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Meddle Administrator Joined: 5/10/03 Posts: 690	4/15/07 6:43:14 PM#1 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Early this morning MMORPG.com visitors were exposed to a virus through our web pages. We shut down our web site and proceeded to secure our services against this new threat. We are now confident that we have isolated and halted the malicious code and have once again turned our site back online. Users are advised to install a virus scanner and perform a full system scan to be on the safe side. We apologize for the inconvenience and would like to assure our community that we will continue to do everything in our powers to keep our visitors safe from these attacks. - MMORPG.COM Staff -
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Deathstrike2 Novice Member Joined: 2/04/06 Posts: 1783 "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." - Martin Luther King, Jr.	4/15/07 6:48:31 PM#2 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) What was it and what does it do? I was on the site this morning, but my scanner is coming up with nothing. I use AVG. Should I be concerned?
Maasta Novice Member Joined: 6/19/06 Posts: 66	4/15/07 6:50:26 PM#3 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Ran scans came up clean, but am also curious what the virus was and its intent.
User Deleted	4/15/07 6:51:09 PM#4 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) i had a mail from a gold farming company in my inbox when the site came back up.
Admin Administrator Joined: 1/29/02 Posts: 4745 Gaming is life...	4/15/07 6:55:15 PM#5 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) From our reports the only virus we heard of was "Trojan-Downloader.JS.Agent.eb" but searches did not lend much information on this virus. The last time this happened it was more than one type of virus, so there is a good chance it was not just one. This time the attackers used a domain name in the source URL (fpipe.com) so luckily the owner of that domain shut it off on their end early on and the exposure to our users was minimal (15 minutes to 1 hour is our best guess). Again, I would play it safe and update your scanner (or get a free one if you don't have one), scan your system and double check your Windows Updates over the next week or so (or better yet turn on auto updates). - MMORPG.COM Staff -
Vyava Novice Member Joined: 3/23/05 Posts: 895	4/15/07 6:56:00 PM#6 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) If you have your browser setup to only activate add ons with a permission click you shouldn't be worried, but may want t run a full scan overnight. If you never saw the notice bar and your browser is setup to automatically allow plugins access to your browser then there is issue for concern.
Admin Administrator Joined: 1/29/02 Posts: 4745 Gaming is life...	4/15/07 6:59:02 PM#7 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Indeed. It is also important to note that you would have only been exposed if using the Internet Explorer web browser. Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape and Opera users would be safe since the browsers do not allow ActiveX controls. - MMORPG.COM Staff -
zensaber Novice Member Joined: 1/18/04 Posts: 805	4/15/07 7:03:09 PM#8 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) firefox for the win!
BadKittie Novice Member Joined: 12/10/03 Posts: 32	4/15/07 7:08:11 PM#9 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Firefox Rocks!
CaesarsGhost Novice Member Joined: 4/03/04 Posts: 2145 The only difference between a Troll and a Fanboi is which side of the fence they stand on.	4/15/07 7:32:47 PM#10 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Admin Indeed. It is also important to note that you would have only been exposed if using the Internet Explorer web browser. Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape and Opera users would be safe since the browsers do not allow ActiveX controls. You should also mention that it doesn't effect IE on Mac. Or FireFox with ActiveX on Mac. - CaesarsGhost Lead Gameplay and Gameworld Designer for a yet unnamed MMO Title. "When people tell me designing a game is easy, I try to get them to design a board game. Most people don't last 5 minutes, the rest rarely last more then a day. The final few realize it's neither fun nor easy."
Ammon777 Novice Member Joined: 12/16/03 Posts: 324	4/15/07 8:05:34 PM#11 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) This is why I use Firefox exclusively (except when updating windows).
psyconius Novice Member Joined: 1/28/04 Posts: 275 Cthulhu tells me I''m not crazy.. (and he hates the double apostrophe bug)	4/15/07 9:31:11 PM#12 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Yeah, once us firefox users can infect IE users with common sense the net will be a safer place =P -- psyconius Cthulhu Gothika Studios
SpeedMann Apprentice Member Joined: 5/02/04 Posts: 334	4/15/07 10:42:41 PM#13 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Ammon777 This is why I use Firefox exclusively (except when updating windows). I update windows with this site using firefox http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/ Seems to work good. ================================================== Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!
Xabora Novice Member Joined: 7/31/03 Posts: 73	4/15/07 10:50:40 PM#14 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Admin Indeed. It is also important to note that you would have only been exposed if using the Internet Explorer web browser. Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape and Opera users would be safe since the browsers do not allow ActiveX controls. Oh thank goodness. This is why I use Firefox + Noscript... helps in these events. :D
Bigfoot Novice Member Joined: 5/19/04 Posts: 367	4/15/07 10:51:37 PM#15 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Firefox wins again. :) Looking for something new.
d4rkGh0st Novice Member Joined: 12/31/05 Posts: 1	4/15/07 11:10:24 PM#16 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) hhh! i was wondering where that trojan came from.. :) as far as i know it didn't do any dmg to me because bitdefender blocked it from the start. it's good that u guys let us know, some companies would have probably hiddien that from us. thks! :)
m240gulf Apprentice Member Joined: 1/19/06 Posts: 449	4/15/07 11:31:02 PM#17 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Has MMORPG.com involved the FBI for these most recent attacks? I Reject your Reality and Substitute it with My Own!
User Deleted	4/15/07 11:38:55 PM#18 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) www.avast.com This is a great free anti virus program for those of you who may need one. I didn't realize that people still used IE.... :p
Rattrap Novice Member Joined: 9/09/04 Posts: 1594 Freedom of choice is what you got, freedom from choice is what you want!	4/16/07 2:14:04 AM#19 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Meddle Early this morning MMORPG.com visitors were exposed to a virus through our web pages. We shut down our web site and proceeded to secure our services against this new threat. We are now confident that we have isolated and halted the malicious code and have once again turned our site back online. Users are advised to install a virus scanner and perform a full system scan to be on the safe side. We apologize for the inconvenience and would like to assure our community that we will continue to do everything in our powers to keep our visitors safe from these attacks. Finally you guys did the right thing , and made transparent warning. "Before this battle is over all the world will know that few...stood against many." - King Leonidas
Vyava Novice Member Joined: 3/23/05 Posts: 895	4/16/07 2:22:34 AM#20 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Hoobley www.avast.com This is a great free anti virus program for those of you who may need one. I didn't realize that people still used IE.... :p That is a good one. I didn't realize people still blindly thought mozilla variation are safer than IE (because since IE7 Firefox is actually less secure and slower). Personally I use Opera primarily. It has a few pageview issues still, but makes everythign else seem slow...that and I like having secure passwords so I avoid Firefox. Firefox 2.0.0.2 still has the vast majority of security flaws that existed since 2005.