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Had a problem getting into Techwatch tonight. Using wife's laptop I googled the site, Clicked on main heading and got all these pop up's saying '' your computer has been infected, virus warning '' etc. Closing internet explorer got rid of them. Tried again. Ditto. Tried other sites with no problem. Then i discovered if I used one of the subtitles Forums or Eurovox there was no problem. Have seen this before with trojan's but usually effects everything not just one site. Anyone else come across this or ....?

Robbo · 07-08-08, 08:15 AM

Yes, I have had the same problem, Brian was aware of some issues.

BGonaSTICK · 07-08-08, 11:31 AM

As a temporary measure, anyone wishing to access this site should go to the homepage at www.techwatch.co.uk and navigate from one of the on-site links. Links to news items found in Google have been maliciously redirected by a third party.

All Techwatch content is safe. There are no nasties here, but it will take a while to resolve the malicious links found when Googling.

The Google links will be correctly re-indexed as soon as Googlbot gets around to it. This should only take a day or two.

STICK

brian · 07-08-08, 12:22 PM

Sincere apologies for that - some bloody Russian hacker tried to hack into the news section at the front end of the site - they weren't able to get at any data, but they were able to set up a malicious redirect. I removed the main hack pretty quickly, but overlooked a malicious redirect working on the news stories which is now removed.

I've also locked down the potential security hole so this shouldn't happen again.

So far as I can tell, it was only working on the news items, not the forums, but I'm pretty livid about this overall. If someone from the UK had done this, I would absolutely crush them for this. But it was a bloody lawless Russian internet user.

Overall, everything is clean now and everyone should be quite safe.

BGonaSTICK · 07-08-08, 09:30 PM

Thanks brian. I didn't realise that there was a secondary attack. Glad it's all sorted.

brian · 07-08-08, 10:32 PM

Hopefully no more of that.

I am well pssed off about this, but luckily no damage was done - but it's an important lesson learned, and will probably help prevent more serious hack attempts in future.

fj1200 · 08-08-08, 09:34 PM

Nightmare. Well done guys.

07-08-08, 12:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
fj1200 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Taobh Ó Thuaidh Posts: 911 Thanks: 33 Thanked 252 Times in 175 Posts	Problem accessing site? Techwatch Tech News: Satellite TV, Cable TV, Digital TV, Home ... Met Office buys super computer at Techwatch Tech News: Satellite TV, Cable TV, Digital TV, Home Media and Hardware. www.techwatch.co.uk/ - 49k - Cached - Similar pages Forums Eurovox Cable TV Chat Dbox Starview Eurovox firmware updated Cable Modems Virgin code update cripples ... More results from techwatch.co.uk » Had a problem getting into Techwatch tonight. Using wife's laptop I googled the site, Clicked on main heading and got all these pop up's saying '' your computer has been infected, virus warning '' etc. Closing internet explorer got rid of them. Tried again. Ditto. Tried other sites with no problem. Then i discovered if I used one of the subtitles Forums or Eurovox there was no problem. Have seen this before with trojan's but usually effects everything not just one site. Anyone else come across this or ....?

07-08-08, 08:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
Robbo Satellite mad admin Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 7,310 Thanks: 69 Thanked 1,144 Times in 975 Posts	Re: Problem accessing site? Yes, I have had the same problem, Brian was aware of some issues. __________________ القمر الصناعي هو أفضل TM600 linux,TM6800HD,TM5200,TM1000,TM2200 motor, Triax TD110 dish. Electronics Engineer and satellite installer.

07-08-08, 11:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 10,629 Thanks: 3 Thanked 118 Times in 51 Posts	Re: Problem accessing site? As a temporary measure, anyone wishing to access this site should go to the homepage at www.techwatch.co.uk and navigate from one of the on-site links. Links to news items found in Google have been maliciously redirected by a third party. All Techwatch content is safe. There are no nasties here, but it will take a while to resolve the malicious links found when Googling. The Google links will be correctly re-indexed as soon as Googlbot gets around to it. This should only take a day or two. STICK __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

07-08-08, 12:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
brian Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inverness, Scotland Posts: 2,768 Thanks: 91 Thanked 1,056 Times in 306 Posts	Re: Problem accessing site? Sincere apologies for that - some bloody Russian hacker tried to hack into the news section at the front end of the site - they weren't able to get at any data, but they were able to set up a malicious redirect. I removed the main hack pretty quickly, but overlooked a malicious redirect working on the news stories which is now removed. I've also locked down the potential security hole so this shouldn't happen again. So far as I can tell, it was only working on the news items, not the forums, but I'm pretty livid about this overall. If someone from the UK had done this, I would absolutely crush them for this. But it was a bloody lawless Russian internet user. Overall, everything is clean now and everyone should be quite safe.

07-08-08, 09:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 10,629 Thanks: 3 Thanked 118 Times in 51 Posts	Re: Problem accessing site? Thanks brian. I didn't realise that there was a secondary attack. Glad it's all sorted. __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W


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07-08-08, 10:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
brian Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inverness, Scotland Posts: 2,768 Thanks: 91 Thanked 1,056 Times in 306 Posts	Re: Problem accessing site? Hopefully no more of that. I am well pssed off about this, but luckily no damage was done - but it's an important lesson learned, and will probably help prevent more serious hack attempts in future.

08-08-08, 09:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
fj1200 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Taobh Ó Thuaidh Posts: 911 Thanks: 33 Thanked 252 Times in 175 Posts	Re: Problem accessing site? Nightmare. Well done guys.

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