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possible virus/infiltration

peasant · 2009-01-23 19:44:07

See here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055469994 in reported posts This thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055095254 brings up some strange login request to connect to topcoverageonline.com Dunno if this is spam, a virus or if it has something to to with linking to one of the…

23-01-2009 07:44PM

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peasant

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See here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055469994 in reported posts

This thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055095254 brings up some strange login request to connect to topcoverageonline.com

Dunno if this is spam, a virus or if it has something to to with linking to one of the thousands of pics in this thread ...but that box sure doesn't belong there

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#2 23-01-2009 07:48PM

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It's ok CuLT, it was just a users sig. He had an embedded image in it that required a login to see it. He's removed it.

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#3 23-01-2009 07:51PM

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There's really no way to stop this happening short of blocking all third party images in posts or having Boards run a script to test them all before loading pages.

In most cases a quick PM to the offending user (who may not realise) should sort things out.

No harm done I reckon, but maybe I'm missing something

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