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04-11-2011, 06:24
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Tampa Bay area, USA
Boat: Beneteau First 42
Posts: 3,961
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Malware Warning
I do not know whether this message is Kosher on this Forum or not but as at least a few members here are also subscribers to the Sailnet site I thought I would make mention of the fact that Sailnet's forum site seems to be infected with a particularly malicious virus of some type or another. I usually look at this forum and the Sailnet site in the morning while I'm waiting for the coffee to brew-up and this AM when I went to the Sailnet site our home system's anti-virus alarms went crazy. One of those situations where the only recourse is to cut the power to the computer to stop things. Right now that machine is in "Safe Mode" with several different anti-virus programs running to try and clean it out and it occurred to me I should mention the problem to others who might also be exposed.
If this post is not allowed, I apologize and I assume the Moderators will dispose of it in due course.
FWIW...
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"It is not so much for its beauty that the Sea makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from the waves, that so wonderfully renews a weary spirit."
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04-11-2011, 06:27
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Halifax, N.S Canada
Boat: Tanzer 26, Walk22
Posts: 930
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Re: Malware Warning
Thanks,I will wait till I hear things are cleaned up over there.
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Just the guy that runs the boat.
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04-11-2011, 06:31
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Toronto
Boat: CS36Merlin, "La Belle Aurore"
Posts: 7,557
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Re: Malware Warning
Thanks for the warning.
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Toronto in summer, Bahamas in winter.
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04-11-2011, 06:44
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Western KY
Boat: Morgan 321, BELIEVE
Posts: 203
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Re: Malware Warning
I will confirm the Sailnet sight was blocked by my anti-virus software this morning.
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04-11-2011, 06:45
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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Re: Malware Warning
wow...scanning now.thankyou!
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04-11-2011, 07:06
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Coos Bay, Oregon
Boat: Haida 26
Posts: 501
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Re: Malware Warning
Thank You for the warning. Blocking now....Michael..
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04-11-2011, 07:15
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Tampa Bay area, USA
Boat: Beneteau First 42
Posts: 3,961
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Re: Malware Warning
Quote:
Originally Posted by svHyLyte
I do not know whether this message is Kosher on this Forum or not but as at least a few members here are also subscribers to the Sailnet site I thought I would make mention of the fact that Sailnet's forum site seems to be infected with a particularly malicious virus of some type or another. I usually look at this forum and the Sailnet site in the morning while I'm waiting for the coffee to brew-up and this AM when I went to the Sailnet site our home system's anti-virus alarms went crazy. One of those situations where the only recourse is to cut the power to the computer to stop things. Right now that machine is in "Safe Mode" with several different anti-virus programs running to try and clean it out and it occurred to me I should mention the problem to others who might also be exposed.
If this post is not allowed, I apologize and I assume the Moderators will dispose of it in due course.
FWIW... |
Despite multiple levels of blocking software (Avast, Spy-bot, Malwarebytes etc.) something has suddenly appeared on the desktop of our home system entitled:
0.31305537436497777.exe
Our scans continue....
FWIW
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"It is not so much for its beauty that the Sea makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from the waves, that so wonderfully renews a weary spirit."
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04-11-2011, 07:19
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Key West & Sarasota
Boat: Cal 28 "Happy Days"
Posts: 4,210
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Re: Malware Warning
Thankyou Steve Jobs! I don’t have to worry about such things!
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Any fool with a big enough checkbook can BUY a boat; it takes a SPECIAL type of fool to build his own! -Capngeo
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04-11-2011, 07:32
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Southport CT
Boat: Sabre 402
Posts: 2,728
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Re: Malware Warning
I got a warning message from Google, but when I went to their (Google's) site to see what the problem was, it didn't (or couldn't) identify one. I'm also on a Mac. Couldn't get to the Sailnet site through Google, though.
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04-11-2011, 07:32
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 774
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Re: Malware Warning
A number of high volume BBs have been hit with trojans and malware over the past month originating from India and Russia including a number of universities and government sites. UCONN's website was down 8 days and a number of personal computers were wiped out.
For Cruisers this is a significant threat especially if you're cruising the internet on a computer that manages navigation and/or radio communications. Backups are really and most important as many antivirus programs can miss a virus if the default settings are not set "strong" enough. Scanning after infection rarely picks up malware or phishing programs that have infected your computer as the writers have anticipated this and make their "programs" invisible to virus scanners. If you have a "paid for" antivirus product, the only way to make sure is to go to your product's official site and scan with their online scanner. To cover one's butt, a better backup is a mirror/bootable image you can either store off boat as we do, or have two; one for an emergency boot disk if all fails, stored onboard and another stored elsewhere. Of course, if the backup is infected.... Norton Ghost (or similar for PC), and Carbon Copy Cloner for Mac are good products.
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04-11-2011, 07:34
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: On Board, just above the water
Boat: Camano Troll 31'
Posts: 1,201
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Re: Malware Warning
Quote:
Originally Posted by capngeo
Thankyou Steve Jobs! I don’t have to worry about such things!
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And I thank Linus Torvalds.
OMG, It's RAINING! First time since last March! SoCal is so boring.
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04-11-2011, 07:34
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CF Adviser
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Virginia
Boat: Island Packet 380, now sold
Posts: 8,942
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Re: Malware Warning
Thanks for the warning, svHyLyte! I'm sure quite a few CF members also frequent SailNet from time to time, so your taking the time to let us know about the problem is appreciated.
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04-11-2011, 07:39
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cat herder, extreme blacksheep
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
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Re: Malware Warning
this is a great reason not to use computer for navigation that is used to surf net. keep your systems separate.
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04-11-2011, 07:48
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: 29° 49.16’ N 82° 25.82’ W
Boat: Pearson 422
Posts: 16,306
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Re: Malware Warning
Quote:
Originally Posted by zeehag
this is a great reason not to use computer for navigation that is used to surf net. keep your systems separate.
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Absolutely. Once I get back on the water will keep at least two laptops. One with Nav only with no other software installed and no connection to the internet. A second for internet access but with full Nav software installed and ready as a backup for the primary Nav system.
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The water is always bluer on the other side of the ocean.
Sometimes it's necessary to state the obvious for the benefit of the oblivious.
Rust is the poor man's Loctite.
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04-11-2011, 08:52
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Florida/Alberta
Boat: Lippincott 30
Posts: 9,904
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Re: Malware Warning
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don1500
And I thank Linus Torvalds.
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X 2. ".exe" files just won't work in Linux 
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