wombat50 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Rocky, I didn't think pressing the "Like This" button appropriate for your last post. Feel for ya. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTC02 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Over the past couple of weeks the amount of spammers here on the main forums has increased dramatically, before we were getting around 2 or 3 a month but now it's anything up to 10 per day. While Rocky is busy finding a solution to the problem posted here I'm battling to keep the spammers from our door. I hate these ing spammers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeealex Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 wow... so whatever this malware is, it's contributing to a mass influx of spam bots? if you need an extra hand on deck, I could help with that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Okay I have been at it for ages cleaning out old files and following instructions to try and resolve this. I did a test myself, and there was no re-direct. Can someone else try and replicate? Fingers crossed the issue is gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat50 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I googled ghostrecon.net and clicked on several links and none were re-directed for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeealex Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 so far so good immediately directed to the threads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 WOOOHOOOOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTC02 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Nice one Rocky, let's hope it's fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeealex Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 aaand it's back again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Okay, I managed to replicate and record what happens with fraps! This confirmed two things 1. Before the browser is redirected to the adult friend finder, these forums are loaded. This tells me that the re-direct is IN the forums, and NOT a server hack. 2. When I tried with the default skin, no redirect, when I applied the "deviant" skin, I got the redirect. Need to test further to confirm this one. If anyone else can confirm it is only the blue deviant skin that is affected, we will be almost home and dry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeealex Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 i'll check now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 The original website I got this forum skin from is shut down, but with some sleuthing, I found they have anew website, and there is a new version of this skin, so I will upload it, check it out, and if it works properly, we will move to it and see if that stops the re-direct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeealex Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) well, the default skin SEEMS to work, touch wood. it could well be the theme, a shut down of a websit would cause possible redirects. Edited March 25, 2015 by Zeealex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApexMods Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Ran into the Google redirect of GR.net myself, a couple of times, and thought it was a problem on my end. Here's hoping this gets sorted out, soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Theme updated to new version. Hopefully that will have removed any infection. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeealex Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 Rockyyy, it's back again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Thanks zee, I'll take a fresh look at this issue. I just solved another prevailing hack issue, so I am up for this challenge once again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 So yes you are right, this forum skin was infected again. I am going to have to upgrade the forums to the next version. A job for the weekend... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twcrash Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) See if Privacy Badger can help you guys. you can blacklist sites you get redirected to and it should fix that issue from what I hear. Take a look at it at least and see if it helps. Stopped me getting ads from one site I visited appearing on other sites. https://www.eff.org/privacybadger Edited October 16, 2015 by twcrash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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