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thanks guys!

 

I came to the URL and my AV s/w popped up a warning saying that this address was trying to d/l that same virus to my system. I was hesitant to come back.

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Betty Vintage

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I was going to send it to FPN's spoof e-mail address. Thanks for posting it out.

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I use Yahoo for general e-mail use.

Very suprised they allow executables to get through.

Who's going to own up to opening it then?

On my computer an executable (.exe) didn't come through the email. An Internet link to download the executable is what came through. If anyone clicked the link then they may have confirmed to whoever owns the traffall.biz domain that their email address is valid, and spam is probably on the way. I hope no one executed the file.

 

After a little Internet research I found this information.

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Thanks FPN for catching it fast.It decided to show up while my wife was surfing and she didn't know any better.So far though,no problems.I have scanned and found nothing.Whew!!!

 

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I recieved an e-mail as well

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I am kind of disappointed this happened. Perhaps user account information should have been encrypted, kept on a seperate computer, or just generally better protected with virus protection and firewalls. Now my email account has been compromised. Do you know what virus caused this?

 

On the other hand, this site provides lots of value at no cost, so I shouldn't complain.

 

Lesson learned.

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Stylo Antique

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Thanks for the quick fix, especially from those who need the FPN fix often :lol:

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Earlier I was going to email the admins and tell them of the spurious email I received (Mac also), but when I went to FPN, it was already down for repair. Good Job, quick work, up again quickly. Good Job!!

 

Jack

What Jack said. Thanks for your fast action. I really missed you when you were down.

 

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yes, thanks for the fix. When I came home it was already fixed... :blink:

 

PS: i hope no one's computers were harmed :blink:

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thanks guys!

 

I came to the URL and my AV s/w popped up a warning saying that this address was trying to d/l that same virus to my system. .

This was my experience as well. Norton Anti-Virus jumped in and deleted 2 files that downloaded from the web...not via email.

 

Thank you to the Admin Team for their vigilance.

 

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Great job Admin!

 

BTW, I got the email too - looked funny, so I deleted it :D :D :D :D :bunny1: :bunny1: :bunny1: :bunny1: :bunny1: :bunny1:

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I also had the same thing happen to me as KCat. as soon as I opened the site, it tried to DL those two files, which were promptly detected by my AV... Then I got the email. click on an .exe file? I don't think so :)

 

Thanks admin team for taking care of things so quickly... I needed my fix :D

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I got mine in the mail today and I almost opened it, but my sixth sense told me not to, so it was deleted. Hopefully, this problem will be taken care of shortly.

 

Everyone should update their anti-virus software and make sure its always on. I got a nasty virus last year that totally wiped out the contents on my hard drive. Thankfully, I was able to track down who sent it to me and they were able to get the problem corrected.

 

A BIG thank you to the FPN Admins!

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Sincerely yours,

 

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Thanks to the admins for sorting out the problems so quickly. I got an e-mail this morning after the site was back up, so maybe we need to be aware that it could still be e-mailing out.

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Did anyone get the popup with the attempt to serve up a (presumably) dodgy .wmf file beforehand? This was my first indication that something was up with FPN. Firefox was busy trying to communicate with that .biz site so I just closed it down, thinking something was very wrong and I was right. Left it alone after that. Avoidance is the best virus protection of all, IMO.

 

Well done to the Admin team in getting the forum back up as quickly as they did.

 

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