trouble at a tread

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dutchguy
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trouble at a tread

Post by dutchguy » Sat May 09, 2009 11:46 am

when i opened the Problems at waterwarfare.com tread, my PC Crashed!
when i rebooted it and i tried it again, the same thing happened! What is going on there?

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cantab
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Re: trouble at a tread

Post by cantab » Sat May 09, 2009 11:54 am

Possibly your browser is interpreting some of the examples there as actual scripts. What web browser do you us? I'm

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042523 Ubuntu/8.10 (intrepid) Firefox/3.0.10

and have no problems.
I work on Windows. My toolbox is Linux.
Arsenal:
Super Soaker: XP215, 2xXP220, Liquidator, Aquashock Secret Strike M(odded), Arctic Blast M, CPS1200, CPS2100, SC Power Pak, 3l aquapack, 1.5l aquapack
Water Warriors: Jet, Sting Ray M, Shark, Argon M, Tiger Shark, PulseMaster
Others: Waterbolt, The Blaster, Storm 500, Shield Blaster 2000, generic PR gun, generic backpack piston pumper (broken), 3l garden sprayer M, 10l water carrier:

dutchguy
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Re: trouble at a tread

Post by dutchguy » Sat May 09, 2009 11:56 am

i'm using internet explorer, dont know wich one

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Silence
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Re: trouble at a tread

Post by Silence » Sat May 09, 2009 2:51 pm

dutchguy, go to Help > About and you'll see more information. You should upgrade to IE 7 or 8, which will be a faster, safer, and more responsible browser.

I can't identify which thread you're talking about...is it "WWc Spammed" ?

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cantab
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Re: trouble at a tread

Post by cantab » Sat May 09, 2009 3:40 pm

I assume it's "Problems at WaterWarfare.com"

http://forums.sscentral.org/t4790
I work on Windows. My toolbox is Linux.
Arsenal:
Super Soaker: XP215, 2xXP220, Liquidator, Aquashock Secret Strike M(odded), Arctic Blast M, CPS1200, CPS2100, SC Power Pak, 3l aquapack, 1.5l aquapack
Water Warriors: Jet, Sting Ray M, Shark, Argon M, Tiger Shark, PulseMaster
Others: Waterbolt, The Blaster, Storm 500, Shield Blaster 2000, generic PR gun, generic backpack piston pumper (broken), 3l garden sprayer M, 10l water carrier:

Tyler
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Re: trouble at a tread

Post by Tyler » Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:11 pm

When I tried that link (forums.sscentral one) my computer said it contained a threat. Earlier after visiting ssc we had a trojan horse threat, don't know if there is any connection or not??

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SSCBen
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Re: trouble at a tread

Post by SSCBen » Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:27 pm

To the best of my knowledge, our forum and website contain no threats against any computers. Executable code can not be published unless someone is part of the administration here. If there are any pages that your computer says contains threats, please let me know and I'll investigate.

Security software just looks for patterns that match known threats. The mentioned forum thread has the pattern but in a completely benign form. The threat is still there but it's not activated. It's like looking at the DNA of a virus--by itself the DNA won't cause harm, but when the DNA is in an active virus it can be problematic.

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Silence
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Re: trouble at a tread

Post by Silence » Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:33 am

See what I wrote here – your virus scanner probably found an indirect link to a sanitized description of the trojan.

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cantab
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Re: trouble at a tread

Post by cantab » Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:10 am

I still wonder if we should remove it. It's in the past now, and we don't want SSC getting labelled as a hostile website, or to scare users off.
I work on Windows. My toolbox is Linux.
Arsenal:
Super Soaker: XP215, 2xXP220, Liquidator, Aquashock Secret Strike M(odded), Arctic Blast M, CPS1200, CPS2100, SC Power Pak, 3l aquapack, 1.5l aquapack
Water Warriors: Jet, Sting Ray M, Shark, Argon M, Tiger Shark, PulseMaster
Others: Waterbolt, The Blaster, Storm 500, Shield Blaster 2000, generic PR gun, generic backpack piston pumper (broken), 3l garden sprayer M, 10l water carrier:

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SSCBen
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Re: trouble at a tread

Post by SSCBen » Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:51 pm

I've removed the code to prevent any problems in the future.

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