Munsterfans site registered as having malicious software

mike dee

Have had problems accessing munsterfans.com. Google now report munsterfans as an attack site, see attached screenshot. Anyone know how to contact administrator of this site.

Stev_o

mike dee wrote: »

Have had problems accessing munsterfans.com. Google now report munsterfans as an attack site, see attached screenshot. Anyone know how to contact administrator of this site.

Yup got it aswell wouldnt go near it till its resolved.

LeinsterFans.com will now proclaim see we always said there was something dodgy about them :P

[Jackass]

mike dee wrote: »

Anyone know how to contact administrator of this site.

blaise.ducheminATfree.fr

That email is listed on the site to send any details of technical issues you may have encountered having visited the site.

If it is not a contact for the admin, I'm sure it can point you in the right direction.

thehighground

Notice on Munsterfans:

Munsterfans.com is momentarily closed as it has been compromised by a Database attack.

Nothing dramatic but we think it is preferable to take the site off line until we finish cleaning it up. In the meantime you can visit http://www.dolanspub.com/forum or http://leinsterfans.com/ where you will probably bump into a few familiar faces.

Furthermore, if any of you has expertise in MSSQL issues write to blaise.duchemin@free.fr a little bit of help will be appreciated and will help get the site back online ASAP.

Amazotheamazing

Just chatting to one of mod's of munsterfans there. They hope to use this downtime to sort out some of the glitches that have been bugging the site for the past few months. With a bit of luck this will be a positive moment for the site.

Amazotheamazing

[Jackass] wrote: »

blaise.ducheminATfree.fr

That email is listed on the site to send any details of technical issues you may have encountered having visited the site.

If it is not a contact for the admin, I'm sure it can point you in the right direction.

That is the email of Ozoyo, the founder of the site.

03mcgs0

Amazotheamazing wrote: »

Just chatting to one of mod's of munsterfans there. They hope to use this downtime to sort out some of the glitches that have been bugging the site for the past few months. With a bit of luck this will be a positive moment for the site.

Whats the story with Munster fans website, I use it. Is it a profit making site?? I dont know much behind the scenes... There seems to be **** loads of mods on it, it nearly feels like there the ones making all the chat! That said I really enjoy the site and look at it nearly everyday while in work!!!

Amazotheamazing

03mcgs0 wrote: »

Whats the story with Munster fans website, I use it. Is it a profit making site?? I dont know much behind the scenes... There seems to be **** loads of mods on it, it nearly feels like there the ones making all the chat! That said I really enjoy the site and look at it nearly everyday while in work!!!

Nope, all for free, no profits.

There is too many mods imo, but the mod I know explained that a lot of the mod's are close to inactive but are there for various reasons, some who designed the site etc but rarely post, there's only a handful of mod's who actually post regularly.

Anyhow, I'll let you know if I hear anything about it re-opening.

Pshan

Re the OP, was the site actually infecting PCs or was the AV program detecting the site as a problem?

mike dee

Personally I wasn't so worried as I have scripts disabled plus I am on a mac. Just thought I would inform people.

jmccoy

I'm one of the moderators on the munsterfans site.

We have been having problems since last week due to a malicious SQL Injection attack on our database. We have been working frantically since then to remove the issue and I am happy to report that we are nearly there and should be back in action soon.

RuggieBear

jmccoy wrote: »

I'm one of the moderators on the munsterfans site.

We have been having problems since last week due to a malicious SQL Injection attack on our database. We have been working frantically since then to remove the issue and I am happy to report that we are nearly there and should be back in action soon.

any idea who attacked you.

jmccoy

RuggieBear wrote: »

any idea who attacked you.

From what we can make out the data we have points to Cyprus. However what motive a person has to attack a social site is beyond me.

RuggieBear

lots of dickheads out there

[Jackass]

Baffles the mind alright. Well best of luck fixing it up anyway.

I'm sure there's many a Munster man out there suffering the withdrawels from your site!!

Hansel

Munsterfans is back in action, thank god.

LostinBlanch

jmccoy wrote: »

From what we can make out the data we have points to Cyprus.

Giid thing it wasn't from Dublin otherwise we'd never hear the end of it!

jmccoy

LostinBlanch wrote: »

Giid thing it wasn't from Dublin otherwise we'd never hear the end of it!

Agreed.

phog

Has the site got another hit? My AV is showing a trojan present and denying access to the site. :mad:

RuggieBear

yeah they seem to have had another attack.

think people would have better ****ing things to do.:rolleyes:

Forums Closed The portal is temporarily closed. Checking out potential virus attack. Thanks for your patience. Kermit.

[Jackass]

ffs, you serious? That's bizzare. Why would you attack one specific site like that? Coincidence or same person again, who knows. Never understood why someone would do that sh*t though, would the "buzz" from it even be worth all the hassle? Twats.

blindsider

God! What a nasty little cretin someone is!!! Grrrr!

Stev_o

Talk about a Ospreys fan taking it to heart ^^

But in all seriousness what the hell do you gain from attacking a rugby forum

phog

I'm suffering withdrawal symptons already and it's only down a few hours and I had the Leinster match to watch in between times.

bleg

back up and gone again

cgarvey

[Jackass] wrote: »

Why would you attack one specific site like that?

You can be sure that it wasn't one site. More like hundreds of high-traffic sites in that day alone.

phog

cgarvey wrote: »

You can be sure that it wasn't one site. More like hundreds of high-traffic sites in that day alone.

But WHY?

Crash

PHPBB (which I assume they're using) is very prone to SQL injection attacks if not fully patched, and even then there are exploits. I think in a lot of cases 1)its just people being assholes and 2)some hackers use it as a way to learn how to become assholes

phog

It's back up and running.

RuggieBear

Are they even using the latest version of PHPbb....from what i've heard all of these forum type software need to be constantly upgraded to avoid exploits

daveirl

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