Virus/Worm

[Taco-Calamitous]

There are a couple of people-Violet and Polk-saying they can't access parts of the forums because of a virus/worm. Violet says she can't access the main index, the technical assistance section, or the New Members section, and that this has been going on for about a week. They both use Avast, I think.

I saw that someone brought something similar up in another thread, but I also saw that Fuzz thought he had fixed it. Violet is still experiencing the problem, though. Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom

[Rikkuffx]

That has happened to me too. I actually had to uninstall my virus software to get onto the forums at all. Although someone did tell me that the matter has been addressed,i'm not sure it has though.

[Victoria]

It has. It's a false positive. I changed my AV to Avira and I get no alerts at all.
And when I disabled the web shield in avast to browse certain parts of the forum, I scanned for said virus/worm.

And I got nothing. So it's a false positive.

Hellfire: You know, you could've just posted in the existing thread. >_>;

[Taco-Calamitous]

Y'know, that thread was marked as answered, and I figured this was a different issue, seeing as that was about a trojan, and this was a virus/worm I will tell Violet about what you did when I talk to her again, though, and see if that helps. Thankee.

EDIT: You're right. Didn't see that one.

[Victoria]

I was talking about this one.
http://thefinalfantasy.net/forums/fo...virus-bug.html

That joe made. It's the same issue as this one.

[Darkdragoon]

Ive been having a viruses report on this site, here's what it's say's:

thefinalfantasy.net

Summary
•Computer Threats: 5
•Identity Threats: 0
•Annoyance factors: 0

Total threats on this site: 5

•Community Reviews: 0



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General Info
Web Site Location United States of America


Norton Safe Web has analyzed thefinalfantasy.net for safety and security problems. Below is a sample of the threats that were found.
Threat Report
Total threats found: 5


Drive-By Downloads (what's this?)
Threats found: 5
Here is a complete list:

Threat Name: Infostealer.Gampass
File name: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\GZKDIZWD\who[1].exe
Signature (MD5): 79f835df862449aa9aac1e6e38d1de9c
Location: 'How Do I' Questions - The Final Fantasy Forums



Threat Name: Suspicious.MH690
File name: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\MH25YLE5\url[1].exe
Signature (MD5): 12698d58edc3a99c516ac507eef15df1
Location: 'How Do I' Questions - The Final Fantasy Forums



Threat Name: Infostealer.Gampass
File name: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\G1Q9SRO7\who[1].exe
Signature (MD5): 79f835df862449aa9aac1e6e38d1de9c
Location: Forum Announcements - The Final Fantasy Forums



Threat Name: Suspicious.MH690
File name: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\W96RIBA9\url[1].exe
Signature (MD5): 12698d58edc3a99c516ac507eef15df1
Location: Forum Announcements - The Final Fantasy Forums



Threat Name: Direct link to Infostealer.Gampass
Location: http://thefinalfantasy.net/forums/

[Fuzz]

hmmmmm, thanks for sharing this. Sorry for the trouble. I am uncertain if this is a legit or a false positive at this point. I did another look and couldn't' find anything? I did some searching on Google and a lot of other RPG/FF/WoW sites had a similar issue... appears to be related to the ads - if so, it isn't a big deal and should be fixed by the 3rd party usually very quick.

I will keep you posted, thanks