks. Although I don't know what they expect to gain from it as I'm pretty sure Google's algorithms are clever enough to ignore non-displaying links.

I removed the links, didn't know they were there. I'll also inform the host of the exploit.

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RE: Anybody getting virus warnings today?

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RE: Anybody getting virus warnings today?

Anybody want a peanut?

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RE: THE QUESTION THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't you have more posts to count?

Last edited on June 13, 2013 at 2:54 AM by TV's Frink
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RE: Anybody getting virus warnings today?

I've been promoted to counting peanuts.

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SilverWook said:

Looks like it's kosher again. AVG is keeping quiet.

This website is clean!

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