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X-Plane.org MALWARE DETECTED


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We were reportedly hacked by someone in Geneva. Mark is working with Invision to patch it up and the forum will be offline until he gets it worked out.

 

Curse those filthy Genevans! Just because they're only the second largest city in Switzerland, the have to get all antsy and go out in the world like they're all that. Totally overcompensating.

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I dont think so. More likely it was a security hole, found by an automated scan to see if any Invision Powerboards still have the exploit, and they inject.[*]

 

Lots of time and effort just to inject something on a redirect page targeting only Win32/XP users doesn't seem like a targeted attack against any particular site.

 

- CK.

 

[*] The Opinions/Analysys expressed above are my own, but may be rented for a nominal fee.

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I dont think so. More likely it was a security hole, found by an automated scan to see if any Invision Powerboards still have the exploit, and they inject.[*]

 

Lots of time and effort just to inject something on a redirect page targeting only Win32/XP users doesn't seem like a targeted attack against any particular site.

 

- CK.

 

[*] The Opinions/Analysys expressed above are my own, but may be rented for a nominal fee.

Good point.

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After X-Plane.org, FlightSim.com:

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/forumdisplay.php?11-X-Plane

 

 

What is the current listing status for flightsim.com?

Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer.

Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 2 time(s) over the past 90 days.

What happened when Google visited this site?

Of the 68 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 6 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2012-12-25, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2012-12-24.

Malicious software is hosted on 1 domain(s), including
.

1 domain(s) appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of this site, including
.

This site was hosted on 3 network(s) including
,
,
.

Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further distribution of malware?

Over the past 90 days, flightsim.com appeared to function as an intermediary for the infection of 2 site(s) including
,
.

Has this site hosted malware?

No, this site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.

How did this happen?

In some cases, third parties can add malicious code to legitimate sites, which would cause us to show the warning message.

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