sorry for the intrusion - but out of 150+ book marks it is only badastronomy.com that fires a porn redirect when i try to open the page

in my mind this suggests that phils server has been nixied , not my puter

help / ideas etc ?

how did i get here - using the history cache to bring up each section header then i can navigate all but the main board page - that gives a 404 error

YRS - APE

I believe you are correct.

I don't know if it's such a good idea using a regular computer to come here...I'm using my WebTV, which isn't effected by virus', so I don't have a problem.

I "got on" by using the email notification link to log on...then the "drop down" at the bottom to go to each individual forum...I can't get on the main index either.

The BA's last "aussie speech" was on saturday, so I assume he'll be winging his way "home" soon...hopefully he can take care of this problem.

I'm sure it had been hacked. Many weird things and, an applet wants to start on the index page and an iframe to a porn site.
And Phil is out of house.

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Same problem here, main page hacked and Norton AV stomps on a possible virus as soon as the "new" page opens. I VERY strongly recomend that everyone runs a full virus check asap.

It must be creationist hackers!

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Yes, this page has been hacked; INCLUDING THIS ONE. If you have Java and/or Javascript enabled (odds are you do), and arn't using FireFox (wow, QED on that other thread) and/or have a very up to date antivirus you are infected.
In other words, if you went to the main page, and weren't informed that it was attempting to install a trojan, it got you.
If you came to this page, and weren't informed AGAIN, it got you.

Either way, disabling java/script for this URL should prevent its install, but I also don't recomend frequenting a hacked site until it is fixed.

Perhaps topic title should be edited to something attention getting like 'READ THIS FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR SANITY!'

Time to consider Linux on the destop... =D>

I got on OK (tho slowly) but my Norton Firewall and Antivirus went wild with alerts. There are still attempts to download stuff as I type this. Something evil may have taken up residence on the BA server, or it's random hits.

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The bad astro website is also infecte not just the bulleten board

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I'm using Mozilla in Linux, and it's coming up with the message at the bottom of the window 'Applet BlackBox started'. There's a tiny black square by 'Powered by phpBB 2...' at the bottom of this web page, with this in the source code: My partner, saying that the code looked dodgy, tracked down this: Virus Name: ByteVerify.exploitNot my area of expertise, but it might help explain what's happening.

(Got here after reading FWIS posts and using a bookmark to an old thread!)

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