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Bug Reports and Questions => Forums Bugs Reports and Questions => Topic started by: Tom on May 05, 2003, 01:21:25

Title: Seems someone is messing with the forum
Post by: Tom on May 05, 2003, 01:21:25
Nothing unusual here. My firewall has been relatively quiet and this is with having cable internet. Only 15 intrusion attempts since the last reboot, and the last one was a couple days ago.
Title: Seems someone is messing with the forum
Post by: kakkarot on May 05, 2003, 14:40:21
mustard seed, it sounds like your computer has been taken over by someone else who is using some sort of trojan program.

i suggest you get good antivirus software and run it. next, turn off your internet connection whenever you aren't using it, even if that means unplugging a cable modem. thirdly, go talk to a professional.

~kakkarot
Title: Seems someone is messing with the forum
Post by: Adrian on May 06, 2003, 15:02:48
Greetings Mustardseed,

quote:
Originally posted by Mustardseed

I was typing a message and someone actually interjected a comment in my message. They was obviously reading what I was typing and commenting as I was writing. How is that possible? I have also had about 150 hits on my firewall since I signed on is that experienced by all?



That has to be happening at your end.

When you are entering a new message to the Astral Pulse from your browser, the browser page is at that time local to you - i.e. held in your browser window on your PC. It is not until you hit "Post New Reply" that your browser transmits the message to the server, where it is then stored in the database and displayed for all to read.

I would strongly suggest that you obtain a virus scanner and scan your PC for virii and trojans.

I would recommend "Sysclean" from Trend Micro - one of the leading virus scanning companies. Sysclean is absolutely free and uses the same virus technology and definition files as their commercial products:

http://www.trendmicro.com/download/tsc.asp

You will also need the latest virus definition file:

http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp

With best regards,

Adrian.
Title: Seems someone is messing with the forum
Post by: Mustardseed on May 04, 2003, 22:54:16
I was typing a message and someone actually interjected a comment in my message. They was obviously reading what I was typing and commenting as I was writing. How is that possible? I have also had about 150 hits on my firewall since I signed on is that experienced by all?